Somali Vegans

[Duchess]

They exist

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

I was once a vegan.

 

[Duchess]

I was once a vegan.

What made you stop?

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

What made you stop?

I went to the ER for dehydration, my mother being the Somali mom she is, blamed it on veganism. And forbid my vegan lifestyle. Then I became a vegetarian, and now I'm a pescatarian who doesn't eat dairy.

 

[Inactive]

Vegan?! Every vegetarianism is hard.

You have to be very disciplined to do that but I can never abandon my meat especially BBQ chicken.

 

[John Michael]

Vegan?! Every vegetarianism is hard.

You have to be very disciplined to do that but I can never abandon my meat especially BBQ chicken.

Do you eat fruits and vegetables?

 

[Inactive]

Do you eat fruits and vegetables?

Of course I do. But abandoning meat and eggs and milk and cheese is very hard. Especially meat.

Humans are omnivores but I still respect people who can do that.

 

[John Michael]

Of course I do. But abandoning meat and eggs and milk and cheese is very hard. Especially meat.

I don't mean on your pizza.

Just start with a day or two a week as a veg, then three then four. With time you'll grow to prefer veg meals.

 

[Inactive]

I don't mean on your pizza.

Just start with a day or two a week as a veg, then three then four. With time you'll grow to prefer veg meals.

I can't do it. It's too hard.

You can't even do it.

Vegetables are nasty. I can only eat veges mixed with meat

 

[Bahal]

I don't think I've ever consciously ate a vegetable.

 

[Duchess]

Vegan?! Every vegetarianism is hard.

You have to be very disciplined to do that but I can never abandon my meat especially BBQ chicken.

It does require a lot of discipline but if you're doing it for the right reasons ( ie not as a weight loss tool), you can do it. One of the most popular Somali YouTubers is a raw food chef.

 

[HalyeeyQaran]

Looooool@ your only source of protein being tofu. Foh.

 

[Bahal]

What right reasons? Don't tell me you worry about that animal rights claptrap.

 

[John Michael]

I can't do it. It's too hard.

You can't even do it.

Vegetables are nasty. I can only eat veges mixed with meat

I've been a vegetarian since I was 5. Lool

I started eating some meat w/in these last couple of years.

I knew it though, do you like your veggies roasted? Wallahi try it, it tastes nice.

I sometimes even eat cheeseless pizza.

 

[Inactive]

It does require a lot of discipline but if you're doing it for the right reasons ( ie not as a weight loss tool), you can do it. One of the most popular Somali YouTubers is a raw food chef.

Have you ever considered veganism? Or vegetarianism? Have you tried it?

 

[Inactive]

I've been a vegetarian since I was 5. Lool

I started eating some meat w/in these last couple of years.

I knew it though, do you like your veggies roasted? Wallahi try it, it tastes nice.

I sometimes even eat cheeseless pizza.

Really? You don't eat meat at all? Your mom made you your own vegetarian meals?

 

[Bahal]

I've been a vegetarian since I was 5. Lool

I started eating some meat w/in these last couple of years.

I knew it though, do you like your veggies roasted? Wallahi try it, it tastes nice.

I sometimes even eat cheeseless pizza.

Astagfurullah hassanah

You can't be serious?

 

[John Michael]

Really? You don't eat meat at all? Your mom made you your own vegetarian meals?

I eat meat now, just fish and chicken on occasion but I prefer eating less animal products.

Yes, I use to go to McDonald's and make my mother order a plain cheeseburger without beef/onions or pickles. Lol I wanted to be like other kids but developed a phobia from meat.

Even if meat was hidden into rice I wouldn't eat it. She tried everything but I developed a food phobia. I'm a normie now tho.

 

[Inactive]

I eat meat now, just fish and chicken on occasion but I prefer eating less animal products.

Yes, I use to go to McDonald's and make my mother order a plain cheeseburger without beef/onions or pickles. Lol I wanted to be like other kids but developed a phobia from meat.

Even if meat was hidden into rice I wouldn't eat it. She tried everything but I developed a food phobia. I'm a normie now tho.

You were never a vegetarian.

It's called kibir.

 

[Duchess]

What right reasons? Don't tell me you worry about that animal rights claptrap.

Unless you're buying from organic farmers, you have no idea what you're consuming.

@AbdiJohnson I'm not a vegan or vegetarian but I follow the prophetic way and limit my consumption of meat and poultry to once a week ( if that).