mikeypod, earth balance sources it’s palm oil from old established plantations in peninsular malaysia and the organic stuff is from brazil. neither palm supplier takes land from orangutans.

http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?111802-Vegan-Butter-or-Margarine-%28Not-Earth-Balance-and-with-no-palm-oil%29

a few months ago i started a job working in a greenhouse, so i regularly have the opportunity to listen to 7+ hours of podcasts daily. i found mikeypod’s ‘cast last month, and that led me to find meat free radio. do many established vegans discover mikeypod before they find meat free radio? or is it usually the other way around?

anyway, you guys work great together! (and mikeypod, i agree with you, tim is a better host. har!)

also, mikeypod, i’m glad you’ve found the love for nooch. ’tis a wond’rous substance indeed.

And, I made jambalaya the other day with Field Roast chipotle sausages and Gardein fillets. Served it to a bunch of critter-eaters and they loved it!

If you write a note to Gardein they will send you great coupons. I’m kind of going nuts with their goodies!

Ok..xoxo. SA

Thank you, Annette Sitomer

Cold remedy. Neti pot, I know it’s gross to think about but it does work. Also, lots of fluid and zinc tablets under the tounge when you first feel it. (Zycam)

I feel for you and your stories about having to interact with a meat eating world. It is, of course, totally different for me living in the burbs of ATL than it is for you guys in DC and NYC…. I very rarely go out to eat and when I do it’s to a very select subset of places that I know are vegan friendly. I’m with Mikeypod on the …. the longer I am a vegan, the less tolerance that I have for meat conversations. Also, Tim, you handled the dead bird on the sandwich much better than I would have….. I’m widely know for scene causing and I would have pulled it right out for the second time they messed up my sandwich.

We were at a california burrito place the other day and the ppl behind the counter couldn’t understand why I didn’t want cheese or meat on my burrito EVEN THOUGH we go there fairly often and they have vegan options on their menu. I wasted no time at all filling their entire staff in on my preferences and that I wouldn’t tolerate any further sideways glances. Well, John and I got our meals for free, an apology from the manager AND I think that the people that were working there that night will think the next time somebody says no meat.

My theory is this: If you are so accommodiating, as a vegan, that nobody knows what vegans need then there will never been any tolerance towards vegans. Another way to put it is that social pain (in this case them feeling awkard because I was yelling) is the only way to truly movitate people into turly learning a lesson.

Yeah, I know this sounds harsh…. but I think harsh is having to live in a world that doesn’t respect anything about you or your beliefs.

xoxo,
Sallie Ann

P.S. Loved the sound bite of the \"shit hitting the fan\" chick.

xo,
SA

Just heard a tidbit of news: Taco Bell’s refried beans (Klassy!!) are vegetarian, they aren’t made with lard. However, their sour cream is made with animal rennet. So the next time you’re in the mood for some fine dining, skip the sour cream.

And..play some freakin’ Moby why don’t cha! I think my *vegan* future husband deserves a song played on Meat Free Radio. Sheesh. (;

I wanted to share what it’s like to be a vegetarian in France. Many aspects of it are the same as in the USA I guess but there is something more in France: French cuisine… And I get a hard time holding my position as all French cuisine involves animal products. I mean, no one thinks you can be healthy as a vegetarian and, usually, people are pretty much sure that you should be dying in front of them if you are a vegan, because, come on!, how can you survive eating only carrots and salad?

I used to argue a lot with people when I became a vegetarian, 5 years ago. Now, I don’t let them bother me anymore. I don’t even let them try and begin a conversation about vegetarianism, because I know for a fact that their only goal is to prove me wrong. I feel I don’t have enough time in my life to waste on dead ends arguments… From time to time, I meet (haha!) someone actually interested or curious about the way I eat/live. Then, I can talk, but otherwise I just make a joke (“yeah, I eat only carrots and green salad and no dressing”) and talk about something else…

I’m quite sad that I was born vegetarian but my mother met her second husband when I was 4. He was definitely not vegetarian. I used to have vegetarian times n my life but I only came back to vegetarianism when I left my mother’s house 5 years ago. So much waste. It makes me sad.

I really want to become vegan but I’m afraid, so afraid, not to be able to live like I want. I don’t want to have to explain my choices everyday, not to be able to go to restaurants, and believe me, in France, vegan is nearly never an option anywhere… My best friend has been a vegan for some time now but we don’t live close together so I’m also afraid to be alone with my choice.

Sorry to whine here, rough week and day…

Thank you so much for the show, again.

Sorry for the late response, but you are both welcomed and encouraged to come to Chicago any time!!! Would adore you both to come back and I want to get together with Lauren and Ramble Red Head (did I get the name right??).

Have either of you heard of carrot dogs? Sounded not-so-great to me, but my crush swears it’s good. I don’t have a grill, so haven’t tried this.

xo,
Sallie Ann

I’ve been listening to your show for some time now.

I just randomly wanted to share with you that my girlfriend and I just got our first vegan cookbook for our birthdays from a vegan friend. It’s “Vegan Lunch Box Around The World” by Jennifer McCann.

I’m a vegetarian and I’ve been thinking about turning vegan since I turned (back) vegetarian a few years ago… And as I like the idea of Alternate Vegan, which I heard of in your podcast, I plan on getting it soon.

And just for you to know, I am the guy asking personal questions about his sexual life to Mikeypod…

I love MFR. I always get good laughs because you are always in a good mood. Tank you so much.

