Comments on: Are you Freegan? http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Margaret Cho Blog » Blog Archive » Jason Mecier http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-1287 Margaret Cho Blog » Blog Archive » Jason Mecier Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:44:54 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-1287 [...] which I sent him a little while ago. It is really extraordinary and certainly something not just freegans will appreciate! I love it and I am going to be purchasing the original so I can see myself [...] […] which I sent him a little while ago. It is really extraordinary and certainly something not just freegans will appreciate! I love it and I am going to be purchasing the original so I can see myself […]

]]> By: liz http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-667 liz Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:43:42 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-667 I've been everything from vegetarian to vegan, to all in between but i've mostly made choices for 'health' (ie to lose weight) and have found I tend to gain a lot of weight on vegan/vegetarian diets... if I maybe ate a complex carbohydrate-free vegan diet, it might be okay, but whenever I've tried, there has been a massive reliance on pasta and breads and gluten to round out a meal. a buncha years ago in Vancouver, they had quite an active food not bombs local that was actually shut down by the police on several occasions because they didn't have a food serving permit. seriously. i think the whole food issue is amazing; we are such a lucky group of people that we can have the choice of what to eat and how to eat it; i agree too, people are far too picky, and there is far too much waste. i don't think i'll be eating out of dumpster anytime soon tho - hopefully. I’ve been everything from vegetarian to vegan, to all in between but i’ve mostly made choices for ‘health’ (ie to lose weight) and have found I tend to gain a lot of weight on vegan/vegetarian diets… if I maybe ate a complex carbohydrate-free vegan diet, it might be okay, but whenever I’ve tried, there has been a massive reliance on pasta and breads and gluten to round out a meal.

a buncha years ago in Vancouver, they had quite an active food not bombs local that was actually shut down by the police on several occasions because they didn’t have a food serving permit. seriously.

i think the whole food issue is amazing; we are such a lucky group of people that we can have the choice of what to eat and how to eat it; i agree too, people are far too picky, and there is far too much waste. i don’t think i’ll be eating out of dumpster anytime soon tho - hopefully.

]]> By: Heather http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-586 Heather Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:17:15 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-586 Margaret, I was having a really slow, boring day....and you fixed it. This post made me laugh to tears, til my ribs hurt and I couldn't breathe. Thank you for for nearly killing me. With jubilation. Margaret,

I was having a really slow, boring day….and you fixed it. This post made me laugh to tears, til my ribs hurt and I couldn’t breathe. Thank you for for nearly killing me. With jubilation.

]]> By: tommy http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-529 tommy Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:25:59 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-529 happy v-day margaret.. and by v i mean victory. and congratulations on the poop find and i totally understand why you didn't want to eat it... the protein value is minimal at best. and something was definitely tortured and killed for it to get there on the floor like that. happy v-day margaret.. and by v i mean victory. and congratulations on the poop find and i totally understand why you didn’t want to eat it… the protein value is minimal at best. and something was definitely tortured and killed for it to get there on the floor like that.

]]> By: Tandava http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-517 Tandava Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:43:34 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-517 A perpetual houseguest of my hippieish friend was a militant freegan (and a freeloader in other ways)... apparently he had memorized the "dump" times of the local Bay Ridge restaurants and would pick up the day's take shortly after dumping. It seemed like so much work, I often wondered why the guy couldn't just get a job... but my friend didn't seem to mind. I guess he appreciated the free food more than he minded the skank-factor. As to veganism... the only time I ever eat vegan is at Raquy's dumbek retreats (which I highly recommend, by the way -- drumming helps your dancing and will give you killer zills). Her chef (and sometime Caveman) Rami is the most amazing, AMAZING vegan cook. And I mean AMAZING. (And did I mention he is amazing?) Sadly, the few times I've eaten at vegan restaurants have never quite compared to Rami's delectable eggplant moussaka .. and I'm a terrible cook of even simple things, so I could never go vegan on my own. But for those few weeks a year...... :-> A perpetual houseguest of my hippieish friend was a militant freegan (and a freeloader in other ways)… apparently he had memorized the “dump” times of the local Bay Ridge restaurants and would pick up the day’s take shortly after dumping.

It seemed like so much work, I often wondered why the guy couldn’t just get a job… but my friend didn’t seem to mind. I guess he appreciated the free food more than he minded the skank-factor.

As to veganism… the only time I ever eat vegan is at Raquy’s dumbek retreats (which I highly recommend, by the way — drumming helps your dancing and will give you killer zills). Her chef (and sometime Caveman) Rami is the most amazing, AMAZING vegan cook. And I mean AMAZING. (And did I mention he is amazing?)

Sadly, the few times I’ve eaten at vegan restaurants have never quite compared to Rami’s delectable eggplant moussaka .. and I’m a terrible cook of even simple things, so I could never go vegan on my own. But for those few weeks a year…… :->

]]> By: Tess http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-516 Tess Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:12:40 +0000 http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2008/02/13/are-you-freegan.html#comment-516 I love the free culture here in San Francisco! It is a total gold mine and I think it is even cooler that folks are getting so organized about it now that there are scheduled "free" swaps. Its all so 60s chic and just reminds a woman like me who lives in the Haight that life still has some of the great values made popular here 40 years ago. Just for the record I too have a glorious collection of freebies from the streets of SF. I still mourn the loss of a beautiful victorian coach in the Sunset that I sat down on to claim and then proceeded to call every person I knew to see how I could get it moved. To no avail I had to walk away and leave the beautiful find for the next freegan rodent to delight over. Such as life! I love the free culture here in San Francisco! It is a total gold mine and I think it is even cooler that folks are getting so organized about it now that there are scheduled “free” swaps. Its all so 60s chic and just reminds a woman like me who lives in the Haight that life still has some of the great values made popular here 40 years ago. Just for the record I too have a glorious collection of freebies from the streets of SF. I still mourn the loss of a beautiful victorian coach in the Sunset that I sat down on to claim and then proceeded to call every person I knew to see how I could get it moved. To no avail I had to walk away and leave the beautiful find for the next freegan rodent to delight over.
Such as life!

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