Question #1:

Does accidently eating something with an animal product make me a worse vegan?

So today I was about to eat my SOY yogurt like I did yesterday, but I decieded to check the ingredients again, it says nothing about milk which it shouldn't cause it's SOY yogurt and than I look down some more and it says contain soy AND milk. I got so upset and mad, like that doesn't even make sense, milk and soy? And another time i found out that there was fish gelatin and fish oil in my organe juice after I already drank a whole bunch. It seems like every single time I forget to look at something cause it seems impossible that it would have an animal product it does. Does this make me an awful vegan?
And I am a very strict vegan, i just didn't think that there would be gelatin in orange juice and in the ingredients it didn't say milk.
and for those that say i should read everything, i already do and my mom hates it she keeps saying how i'm obsessed or whatever.
The orange juice had omega 3, i think that's why it has fish gelatin

Question #2:

Why is it so hard to eat healthy?

I mean, can you think of any tasty food that isn't loaded with sugar and/or salt and/or fat? Don't you think it's ironic that these are the three ingredients that we love most in our food, but they are precisely the ones we must restrict in our diet?

Question #3:

A British company gets a $6 billion tax subsidy in exchange for 40 jobs?

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), aided and abetted by Congressman Charlie Rangel, has awarded the wealthy British liquor conglomerate, Diageo, a $6 billion deal to produce rum in their territory. This is one of the most outrageous gifts to a foreign company at the expense of US taxpayers. "This sweetheart deal is nothing more than a 'kick-back' program that gives Diageo a huge financial payday in exchange for being required to only hire only 40 employees," said Robert Deposada, President of Latinos for Reform.

"This deal pays this British conglomerate two times the cost of producing the rum! That means that they could sell the rum for one cent plus the excise tax and still make a lot of money!" Deposada added. American manufacturers of bourbon and whiskey do not enjoy the same sweetheart tax breaks and ingredients subsidies and, in fact, would be undermined if USVI rum producers decided to engage in a liquor price war. "

Question #4:

What should I put in my soup?

I'm a big fan of "what do I have in my fridge lets just throw it all in a pot" soup. I have basic ingredients for chicken soup (chicken, broth, noodles). But, my dear yahoo community, I'm leaving the rest up to you. What should I stick in there? I can get other ingredients if I have to, but in my fridge I have:

white onions
zucchini
corn
potatoes
carrots
celery
broccoli
parsley
oregano
basil
bay leaves
milk & flour (If you all decide on a chowder)
Someone mentioned garlic, which sounds delicious, but I'm a little worried about it being overpowering. thoughts?
oh, I also have peppers

Question #5:

should i worry about my many sudden accidental meat eating?

i've been a vegetarian for about 8 months now(yay me) and i've done a ood job at never eating meat.
but just this month, i cooked some dirty rice.. even read the ingredients and didn't see any meat, but then when i ate it i saw rubbery little strips i'm pretty sure was meat.
then my friend gave me some sawdust looking stuff with bits of something.. and i found out it was beef jerkey..
and then my mom bought me pizza rolls( 2 bags) she tells me that so i think they'd both be cheese... but it turns out the first batch she made was pepperoni( i didn't eve taste it bleh>.<)
am i an accidental flexitarian? lol
i know accidents happen blah blah.. but come on..

Question #6:

Make up a concoction of liquors that together would put you out after a couple?

name the ingredients, and what would be the color of the drink? thanks

Question #7:

Does anyone have a good red velvet cake recipe?

The first time I had red velvet cake I fell in love with it. It was at a baby shower for a co-worker who I no longer have contact with. Her mom made it with chocolate chips and sour cream. I haven't been able to find a recipe that compares. Does anyone have one that calls for these two ingredients, or one that they simply think is totally awesome?
Angela, that sound great! Thank you so much!

Pamela, you obviously didn't read the entire thing. I fail to see how a plain old box of cake mix is going to make an awesome cake.

Question #8:

How to make Buttermilk kozhambu?

What are the ingredients? Is there any special care that we need to take care while preparing ?

Question #9:

Simple (maybe) bread baking question?

Would it be true that the bigger the loaf, the lower the temperature needed to bake it? Obviously it would take longer...

I have two recipes that I've made before, and they use roughly the same amount of ingredients (one is a little big bigger). The bigger one is for one big loaf and it bakes at 450º for about 15 minutes and then at 375º for about another 45 minutes. The smaller recipe is for 3 small baguettes and it takes about 10 minutes at 500º and another 10-15 at 475º. They both require steaming the oven in the first part of the cook time, and seem to be pretty close to the same hydration level, although I'm going by feel and not by calculations.

