Fabris softener!

[gnarwhal]

Some ethnic markets make a jello-ish dessert with agar agar, and Whole Foods carries a gelatin free one as well. I'm vegan and can reccomend some cookbooks, if you're interested. Anything by Isa Moskowitz (Vegan with a Vengence AND Vegan Cupcakes Take OVer The World are faves) or the Vegan Lunchbox (Jennifer McCann) . They're all easy to read, easy to make, and not too preachy.

YAY! Another Vegan cyclist who loves Isa! I have VwaV on my wishlist but people keep buying me Veganomicon...i have 3 copies now.

[indigoiis]

Hm. For all we know, vegetables have consciousness, too.

I only eat rocks.

[OakLeaf]

Ahem. I don't think there's any need to ridicule other people's life choices, which possibly have a religious or spiritual basis. (And note that it's only Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions that make "consciousness" a foundation of vegetarianism; Christian vegetarianism is historically based more on what eating the animal does to one's own body and spiritual state).

I've been slipping lately, for a number of reasons that I won't go into here, but I know very clearly which creatures I'm prepared to kill and which ones I'm not. What did/would you do when it's your turn to wring the chicken's neck or cut the steer's throat? Have you ever been to a branding?

This thread started by talking about horse byproduct. Many people who aren't vegetarians recoil at the idea of slaughtering certain animals that are capable of forming deep emotional bonds with humans. Horse slaughter is now banned in the USA (whether you approve of that legislation or not). Meat from dogs or cats - while common in some cultures - wouldn't last half a second on US grocery shelves.

[Brandi]

YAY! Another Vegan cyclist who loves Isa! I have VwaV on my wishlist but people keep buying me Veganomicon...i have 3 copies now.

Bet some ladies here would buy them off you?

[Brandi]

I am not a vegan. I don't do crap food though except here and there if there is nothing else. I am bothered by the fact that we need all these wierd things in our life. I don't mind eating meat here and there. We tend to lean twords vegatarian if we can. I don't use fabric softener's on our bike our hiking clothes. I liked it for things like sweaters, towels, sheets etc...I understand it is clean and so on. But putting animal fat on your clothes is strange now that I know about it. And it doesn't say on the bottles so looking for it doesn't work. I know there are probably a lot of things just like this. But what does fabric softner really do? Make your clothes smell nice and soft? True. But do we need it?

[Irulan]

static control, "soft feeling", wrinkle control and artificial scents.

[Aggie_Ama]

I switched to Bamboo Sheets and they can't use dryer sheets but they are oh so soft. Organic sheets, no fabric softener= win! And they breath so well in hot Texas. My only gripe is they are a natural color and seem dingy because DH and I both tend to have oily skin in the summer. But did I mention they seem naturally soft and light?

[Karma007]

I found thse neat laundry sachets at Trader Joe's. They're reusable, and gave my laundry nice lavendar scent...

[Brandi]

I found thse neat laundry sachets at Trader Joe's. They're reusable, and gave my laundry nice lavendar scent...

I am going to tj's today I will look for those!