U-Lady Gaga angase azizwe ejabule engutsheni eyenziwe ngenyama, kodwa izigidi zabantu baseMelika azithandi ukugqoka - nokudla - noma yimiphi imikhiqizo yezilwane. “Inani labadla imifino e-United States licishe liphindeke kabili kusukela saqala ukulibona ngo-1994” futhi manje selicishe libe yizigidi ezingu-7, noma u-3% wabantu abadala, kusho uJohn Cunningham, umphathi wokucwaninga ngokusetshenziswa kweVegetarian Resource Group. "Kepha njengengxenye yabantu abadla imifino, inani lama-vegans likhula ngokushesha okukhulu." Ama-Vegans - agwema imikhiqizo yobisi ngaphezu kwenyama nezilwane zasolwandle - enza cishe ingxenye yesithathu yabo bonke abadla imifino.
Phakathi kwabo kukhona usomabhizinisi omkhulu uRussell Simmons, umsakazi wezingxoxo u-Ellen DeGeneres, umlingisi uWoody Harrelson, ngisho nomshayisibhakela uMike Tyson, owake waluma ucezu lwendlebe esilwaneni esincelisayo okwavela ukuthi singumuntu. “Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma usaziwayo enza into engajwayelekile kusuke kudume kakhulu. Lokhu kukhulisa ukuqwashisa kwabantu ngokuthi iyini i-veganism nokuthi isho ukuthini,” kusho uStephanie Redcross, umqondisi ophethe we-Vegan Mainstream, inkampani yezentengiso eseSan Diego eqondise emphakathini we-vegan kanye nemifino.
Yize amathonya osaziwayo angavusa intshisekelo yokuqala ku-veganism, umuntu udinga ukuzibophezela okukhulu lapho eshintshela kule ndlela yokuphila.
UCunningham uthi: “Isinqumo sokudla inyama yenkomo nokunamathela kuleyo ndlela yokuphila sibaluleke kakhulu ezinkolelweni zomuntu. Abanye bakwenza ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngenhlalakahle yezilwane neplanethi, abanye bakhangwa izinzuzo zezempilo: i-veganism inciphisa ingozi yesifo senhliziyo, uhlobo lwesifo sikashukela sohlobo lwe-2 nokukhuluphala, kanye nobungozi bomdlavuza, ngokusho kombiko we-2009. yi-American Dietetic Association. Ngenxa yalezi zizathu, uCunningham nabanye bakholelwa ukuthi lena akuyona nje imfashini edlulayo.
Ama-flavour amasha
Ukuthi umuntu uhlala isikhathi esingakanani e-vegan kuncike ekutheni udla kahle kangakanani. Qaphela ukuthi kunezinye izindlela ezinhle esikhundleni senyama “ezingahlobene nakancane nokuzincisha ukudla nokuswela,” kusho uBob Burke, umqondisi we-Natural Products Consulting e-Andover, Massachusetts.
Abakhiqizi bathathe lo msebenzi onzima ukuze bawenze kwenzeke. Izwe elidla inyama alisagcini nje ngerayisi elinsundu, imifino eluhlaza, nenkukhu mbumbulu; izinkampani nemikhiqizo efana ne-Petaluma, i-Amy's Kitchen kanye ne-Turner Falls yase-California, i-Lightlife yase-Massachusetts ibilokhu yenza ama-vegan burritos, “isoseji” kanye ne-pizza iminyaka eminingana. Muva nje, “oshizi” abangewona owobisi abavela e-Daya, Vancouver, naseChicago baye baqhuma emakethe ye-vegan—banambitheka ushizi wangempela futhi bancibilika njengoshizi wangempela. I-Western Natural Foods Show yalo nyaka ibonise uphudingi oqandisiwe kakhukhunathi, ubisi lwe-hemp neyogathi, amabhega e-quinoa, ne-soy squid.
U-Redcross ucabanga ukuthi izibiliboco ze-vegan azikude kakhulu nezingewona ama-vegan, uphawula ukuthi izindawo zokudlela ezinokudla kwe-upscale vegan sezivele zidumile emadolobheni amaningi amakhulu. "Ukuba yi-vegan ngenxa nje yokuba yi-vegan kuwumbono abantu abambalwa abangawuthanda," kusho uBurke. "Kokunye, ukunambitheka, ukusha kanye nekhwalithi yezithako kubalulekile." Ngisho nokudla obekungeyona i-vegan ekuqaleni kuqhubeke. UBurke uthi: “Kunokusabela okukhulu nokuqwashisa ngalolu daba. Uma izinkampani zingathatha isithako esisodwa [emkhiqizweni wazo] zenze i-vegan esikhundleni semvelo nje, ziyakwenza” ukuze zingathusi yonke ingxenye yabathengi abangaba khona.
Amasu wokuthengisa
Ezinye izinkampani, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ziyangabaza ukubiza imikhiqizo yazo ngokuthi i-vegan, noma ngabe akuthathi okuningi ukwenza kanjalo. “Kungathusa abathengi (abayinhloko) abacabanga ukuthi, “Kuhle! Nakanjani izonambitheka njengekhadibhodi!” Kusho uRedcross. Abakhiqizi bayazi ukuthi abathengi abaluthwe ngempela bazocubungula amalebula omsoco ukuze bathole izithako zezilwane ezifihliwe njenge-casein noma i-gelatin, yingakho abanye bebhala umkhiqizo njengolungele i-vegan ngemuva kwephakheji, kusho uBurke.
Kepha abakwaRedcross bathi akuwona nje ama-vegans athenga lokhu kudla: bathandwa nangabantu abanokungezwani komzimba, njengoba abangani babo nomndeni bafuna ukuhlanganyela ukudla nabathandekayo babo abanemikhawulo yokudla. Ngakho-ke abathengisi bokudla bemvelo bangasiza abathengi abangenalwazi kangako ukuthi babone ukuthi yimiphi imikhiqizo eyi-vegan.
“Zama le mikhiqizo ukuze abangewona ama-vegan babone ukuthi lokhu kungenye indlela yangempela. Zinikeze emgwaqweni,” kusho uRedcross. UBurke uphakamisa ukuthi kubekwe amaphosta emashalofini esitolo akhuluma ngemikhiqizo ye-vegan ethokozisayo, kanye nokuwagqamisa ezincwadini zezindaba. Ithi, 'Sineresiphi enhle kakhulu ye-vegan lasagna' noma okunye ukudla okuvamise ukwenziwa ngobisi noma ngenyama."
Abathengisi futhi kudingeka baqonde ukuthi nakuba abantu abaningi behamba nge-vegan ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, kungaba nzima ukuyeka imikhuba yokudla. UCunningham uthi: “Ukudla okulula nama-dessert yikona okuphuthelwa kakhulu umphakathi we-vegan. Uma unikeza izinketho zabo ze-vegan, uzothola isimo sengqondo esihle nokwethembeka kwamakhasimende. “Ama-Vegan ayawuthanda kakhulu uphudingi,” kunezela uCunningham. Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sengubo yekhekhe elingenalo ubisi, Gaga?