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Originally Posted by
organica 
Good points, but re the first, Jd Fortune of INXS is a "strict vegetarian" according to his mother, who I have spoken to a few times.
He's "very strict", meaning, she says, he "eats lots of fish, no meat".
Well that's not an insult OR accurate, it's just entirely INaccurate!
People don't seem to understand vegan either though. I'll go through the list of things I don't eat "Meat, dairy, eggs, and anything else that comes from an animal" and overwhelming the response is STILL, "So, you eat fish though, right?"
I dunno, the first six months or so I was vegan I probably really wasn't. For example, my margarine was vegan except D3, and I was troubled by the prospect of spending nearly FIVE TIMES MORE to get Earth Balance ($2.29 for two pounds vs. $5 for one pound of EB). But I did start purchasing EB before long because I could afford to. However, I certainly wouldn't hold it against somebody who is financially strapped if they bought the much cheaper, D3 margarine. I'd still say they're vegan, even knowing there are some people on here who won't like that.
Also, for the longest time I didn't realize sodium caseinate was milk. I was happily using my "lactose-free" coffeemate creamer thinking it was vegan for quite a while. Once I did realize it wasn't vegan I switched to silk creamer. (Unfortunately we only get the plain silk creamer here, not the lovely flavoured ones, so it was a bit of an adjustment.)
Sometimes, even now, I put off asking what the source of mono- and di-glycerides in bread etc. but in the meantime I'm learning how to bake my own breads. Fortunately when I did ask about the store brand bread it turned out it was vegan anyway. I rarely ask at restaurants, but I visit only vegetarian/vegan restaurants 98% of the time, and even then I only go out to eat once a month or so. I go to non-veg*n restaurants about twice a year, and nearly always for work-related things.
