Umlingisikazi wase-Ireland u-Evanna Lynch, odume umhlaba wonke ngendima yakhe ku-Harry Potter, ukhuluma ngokuthi iyini i-veganism kuye nokuthi impilo yakhe isishintshe kanjani yaba ngcono.
Okokuqala nje, bengilokhu nginenzondo eqinile yodlame futhi ngikubeke enhliziyweni. Angicabangi ukuthi ukhona ongaba ngcono inqobo nje uma kusenonya emhlabeni. Ngizwa izwi elingaphakathi, elithule kodwa liqinisekile, elithi "CHA!" njalo ngibona udlame. Ukungabi nandaba nonya lwezilwane kuwukunganaki izwi lakho elingaphakathi, futhi angizimisele ngokwenza kanjalo. Uyazi, ngibona izilwane zingokomoya kakhulu futhi, ngandlela-thile, izidalwa "eziqaphelayo" kunabantu. Kubonakala kimi ukuthi umqondo we-veganism ubulokhu usemvelweni yami, kodwa kwangithatha isikhathi eside ukuqaphela lokhu. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-11, ngaba umuntu odla imifino, ngoba i-naduh yayingakwazi ukumelana nomqondo wokudla inyama yesilwane noma yenhlanzi nokuthi inyama iwumkhiqizo wokubulala. Kwaze kwaba ngu-2013, ngenkathi ngifunda i-Eating Animals, lapho ngabona khona ukuthi indlela yokuphila yemifino yayinganele kangakanani, futhi yilapho ngaqala khona ukushintshela ku-veganism. Eqinisweni, kwangithatha iminyaka engu-2 yonke.
Ngihlala ngicaphuna ku-Vegucated (i-documentary yaseMelika mayelana ne-veganism). "I-Veganism ayikona ngokulandela imithetho ethile noma imikhawulo ethile, akukhona ukuphelela - imayelana nokunciphisa ukuhlupheka nodlame." Abaningi bakubona lokhu njengesikhundla esiqondile, esikahle futhi esokuzenzisa. Angifanisi i-veganism “nokudla okunempilo” noma “okungenayo i-gluten” – kumane kuyintandokazi yokudla. Ngikholelwa ukuthi impande noma isisekelo sokudla kwe-vegan kufanele kube ububele. Kuwukuqonda kwansuku zonke ukuthi sonke simunye. Ukungabi nozwelo nenhlonipho kumuntu ohluke ngandlela-thile kithi, kulokho okungajwayelekile, okungaqondakali futhi okungavamile ekuboneni kuqala - yilokhu okusihlukanisa komunye nomunye futhi kuyimbangela yokuhlupheka.
Abantu basebenzisa amandla ngendlela eyodwa yezindlela ezimbili: ngokuwasebenzisa, ukucindezela “abangaphansi”, ngaleyo ndlela bakhulise ukubaluleka kwabo, noma basebenzisa izinzuzo nezinzuzo zokuphila amandla avulekayo futhi asize labo ababuthakathaka. Angazi ukuthi kungani abantu besakhetha inketho yokuqala kunezilwane. Kungani sisengakwazi ukuqaphela indima yethu njengabavikeli?
O, okuhle kakhulu! Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, bengisaba kancane ukumemezela lokhu ngokusemthethweni emakhasini ami e-Instagram ne-Twitter. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngangesaba ukuhlekwa usulu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuphawula kwezilwane ezishisekayo ezazingangithathi ngokungathi sína. Angizange futhi ngifune ukulebula ukuze ngingadali okulindelekile ukuthi ngase ngizokhipha incwadi enamaresiphi e-vegan noma into enjalo. Kodwa-ke, lapho nje ngithumela imininingwane ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ngokushesha, ngokumangala, ngathola igagasi lokusekelwa nothando! Ngaphezu kwalokho, abameleli abambalwa bebhizinisi lezimiso zokuziphatha nabo baphendule isitatimende sami ngeziphakamiso zokubambisana.
Kumanje izihlobo zami ziyamukela kancane kancane imibono yami. Futhi ukusekelwa kwabo kubaluleke kakhulu kimi, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke basekele imboni yenyama uma nje bema bacabange kancane. Kodwa-ke, abangani bami ababona abanye balabo abathanda lapho izincwadi nezindatshana ezihlakaniphile zishelela kubo futhi zifundiswe ngempilo. Ngakho-ke ngidinga ukuba yisibonelo esiphilayo kubo sendlela yokuba i-vegan enempilo nejabulisayo. Ngemva kokufunda inqwaba yezincwadi, sengifunde inqwaba yokwaziswa, ngakwazi ukukhombisa umkhaya wami ukuthi i-veganism ayiyona inqwaba yama-hippies asebekhulile. Ngemva kokuchitha isonto nami e-Los Angeles, umama wami wathenga iprosesa yokudla emnandi lapho ebuyela e-Ireland futhi manje wenza i-vegan pesto nebhotela le-alimondi, wabelana nami ngokuziqhenya ukuthi kungakanani ukudla kwemifino akupheke ngeviki.
Ukwenqaba ukudla okuthile, ikakhulukazi ama-dessert. Ubumnandi bunomthelela ocashile esimweni sami somqondo. Bengilokhu ngiwathanda ama-dessert futhi ngakhuliswa umama owabonisa uthando lwakhe ngamakhekhe amnandi! Njalo uma ngifika ekhaya ngemva kokuqopha isikhathi eside, ngangilinde uphaya wecherry ekhaya. Ukuyeka lokhu kudla kwakusho ukuyeka uthando, okwakunzima ngokwanele. Manje sekulula kakhulu kimi, ngoba bengizisebenzela ngokwami, ngokulutha kwengqondo okukhona kusukela ebuntwaneni. Yebo, ngisathola injabulo kushokoledi we-vegan caramel engizithokozisa ngawo ngezimpelasonto.
Yebo, kunjalo, ngiyabona ukuthi i-veganism ithola ukuthandwa kanjani, nezindawo zokudlela ziba nokunaka kakhulu futhi zihloniphe izinketho ezingezona inyama. Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi kusekhona indlela ende yokubona i-veganism hhayi "njengokudla" kodwa njengendlela yokuphila. Futhi, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngicabanga ukuthi "imenyu eluhlaza" kufanele ibe khona kuzo zonke izindawo zokudlela.
Ngingakweluleka kuphela ukuthi ujabulele inqubo nezinguquko. Abadla inyama bazothi lokhu kudlulele noma ukuzincisha ukudla, kodwa empeleni kumayelana nokuphila nokudla ngokugcwele. Ngizophinde ngisho ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthola abantu abanomqondo ofanayo abeseka indlela yakho yokuphila kanye nombono wezwe - lokhu kuyakhuthaza kakhulu. Njengomuntu oke wahlukunyezwa yizidakamizwa kanye nokuphazamiseka kokudla, ngizoqaphela: ungayiboni i-veganism njengomkhawulo kuwe. Izwe elicebile lemithombo yokudla kwezitshalo liyavuleka phambi kwakho, mhlawumbe awukaziboni ukuthi lihluke kangakanani.