I'd like to make the smaller (baguette) recipe but make it into 2 loaves instead of 3 (and maybe next time make the bigger recipe into 2 loaves instead of 1). Does anyone have any suggestions as to what temps and times I should try? I'm very new to bread baking and although I've been learning a lot online, I can still count on one hand the number of times I've done this at all. Any tips would be appreciated!
Hehe thanks for the link! I recently borrowed Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice from the library and since he has "cooling" as a very important step before eating, I've learned to be patient (or just leave the room for a while where I can't see or smell it). =)
This may be too late to add details, but personally I would rather not have my oven above 450º. My baking stone (Pampered Chef) is technically only rated to go that high and the parchment paper only to 420º, although I usually only use the parchment for the first part of cooking and then I slide the loaves directly onto the stone.

Question #10:

Jehovah’s Witnesses: What part of Acts 15:29 tells us to abstain from transfusion of leukocytes?

Leukocytes are commonly known as white cells. We find leukocytes in blood and just about every other bodily tissue. Leukocytes move in and out of tissue depending on the need.

Of interest for Jehovah’s Witnesses is that leukocytes are found in breast milk. Unlike other ingredients of milk, leukocytes are not processed through endothelial cells as precursors to milk. Leukocytes have direct entry from a mother’s cardiovascular system to her milk by paracellular pathways between epithelial cells that milk precursors are unable to navigate. Unlike other free flowing cells in our bloodstream, leukocytes have an ability to transmigrate (known as diapedesis) through tissue and remain intact and fully functional. This is how leukocytes enter milk. When a mother nurses her infant child these leukocytes are eaten by the child as healthy nutrition. When a mother ceases nursing of her infant the leukocytes present in her milk return to the blood stream as part of the involution process.

Hence leukocytes have a natural, healthy and direct transference from a mother to her child via the mammary organ. As various constituents from blood are transported via the placenta organ from a mother into her fetus, leukocytes are also transported via the mammary organ from a mother to her newborn child.
Adam’s Rib writes:
-- “If you were allergic to alcohol, would that mean you could transfuse it into your body without any bad effects?”

My Response:
-- If allergic reaction were the underlying premise for what is acceptable as a conscience matter and what is not acceptable as a conscience matter what you present would be relevant to my question asked. But our position on transfusion of leukocytes is not premised on allergic reaction. Hence I fail to see your point. What part of Acts 15:29 speaks to leukocytes that does not speak equally to blood products such as cryoprecipitate?
Adam’s Rib writes:
-- “Why don't you check into bloodless surgery or the side effects of taking blood transfusions before you try to tell us what to do or think?”

My Response:
-- “Bloodless surgery” is a marketing phrase. It is not a term that means blood is not used. Use of this the term placates the consciences of person who use blood products such as cryoprecipitate because it makes them feel as though they have abstained from blood when in fact they have used from blood. Using from blood is not abstaining from blood.
Adam’s Rib writes:
-- “You are obviously not very knowledgeable about blood transfusions. Check out the dangers. How can blood save a person's life? Where does the blood come from that they put into your body? What diseases are not detected by preliminary tests on blood? How does the doctor know when you have had enough blood? If you have too much, it can result in a stroke or heart attack. We live in the 21st century. Old medical practices such as blood transfusions are becoming obsolete.”

My Response:
-- I appreciate your response, but respectfully I am compelled to say that the gross ignorance your demonstrated in comments such as you make above are part of why I engage the subject. Readers need and deserve to know reality. Though hematological medicine has made tremendous strides, it remains the case that without blood products many, many patients would suffer otherwise preventable morbidity or mortality.
Adam’s Rib writes:
-- “Until you take your blinders off, you will never understand God. Look at both sides of the situation. Not just your side. The medical side effects of blood are not why we do not take blood. We do not take blood because it is a moral issue to us and to Jehovah. But by abstaining from blood, we reap the benefits of a healthier recovery.”

My Response:
-- Why don’t you help take my blinder off by telling me what part of Acts 15:29 tells us to abstain from transfusion of leukocytes? That is, after all, the question I asked. If you have an answer to my question why not share it for all readers?
Escape writes:
-- “Did you know that when a baby lives inside its mother, the mother shares her blood with the baby? Jehovah has created us this way- a mother and child shares blood while the child is in the womb because it's normally safe to do (except in the rare case that the child and mother have two different blood types).”

My Response:
-- A mother’s blood does not comingle with the blood of the growing fetus. If that were to occur it would present a life threatening condition for a variety of reasons.
Escape writes:
-- “…Jehovah has created us this way….”

My Response:
-- As Jehovah created human anatomy to transfer nutrients from a mother’s blood to her unborn child via the placenta organ, Jehovah also created human anatomy to transfer leukocytes from a mothers’ blood to her newborn child via the mammary organ. Are you unaware of this? If not, then why to you fail to answer the question asked?
Escape writes:
-- “Jehovah has commanded us to abstain from blood because it isn't healthy and because blood represents our individual soul.”