And now a comment for Lauren:
Friends of mine worked in meat-packaging factories and none of them turned vegetarian (or vegan) but one, a few years after that for also other reasons. Some of them stopped eating the kind of meat they used to pack at the factory they worked in. My point is showing the way animals are treated is not a self efficient solution to turn people vegan. It is not enough. People have to feel concerned about the subject before viewing these kind of images. Otherwise they just close their minds to such horrible things and ignore it because they can’t bear to realize their impact on the world. You have to be on the path to veganism for these informations to be useful to you.

I just looked @ Quiznos website, because I was still unsure about the whole 75 grams of fat in my veggie sub I treat myself to once in a while. They had the option to see the nutritional info without the dressing, too. So the small size veggie sub I get with cheese, but without dressing has 18 grams of fat. I don’t know where they are getting 75 from, maybe that is for the large size?

I can’t wait to check out Dino’s cookbook and have downloaded every episode of his podcast!

Great job guys! Thanks for the shout out as well!

I am now celebrating my 4th month now and so far so good. I have been making more stuff at home and my personal fav lately has been a stove top lasagna and it has spinach and tomato sauce with garlic and it is quick and very tasty.

I tried to call the comment line but it didn’t work so play the poopy music and get a new one!

About the chocolate chip pancakes…have you ever tried carob chips? They are a vegan alterniative to chocolate chips and very yummy of course! http://www.metrocandy.com/CAROB-CHIPS

–OMG Tim just said, \"Prolapse safe\" *Embrace Yeast*

In response to Tom\’s voicemail: (I love how he calls it \"vegematarianism\") Anyway, about \"the salad talk\"…I hate how they say, \"well just order this salad without the meat!\" Then you end up paying $14 for a salad because it used to have steak in it. *rolls eyes*

Mieky Pod, I\’m not vegan but, I wish I didn\’t lust for cheese so much. Well, my thighs wish I didn\’t lust for cheese so much. (:

Again, love the show and can’t wait till the next!

Jae – Springfield, IL

I think it is great that he has been vegetarian for a long time and inspires me just like you two did to get me started.

I still have friends who think this is a phase and my family were teasing me about what I was going to pick for my birthday dinner in November. I told them about the various options and well they were not impressed!

I was so excited the other day when I went to my grocery store and they had an huge section of vegetarian foods or organic that I didn\\\’t realize they had.

I am trying not to eat many frozen items but recently I had tried the Healthy Choice Potstickers made with tofu and veggies and they have a little kick to them but they are very good!

Otherwise, yay Ramble for diet changes. I wish you luck and hope it brings the health you seek!

Also, now that I think about it, at several restaurants I’ve found that if there is a tofu dish available I tend to order it because for whatever strange reasons I like it most. Thus, should any of you visit Atlanta I know of several cool Malaysian, Korean, Indian, Chinese, and Thai restaurants I could probably take you to.

Or I could just take you to Chili’s

As a new veggietarian I am getting comments from others as well. I posted pics of what I had last night on my facebook page and seconds later someone compared vegetarian food to cat food! Arghhhhhhhhh

I recently had an Easter dinner and being a newbie at trying this I wondered how my family would react to this new choice of mine. The good thing is that I had plenty of options and was so full after eating that I didn\’t miss having the ham at all.

I told my folks what I was doing and my father said with a laugh oh really to my mom with a shocked on her face to the added Why? LOL

Just like my coming out as a gay man same goes for this!

Keep up the great work!

Mikeypod, I listen!

Loved the song at the end!

Who are all these designers/production artists you speak of?? I need to network with these people.

For some reason the audio keeps stopping when I try to listen through the site. Even downloading through iTunes… it keeps stopping the download part way though giving me the (!) thingie?..

Or maybe my computras is special. hehehe. But from what I was able to hear it felt like we were just eating together just the other day

Here’s what I’ve been eating:
Trader Joe’s simmer sauces! They have a curry simmer sauce, so I made a stew of sorts…I put onions, peppers, mushrooms and tempeh! Its pretty healthy, but I fried the tempeh first. So good though. And good leftover, too.

I checked out that Weston A. Price website. It seems like among all their praising of meat, they are constantly defending themselves against vegetarians. If the site is dedicated to a diet rich with meat, why are they so concerned with covering themselves against vegetarians every time they mention meat? For example, “Sentence about why meat is so good for you. (Oh by the way, here is why being vegetarian is STUPID.”

Again, we see the same attitude as the guy I work with…always on the defense as if they feel threatened by our different diet choices. Crazy if you ask me.

Cheers!

Great show boys! I loved Mikey all excited about the voicemail haha!

BTW don’t eat at Houllihans restaurant, there is ONE thing vegetarian (certainly nothing vegan) on the menu, pizza. If you don’t want that, its a side salad for you. Or you can pay $13-$15 for a main entree salad with no meat in it.

As far as people giving you a hard time about being veggie…I was Twittering about this earlier today. Someone I see on a daily basis gave me a hard time because I wouldn’t eat this meat-based dish said person brought in one day. Basically said I was messed up because I don’t eat meat. Its too bad we get a hard time because other people don’t understand our life styles. That’s life, and its a shame isn’t it? )=

And how much do I live Michael Sage?!

Thanks for the info about the beans at Chipotle! I never tried the pinto beans. I am going there tonight with some friends actually! Had no idea.

Someone asked me the other day, “So you still eat chicken, right?” Um no. Seeing chickens all stuffed in a truck on the way to slaughter is the reason why I became veggie in the first place! Icky.

For one of your future shows, don’t forget my favorite vegan artist-MOBY! I have a slight obsession. And by slight I mean huge. And by huge I mean ginormous!

Thanks for filing in for me Lauren, you rock!

i am waiting patiently for the next show! So hurry up!

Nessa
XO