The most important part of prepping for the upcoming switch to veganism (10 days, shit) is the modification of my daily self-prepared meals. However, this was also the easiest part to research, as all it really took was the subbing of milk and pork. I eat string cheese at lunch usually, but I don't mind just dropping that altogether.
I travel often on the weekends, even moreso during the run-up to Halloween what with my birthday and 4 costume parties (and hopefully counting) on 4 weekends. That means that for at least 2 days and nights per week I've got to sustain myself on restaurant and convenience-store food. VERY little of what I get in those situations is vegan. Fortunately, I've found some pretty impressive websites to help me out. Get ready to be bookmarked on my smartphone!
First, there's I Can't Believe It's Vegan, which is part of PETA's website. They have an impressive list of food arranged by category (Dry breakfast, snacks, baked goods, etc.) that is PETA-approved. Is there a vegan authority out there more tight-assed than PETA? Probably not, so I'd say this list seems pretty safe. Thing I love most about it: Fritos are vegan! Me and Howard Hughes are thrilled (oh, he's totally still alive).
Also frigging critical is Vegan Fast Food Options, a continuously-updated post from the blog My Life As A Vegan which lists the vegan options from a very long list of fast-food restaurants.
Most of them involve specially ordering things. Vegan nachos are pretty funny, they require the removal of everything that makes them nachos. Jack Nicholson would have made a great vegan.
I understand that for many vegans, simply giving money to McD and BK is an abhorrent thing, regardless of what's in the food they order, and I can sympathize with that a lot more easily than I can with the honey thing or the procreation thing. Still, I thought it was interesting to mention that the baked apple pies at McDonald's and Burger King, as well as various grocery-store-bought variants, are vegan according to these lists. That calls for a video re-posting! Poor pre-BDK Tim Donst, looks like he was on the path of righteousness after all.
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