I am a Meat-Eating, Milk-Drinking, Butter-Consuming Vegan

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I’ve been vegan for 20 years, and I’ve been eating meat the entire time. I’ve also been drinking milk and baking with butter.

Not mock meat. Not fake butter. Not imitation milk.

I eat real food based on real ingredients. I don’t consume substitutes, alternatives, analogs, or replacements.

I drink milk — made from nuts, grains, legumes, or seeds.

I also eat butter, which has more to do with fat than animal fluids – as in “peanut butter” or “cocoa butter.”

I even eat meat, which comes from the Old English word mete, which originally referred to solid food rather than a beverage. This history is still evident in our language when we say “coconut meat” or the “meat of a nut,” and it is in that vein that I embrace and consume meat made from plants.

Far from “fake,” these foods reside in the major plant kingdoms from which we derive much of our pleasure and most of our nutrition. In using words that celebrate rather than belittle the plant foods of the world, we normalize the healthful, humane way of eating called “vegan.” ~Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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BEAUTIFUL, and very smart. I knew what you're going to say but it's so much fun to hear it. I've been vegan for 54 years!

gomezaddams
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Exactly! The animal agriculture industry does not have a patent on the generic words "Milk", "Cheese", "Butter", ""Cream", Yoghurt", and "Meat". These words are universal and generic -- not owned by anyone. Just like the word "bread" is generic and not owned by anyone. It could also mean "money". I don't see the banking industry having a legal hissy fit about wanting to own the words "bread" or "dough"! ❗️The animal agriculture industry needs to be very clear going forward with labelling: Dairy milk, dairy cheese, dairy butter, dairy yoghurt, dairy ice cream, dairy whipped topping, and animal flesh derived meat, etc. Plant-based individuals and vegans should not have to put the word mock in front of meat. Coconut meat and walnut meat have been the norm for me growing up and no one made a fuss about using the word meat in this context. The government subsidizes the animal agriculture industries. Time to take away these subsidizes and give them to organic produce farmers! 💸

veganearthling
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Love this. Helps me feel comfortable responding to that often asked question, "what are you eating?". I always hated having to edit or think about my response too much. I now make a vegan Mac & Cheese dish that I believe tastes exactly like my old non vegan Mac & Cheese. I always hated having to specify it as "Mac UN Cheese" to my non vegan husband when I offer it to him. Heck, he knows I don't make "cows cheese" Mac & Cheese anymore, so why specify. Anytime I've offered up my vegan dishes to him, I've always felt obligated to list all the ingredients. But that just leads him to believe there's some thing about this dish that he should be concerned about. Ridiculous. We've been together for over 25 years and whenever I made a new dish for dinner when I was not vegan, he never questioned what was in it and was happy to try it. Thanks for liberating me Colleen. <3 xo ; )

JS-ueku
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I love it! I remember listening to your Animalogy podcast about these terms. All the time at work people tell me how my food smells and looks so good and they ask what it is and how I made it. I used to make it a point to always say, "its VEGAN tacos/stir-fry/soup" etc. and emphasize that it was mock meat, fake cheese or the like. Nowadays I just call it, "biscuits and gravy" or "mac n cheese" or "lasagne". I find that I'm drawing more people in to a productive conversation about how easy to make and delicious vegan food can be without bringing up stigmas or pressure. I can go on to talk about the recipe, mentioning plant-based ingredients, without the conversation getting stuck on me being different.

kw
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Love this and had to share it on my Face Book!

valeriebardascino
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CPG you are so extraordinarily thoughtful and knowledgeable. I have learned so much from you. Really appreciate the way you communicate - thank you. 💜👍🌟

sunnypepper
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Colleen,
Have you ever been told that you are amazing? because you are!

isabellezablocki
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This video helped and encouraged me a lot, so I'm going to keep my journey going as stying vegan for the rest of my life. Thank you, thank you thank you so much! 🙏🏻❤

lemmetellyousomething
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lol.. I almost blew up when you started rambling about how you drink milk from real sources! Then I realised doh :p

-TheRealThing-
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Ah... makes sense. I’m always telling friends and coworkers What I had for lunch or dinner and they always hit me with the “burger?! I thought you were vegan!” It’s like, yeah, everything I eat is vegan but I’m not gonna preface it like I’m some kind of weirdo. It’s like hearing an omnivore call it a beef burger with pork bacon and cow cheese. Sounds stupid.

MrHandsomeboynow
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This is the kind of video I was waiting for!! Thanks for the precious content, the vegan community needs stuff like this!! :)

Dusk_G
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When I die, I'm gonna feed the grown like it fed me o3o <3

Katzykeens
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Colleen I have nothing but the deepest admiration for you. Your commitment inspires me and your compassion humbles me. But vegans making statements like "I eat meat... coconut meat!" is just going to reinforce the already prevalent idea that vegans are indoctrinated nuts instead of just people trying to live gentle, humane, compassionate lives. I look at you as a role model I try to fashion myself after but after this unapologetic clickbait video I certainly wouldn't mention that to people I am trying to have a serious conversation about veganism with.

amandajmb
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i'm not vegan but this is sounds so smart, and not like that annoying vegan teacher lol!

iilady
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I found your channel because there was a video of you playing with a monkey a few years ago, what happened to the monkey? I am curious, I hope nobody ate her, they share 97% of our DNA. Thank you for reading this.

evilubuntu