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Sooo . . . I’m curious, what are your favorite National Parks? I can count on one hand those I’ve visited, but I’d really like to see more. I don’t know that I could chose between Death Valley and Olympic. Both are fantastic in such different ways.
I’m really fortunate to live near 3 — Olympic, Rainier, and North Cascades. I hope to visit…[Read more]-
Yosemite’s the one I’m most familiar with. I like it best in early spring, when the winter crowd’s gone, the summer crowd’s still weeks away, and the dogwoods and wildflowers are just blooming. Gorgeous. I also love the expanses of glacier-polished granite, even though it’s roughly the only time I’m ever afraid of heights. It’s beautiful stuff,…[Read more]
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That sounds really beautiful. I’m accustomed to seeing smoothly polished rock in river beds, but nothing on the the type of scale you write about!
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BIG Yosemite love. I grew up visiting the park and lived there for almost a year after college. It’s gorgeous and one of the best places I’ve ever lived. Nothing quite like waking up in a tent under Half Dome every day
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Yosemite is phenomenal. I recently (last summer) visited a bunch of parks in Utah (I was part of a team of excavators at a dinosaur quarry in Hanksville) and fell in love. Dead Horse Point State Park is GORGEOUS. Here is a photo I took while there:[http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganluczak/4696585929/in/photostream]. Goblin Valley is neat, as well…[Read more]
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Wow, talk about a majestic view! That’s some photo! State parks in Utah must really be a cut above! O to be there right now . . .
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Spanish-speaking Straddlers 12 years, 4 months agoNaci en Mexico pero estudie en Los Angeles. Hablo Espanol, pero no muy bien. Me gustaria poder platicar mas en nuestro idioma, pero con alguien que no sea mi parte de mi familia porque pienso que no voy a poder expandir my vocabulario haci. How’d I do? Sorry if I sucked at that, by the way.
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This group is so quiet. Controversial discussion topic! Fake meats: yay or nay?
Personally, I say nay. I stopped eating meat because the thought of it grosses me out, so why would I eat something that allows the consumer to pretend they are eating meat? I once ate a Quorn chik’n patty that resembled chicken so much I stopped eating after a few…[Read more]
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Yeah I read about meat glue and how they use it to make fake cuts like filet mingon
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I’m all for it. I mean, there are researchers out there working on growing meat in petri dishes, and I think that’s awesome. People eat meat because they think it tastes good. If it’s possible to make cruelty-free meat (or fake meat) that still tastes good, I’m not sure what the problem is. It would just encourage more people to eat less of the real deal.
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I think it can be a good aid for the transitional period right after someone becomes a vegetarian. My transition to vegetarianism was extremely sudden. I saw some cows get shot for food and never touched meat again. I had all these cravings and eating fake meat (veggie burgers and a lot of the Morningstar Farm products) got rid of those…[Read more]
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I think it’s good for sudden “food urges,” like fake Italian sausage to go with my sauteed onions and peppers, or fake bologna to put in my epic sandwiches. I don’t miss the taste of meat, but I do miss certain foods that I enjoyed when I used to eat meat. But I’m suspicious of the looong list of ingredients in fake meat, and so in general they…[Read more]
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Oh nooo, fake veggie buffalo wings are the SHIT. that and the tofurky italian sausage which made a pleasant addition to my spicy jambalaya that i made for my little evening shindig. So, I’m suspicious most of the time, like I just tried “fake” bacon strips and they taste like cardboard. But, as a black woman, I grew up eating “soul food” which…[Read more]
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I almost always regret eating fake meat on the rare occasions that I do. I just think they’re so heavy and heavily processed, tofu all the way!!
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…I avoided fake meats at all costs the first five or six years I was a veg. Somewhere along the line (I think it was when I first discovered tempeh and seitan, or when I went vegan?) I got over the ick-factor, and now make seitan from scratch about once a month, to the extreme delight of many of my friends. I’m also hopelessly in love with the…[Read more]
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I think I agree that fake meat is a good transitional tool. I was making fake chicken finger subs and tacos when I went veg. A big part of why I stopped is I don’t think loading up on soy every day is a great idea. Maybe my disfavor toward fake meats is misplaced. I mostly just thought that Q’uorn chik’n patty tasted and had a texture far too much…[Read more]
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I wasn’t really into fake meats in the beginning for a similar reason – it tasted like meat and weirded my head out too much. But 17 years later, I’ve forgotten what meat tastes like and can enjoy a Red Bamboo nugget (or five. YUM) and homemade seitan in a stir-fry. I would LOVE to figure out how to make delicious “chicken” nuggets though. Anyone…[Read more]
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yes! it is quite labor intensive but totally worth it. my gf makes it for me as a special treat when i have a horrible week. i prefer to toss them in wing sauce. i miss boneless buffalo wings on the regular. they key is freezing the tofu. keep it in the package, dont open it, and put it in the freezer over the night. then put in fridge and thaw.…[Read more]
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