I look back and it is hard to believe I ate animal products. But, in our family, meat, chicken, eggs and dairy were the norm, as well as off al, tripe, black pudding and cow heel, the thought of which totally grosses me out now. So what changed? I watched a documentary about ‘mad cow’ disease and was horrified that animal parts were ground up and fed to cows. I cut out red meat initially, but research increased my concerns about animal cruelty and interference by humans in the food chain, so I went vegetarian. Never being a milk lover, dairy went out the window next and one morning, eating a boiled egg, I felt physically sick and the rest is history.
Family and friends thought I had gone completely mad and found it difficult to accept my decision, but my mind was made up. It took time, obviously. What to do about those non-vegan items in the wardrobe and kitchen cupboards? With no internet, nothing like the vegan products in supermarkets we have these days, only in health food shops, I would bulk buy from a local co-operative. I did not even like soya milk or some of the vegan products available at first, and I remember my first taste of a pretty awful vegan cream cheese.
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