So I’ve been a vegetarian for 26 years.
About three weeks ago I watched a hideous video about what happened to chicks. They were squished, dropped on the floor, taken from their mums, disregarded, treated well …. like meat…. now realise where the saying comes from.
I’d bought my usual greek yoghurt that week and took it to work with me. I eyed it up as I took it out of the works fridge. I began to slip back the foil top and gazed at the white creamy mixture. I dipped the spoon in. I couldn’t do it. I knew my days of being a vegetarian were finished. I could no longer pretend that I had nothing to do with the innocent chicks because they were everywhere. In my pizza, my biscuits, my crisps and definitely in my poached egg on toast.
So it wasn’t exactly planned, this Vegan life. That’s me though, once I’ve made my mind up it’s done. No going back.
I immediately made a fundamental mistake – I swapped every dairy product for a replacement. Soya egg, soya sausages, soya spread, soya yoghurt, soya custard, soya mayonnaise, soya parmesan, soya soya. My stomach hurt and I was absolutely starving.
The most difficult thinng about going Vegan was the positivity I received from everyone. Not. Even my son who is normally extremely positive said to me ‘you’re not going to go all weird are you?’
So I like to write anyway and I’ve decided to blog about what it’s like to live in North Wales and be a Vegan. I’m hoping to find some Vegan delights to talk about (so far everything seems in Cardiff – surprise surprise!!).
I’m tucking into my vegan curry now and my vegan onion bahjis!! That was a nice surprise! If you want to join me on my vegan journey then follow up! If you have any hints about veganism in North Wales then please tell me.
Cheers
Dwys 🙂
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