It's been roughly a week now of veganism....give or take a greasy lamb souvlaki after a night of drinking to celebrate my 32nd birthday. Needless to say whilst I vividly remember the gooey, sweet taste of lamb in my mouth at the time, the next day I didn't feel so great. Bloated, heavy and hungover...it proved to be a fairly difficult 24 hours after my meat experience.
Still in the throes of working all this out and being quite frightened by terms like tempeh, silken tofu and seitan (which I am pronouncing as satan? I'm guessing I'm only partially right on that one) I feel like I'm in carnivore and herbivore purgatory. Neither here nor there....knowing the world I once knew has been changed forever with new information I can no longer ignore.....but frightened by a world of being limited to 3 menu options at any given restaurant.
I have to admit though I've very rarely craved meat or dairy products....every now and then I've been presented with an animal option (calling it an animal option helps me to remember the poor little bleating and the big brown eyes my burgers once had) but it has been fairly easy to resist.
I think the issue is trying to work out what my new menu looks like exactly. I keep walking past the tofu aisle in fear.....knowing full well at some point....in the not so distant future....tofu and I will have to become friends for this to work out. I am hoping by the good graces of god we become friends and not foes.
Alas this weekend will be a test....as I have a Halloween BBQ and I almost shrieked in horror when I realised I'd essentially be given up that smokey charred meat flavour which I really love. Mushroom steaks anyone?
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