My Response:
-- First, blood is no unhealthier than any other biological tissue we expose ourselves too. If you eat meat you eat plenty of blood. Both are nutritious if properly prepared. Much the same is true of intravenous administration of blood products. As eating blood carries risk so does introduction of blood to our body by any other means. Whether the risk is worth the benefit is the health question.

-- If blood represents our soul then why do we treat blood differently by attributing “bloodness” to components of blood when we do not attribute “soulness” to components of soul? We do not treat a body as though a soul when it is separated from “breath of life”. So why do we treat leukocytes as though “blood” when it is separated from other components of blood?
Defeater of Rust writes:
-- “You know full well such a thing isn't mentioned in the Bible. So why ask the question, and why keep up this ridiculous dog-and-pony show of yours with your constant rain of nearly-exact questions over and over and over again? Do you honestly think you're accomplishing something here?”

My Response:
-- I asked the question to learn what other may know that I do not. I appreciate you sharing an opinion of my questions, but from my perspective the questions I have asked are not near-replicas. Each question has its own merit. There is always accomplishment in the process of asking questions and giving answers.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “I believe it has to do with the fact the leukocytes (white blood cells) are one of the primary components of whole blood. As we should know that they are the body's mobile warriors in the battle against infection and invasion.”

My Response:
-- Thanks for those comments going directly to my question.
-- I have considered what you write, but as a premise to consider leukocytes as though blood it runs contrary to the biblical teaching that by itself no major component of a soul is a soul. A major component of a soul is the physical body. But a physical body that is separated from “breath of life” is not soul; it is only a formed body of dust. Also we have the biblical principle that no one member of a composition is by itself that composition. (See 1 Cor. 12:14; a body is a composition of many members and not just one by itself.)
-- As a leukocyte has biological duties so does the physical human body, and the physical human body is not itself a soul.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “‘Viruses such as HIV are found both in the leukocytes and in the plasma. There is no evidence that leukocyte reduction will prevent the transmission of HIV.’”

My Response:
-- So readers do not get the wrong impression, and though I agree with the statement above as far as it goes, blood products currently acceptable under Watchtower’s blood doctrine carry risks just as do blood products currently unacceptable under Watchtower’s blood doctrine. For example, transfusion of cryosupernatant carries the same risk to a patient as does transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP). Under Watchtower’s blood doctrine Jehovah’s Witnesses can accept transfusion of cryosupernatant but not FFP.
Defeater of Rust writes to me:
-- “None of your questions, or your responses have any merit to anyone but you. Your deceitful agenda is openly exposed to all.”

My Response:
-- You presume a great deal, not the least of which is suggest you know what everyone thinks.
-- What, precisely, is this deceitful agenda I have? You act as though me asking questions is a cardinal sin. I ask question, sure. I also reply to responses, and try to do so respectfully without needless and adversarial assumption. So what is it about me doing these things that bother you so much?
Richard writes:
-- “Just where is it stated in a Watchtower publication to abstain from Leukocytes?

-- Look at page 5 of the source you quoted from (Our Kingdom Ministry dated November 2006). On the left-hand side you will see a column titled “Unacceptable to Christians”. In that column appears “White cells”. That is a common term used for leukocytes.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “A body w/o the breath of life is, in fact, still a soul, albeit a dead one. There is scriptural evidence to this effect.”

My Response:
-- Then do you disagree with Watchtower’s teaching that once a body and “breath of life” are separated that the soul ceases to exist?
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “Forgive me but I couldn't help but to notice your interactions with Defeater of Rust. I know he can blow up at times, and I'm not condoning his reactions toward you, although I understand his position. I have done some more digging and have found some very concerning tendencies from your part. I have read many of your posts from your blog.”

My Response:
-- What I share on my blog is there for all to read and it is shared as information. It is neither my intent nor desire to pressure folks away from the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Whatever view individuals hold of the Watchtower organization should be determined by those individuals and it should be based on factual information of Watchtower’s own acts. I have shared information of some Watchtower behavior that until it was released by me was unknown to the greater community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Folks who look to Watchtower deserve to have factual information about Watchtower.
That is what my blog attempts to provide. If you find any material errors in my blog, or fallacious forms of reasoning, it would be accepted as a favor for you to point it out for review.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “It may be you are part of the “Witnesses of Jah” that do not want to affiliated with the WTBTS or the directives of the FDS.”

My Response:
-- I know of the loosely knit group that in the last few years has taken the name Witnesses of Jah. I have had no affiliation with it or anyone associated with it to my knowledge.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “I will only ask you this once and for all, are you or are you not a baptized member JW?”

