Wednesday, December 3, 2008

DIARY OF A BLACK VEGAN - vol #3 ..

SEE I WAS THINKING TODAY , AFTER BEING ASKED ONE OF THE MILLION TIMES A WEEK WHEN DO YOU BECOME VEGAN... I BEEN VEGAN SINCE 1999 ...AND BECAME VEGETARIAN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.. IT WAS A GRADUAL EVOLUTION FOR ME... I STOPPED EATING PORK WHEN I GOT KNOWLEDGE OF SELF LIKE LATE 80'S WHEN I WAS A KID...NOT TOO DRAMATIC IN A FAMILY THAT CAME FROM THE SOUTH..AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE POT IN TENNESSEE RIGHT? I THEN LATER QUIT BEEF 1995 ...THE I ONLY ATE CHICKEN FISH AND TURKEY UNTIL 1998..
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SAFARI-BLACKS WORLD FAMOUS "INDIAN CHANA-MASALA CHIC PEAS"

IT WAS A PATH OF AWARENESS NOT DONE FOR POLITICAL REASONS OR BECAUSE IT WAS CUTE OR FEATURED ON OPRAH WINFREY..loL SORRY IT MADE THE MOST SENSE AND I LISTEN TO MY SOUL ... ITS THE ULTIMATE STEP TOWARDS NATURE (DAMN MY RAP CAREER IS RUINED IF ANY ONE READS THIS : ) IT WAS NOT ABRUPT OR EVEN CONTEMPLATED...NO I DONT MISS CHICKEN OR FISH... I CRAVE WHAT YOU PUT ON THEM SAUCES . I MAKE CURRY TOFU, JERK TOFU , MOCK FISH FROM TOFU , INDIAN CHIC PEAS , PEANUT THAI NOODLES, GREENS , WHIPPED YAMS , VEGAN MAC AND SOYCHEESE (ONLY TOFUTTI BRAND) THE OTHER BRANDS DO NOT MELT , PIZZA , EVERY VARIATION OF A SALAD YOU CAN IMAGINE...


I MADE THE DISH ABOVE ON A BREAK FROM WRITING SONGS IN THE BRONX LAST DECEMBER... ALOT OF WHERE I AM AT DEPENDS UPON WHERE IM AT IF IM IN THE MIDWEST I HIT THE ETHNIC SPOTS BUT ARE USUALLY MORE INCLINED TO EAT SOUL ADAPTATIONS OF TRADITIONAL SOUL FOOD ( GOT SOME CORN AND GREEN BEANS COOKING NOW ) THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GREEN BEENS IS THAT THEY ARE HIGH IN FIBER AND CAN BE EATEN WITHOUT LIMIT ......
BREAKFAST IS PROLLY MY FAVORITE MEAL THOUGH EVEN THOUGH I USUALLY DONT GET TO TAKE THE TIME EXCEPT FOR THE WEEKENDS OR IF I AM GIGGING ON THE ROAD AND FIND A REAL PEACE VEGAN SPOT TO EAT AT...FYI - ANY PLACE WHERE THERE ARE MOUNTAINS THERE IS VEGAN FOOD IN ABUNDANCE ! BUT I DIGRESS I AM AMAZED AT THE REACTIONS OF WALKING INTO OR SHOPPING IN WHOLE FOOD MARKETS.. THE LOOKS OF LIBERALS CAN BE SO TRANSPARENT AT TIMES.. THE PEOPLE THAT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS CONSIDER TO BE INFIDELS BEAR THE SAME TRAITS ..THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND JUST LIKE A REGULAR STORE.. TRY TO EDUCATE YOU ( NOT KNOWING THAT I AM A SCIENTIST AND HAVE STUDIED HEALTH FOR 15 YEARS ) ALL OUT OF THE AMAZEMENT OF MEETING A NEGRO-VEGAN ?? HA THAT SOUNDED FUNNY NEGRO VEGAN...IM A LEAVE YOU ON THAT ONE CAUSE I CANT STOP LEAVING.. MAYBE THEY SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE RACE COLUMN OF APPLICATIONS..CHINESE..GERMAN...JAPANESE..JEWISH...NEGRO-VEGAN loL ENJOY THE CLIPS AND DOWNLOAD MY MUSIC ....BOOTLEG IT ..I DONT CARE JUST LISTEN TO IT.... AFTER THE CLIPS THERE IS A DIVSHARE LINK ABOVE THIS BLOG IN THE PREVIOUS BLOG FOR A SONG CALLED THE STRUGGLE WHICH WAS PRODUCED 1/2 BAND 1/2 DRUM MACHINE...ITS A SERIOUS JOINT OF MY FORTHCOMING "ART OF LOVE " FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD MIXED BY SERIUS SATALITTE SHADYVILLE DJS (WHOO KIDS CREW) REAL SOON....ASHE ASHE ASHE...










2 comments:

Lite }{ said...

awesomeness. Last niteI prepared this salad that included the following:

Bean sprouts, spinach/arugula greens, fresh baby corn,sliced almonds, shredded almond cheese, sliced cucumbers, sprinkled with old bay seasoning, celery seed, and crushed red/black pepper and topped with a dollop of my homemade guacamole!

Once we mixed that guacamole into the salad OMG! Guacamole easy....mashed two avocadoes, added a half of a squeezed lime sea salt + black pepper to taste.

I'm so damn proud of myself for that!


That was my best salad yet! Please share some of your recipes. that dish looks/sounds good....We could all use the support }{
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SAFARI-BLACK said...

Wow THAT sounds incredible...! those seasonings you used prolly put it over the top , the guacamole i have never actually eaten outside of burritos i will have to try that i am getting hungry reading your ingredients..