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  1. MilwaukeeProf   False advertising is on my mind. I was happily scouting for a vegan or vegetarian restaurant in a neighborhood that I plan to visit later this week. I found one that included several things marked as vegetarian: beans,rice,vegetables and all. I phoned to ask about reservations and something inspired me to ask if they cook the rice in water or animal broth. The man said asked and came back to the phone to say they cook it in powdered chicken broth. ICK! I left them a one-star review on Google and pointed out that it seems like false advertising. Is it just me,or are chickens actually birds, animals,not really vegetables at all?
    October 6 2026 Like
  2. Tzimchoni   Plant foods that appear to be derived from birds include chickpeas, brown turkey figs, gooseberries, and canary melon. Some avid vegetarians will scrupulously and assiduously avoid such foods, I'm told! As for chickens, Isaac Bashevis Singer, when asked why he was a vegetarian, replied, "For health reasons. I do it for the health of the chicken."
    October 7 2026 Like
  3. Tveg   I wouldn't have even thought of asking such a thing. How disgusting! I always say if omnivores can figure out a way to put parts of an animal in food, they will!
    October 26 2026 Like
  4. MilwaukeeProf   I Googled it and neither chickpeas nor gooseberries are derived in any way from animals. I don't eat figs or those melons so didn't look into them. I do know that canary melons are bright yellow and that color inspired the name. Chickpeas have the Latin root "cicer" (meaning garbanzo bean) same as Cicero,so it isn't about chickens at all. I know that the GMO crowd is into tinkering with God's Creation,so,once again,organic and non GMO is the way to go if someone is suspicious that animals somehow got into their vegan food. I wouldn't freak out over the name.
    October 27 2026 Like
  5. MilwaukeeProf   VegHenry was another bot or scammer.
    4 days ago Like