beccy
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Post by beccy on Jun 3, 2009 13:34:23 GMT
What are we going to prepare? How much of it will there be? Who's going to do what? And so on!
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Post by anarchistluke on Jun 3, 2009 14:10:48 GMT
Firstly, I think Jordan has already raised this but I feel (as does she) that it should all be vegan for several reasons. Obviously, carbon emissions/animal welfare/sustainability/etc may be issues that some of us involved in CGS and particularly involved in the actual planning/preparing/etc care about (as well as some of the people eating it!), and also vegan food has much fewer kosher/halal and allergy/intolerance issues, etc. From the blurb you've sent out it looks like it will be ok, but obviously "dips" is a bit vague and bread can sometimes be non-vegan, etc. So it would be nice just to be able to double-check.  Also, I have some falafel mix to donate, if you lot want it to make falafel with for the brunch? (two boxes, which should be enough for at least about 10 portions (depending on whether you mix a bit of flour in to pad it out, etc)) Good luck, I think I will be at the ENS meeting, but I hope it all goes well, and if I decide not to go to ENS for some reason then I will come along. |
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Post by beccy on Jun 3, 2009 14:44:06 GMT
The recipe book I've been looking Middle Eastern recipes up in is 'Another Dinner is Possible', so very Vegan; Ali seemed up for making it Vegan at today's meeting; so unless anyone raises any objections, Veganism seems like the way forward!
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Post by eddm on Jun 3, 2009 17:27:39 GMT
Woah, have we thought about how this move is going to go down with meat-eaters? That's an important section of the Cambridge community we might not want to risk alienating.
It's fairly ironic and faintly bizarre that a Gaza Solidarity group can reach a greater apparent consensus on veganism than on any substantial political platform relating to, well, Gaza.
Oh well.
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beccy
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Post by beccy on Jun 4, 2009 9:13:43 GMT
But meat eaters can eat anything, whereas Vegans can only eat Vegan food, added to which there are issues relating to religious diet that would be overcome.
Hmm. Does this mean we need to have a meat option? I don't know. It kind of annoys me the way that meat eaters are always catered to as if they have dietary requirements, when in fact it's Vegans and Vegetarians whose diets are limited.
What do others think?
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Post by beccy on Jun 4, 2009 9:15:17 GMT
P.S. What food to serve at a single event is kind of less complicated than how to deal with the aftermath of a long and complex history of strife... But it would seem we don't even have consensus on the former, since you objecting counts as lacking consensus!
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Post by eddm on Jun 7, 2009 14:20:16 GMT
Meat eaters are always catered for because the vast majority of people eat meat.
I'm not bothered about there being a meat option really, I was just making a point.
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Post by anarchistluke on Jun 21, 2009 14:17:43 GMT
Meat eaters are always catered for because the vast majority of people eat meat. The vast majority of people also eat bread (in fact, a much larger number of people), but there isn't always a bread option wherever you turn. |
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