Not-So-Vegan and So, So Vegan

Published July 02, 2009 @ 02:05PM PT

Two very different items have been making their way around online spaces this past week: (1) a "hipster vegan"-mocking, but still supremely funny, video titled "So, So Vegan" (which is embedded at the end of this post and the circulation of which by vegans is proof that yes, we do indeed have a sense of humor about ourselves and each other!) and (2) a remarkably involved and impressive investigation into vegan Los Angeles eateries by QuarryGirl.com, which I mentioned briefly in one of this week's roundups.

In the latter, the bloggers revealed the results of a grand-scale investigation into 17 LA-area vegan restaurants to see which ones might be serving food that's not actually vegan (whether inadvertently or, it seems in one case, perhaps even consciously). And we're not talking about some easy, uncomplicated, amateur testing process either. The investigators went all-out scientific, and they report every step of the process in extraordinary detail in the post: "Operation Pancake: Undercover Investigation of LA Vegan Restaurants" (with an update post here: "Operation Pancake: The Plot Thickens"). And really, it wouldn't take a scientific analysis for anyone who's been vegan for any length of time to look at Green Leaves' cheese and immediately question whether it's really vegan. [As I prepare to post this, QuarryGirl.com isn't loading--the site's been receiving a lot of traffic in recent days--but keep trying back periodically if you encounter a problem on first attempt. I'm sure they'll have it back up and running in no time.]

And now the "So, So Vegan" video. Enjoy:

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That video is silly.

Posted by Elaine Vigneault on 07/02/2009 @ 04:57PM PT
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I just read this investigation top to bottom last night, and wow! One look at that cheese and it's easy for a vegan to tell that it's not vegan cheese.

Also, it's been very easy for me to tell when a waiter says there's no cheese in a dish and yet when it arrives it has that layer of grease. Vegans eat very few greasy foods, and there is a HUGE difference between foods fried in vegetable oil, olive oil added to a dish, and oils from dairy.

Posted by Lisa Smolen on 07/03/2009 @ 07:14AM PT
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Great video!

Posted by Diana Youngblood on 07/04/2009 @ 10:38AM PT
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those vid vegans so so got talent!

Posted by bb holidaypants on 08/10/2009 @ 02:43PM PT
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Stephanie is an independent animal rights advocate, a vegan, a tree-hugging environmentalist, and a freelance editor and writer. She lives in St. Louis with an aging corgi-lab and an adolescent rescued pit bull.