My Response:
-- I was baptized back in the early 1940s in a muddy creek by my father who was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses then and until the day he died, which was not long thereafter. I have been actively in association with the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses the whole time. I do not share much online about my person, and do not intend to start now. Who and where I am is of no concern to anyone other than my close family and trustworthy friends and my Maker. The factualness of what we teach and the soundness of our argumentation and conclusions thereof are everything. This is where we escape even our own biases and open ourselves to truth that sets us free. It starts with following the Master, Jesus. How sound our thinking becomes is up to us.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “You may be referring to this statement: “Separate the life-force from the body, and there is no living soul. The soul becomes nonexistent.”—(Victory Over Death, 1986 p. 20) They are referring to the fact that the LIVING person as a LIVING soul is nonexistent.”

My Response:
-- No. I am referring to the statements by Watchtower saying,
-- “The human soul ceases to exist at death.”—(Jehovah’s Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe?, 2000 p. 13)
-- “At death, the soul ceases to exist.”—(The Watchtower, Aug. 15, 1999 p. 12)
-- “The soul ceases to exist at death.”—(The Watchtower, Sept. 15, 1996 p. 5)
-- “They realize that the soul ceases to exist at death…”—(The Watchtower, May 1, 1991 p. 18)
-- “When the body dies, the soul is dead, it ceases to exist.”—(Victory Over Death—Is It Possible for You?, 1986 p. 13)
-- “Soul ceases to exist at death.”—(The Watchtower, July 15, 1985 p. 6)
-- “At death the soul, the individual, ceases to exist.”—(The Watchtower, June 1, 1959 p. 346)
-- “It takes body and breath of life to produce soul; separate them and the soul ceases to exist.”—(The Watchtower, June 15, 1957 p. 359)
Victory de Sharp:
-- Do you disagree with Watchtower’s teaching that soul ceases to exist when the physical body is no longer combined with breath of life?
-- I think that is a fair question given what you have shared.
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “I disagree if you mean by this that we "deserve" to know everything they do or as to any decision they make. It will never be my intention nor desire to raise doubts as to the reasons why the WTBTS or the FDS reaches a decision. This would be similar to placing "brother against brother". It is not my place to raise doubts.”

My Response:
-- Each reaps what he sows. The biblical standard is candor, particularly regarding those whom either are or profess themselves a representative of Jehovah. The Bible shares the good and the bad, in each case. I prefer the biblical model because it is the standard shared by God. Factual information is not shared with an intent or desire to raise doubts, and certainly not to pit brother against brother. Factual information is shared for whatever value it has. If factual information creates doubt it is the responsibility of whoever created the fact.
-- Jesus did not hold back from sharing information that was true, even when he knew it would stumble. Jesus shared what was factual for sake of truth-lovers. Jesus did not refrain from sharing factual information for sake of truth-lovers because sharing it would stumble those who only wanted to hear pretty things that agreed with what they wanted to hear.—(See John 6:60-66; “Does this stumble you?”) Division caused by sharing factual information is righteous division. Those who love whatever is true will always, always flock to factual information because it is a rich source of true/valid conclusions. Our Father is looking for such truth-lovers.—(John 4:23-24)
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “Is it your thinking then, that the current GB of FDS (WTBS) is not of God? If so, why? (YES or NO please) And, do you have a better FDS conduit?”

My Response:
-- All teachings of Watchtower that can be proven true with reasoning that conforms to conventions of logical construction and that have verifiable biblical premises I accept as the word of God.
-- Teachings of Watchtower that cannot be proven true with reasoning that conforms to conventions of logical construction and that have verifiable biblical premises I accept as the word of men.
-- Jesus is our conduit. We can feel safe in that knowledge. Don’t you pray in Jesus’ name?
-- Inspired biblical text says “All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.—(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
-- Unlike the Ethiopian whom Philip enlightened with the good news of Jesus, today we have a collection of inspired writings written for the advancement of the Christian congregation. What does the text of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 literally say? Do you believe it?
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “I believe in what the Bible says about the soul. The 'non existence of the soul' relates to that of the living soul. The references you gave does not contradict this either.”

My Response:
-- If you believe what the Bible says of soul then you believe that there is no soul if there is no body together with “breath of life”.
-- “And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.”—(Genesis 2:7) Until God put the body together with “breath of life” there was no soul.
-- When Watchtower speaks of a “dead soul” it is a euphemism for a soul that no longer exists. “It is therefore no longer a living soul. The soul has died, ceased to exist.”—(The Watchtower, Dec. 1, 1973 p. 726)
Victory de Sharp writes:
-- “As to the immediately above question and your answer, I'll take it as a no.”

My Response:
-- I am unable to treat the governing body of Watchtower as though its decisions are inerrant by treating each of their decisions as God word simply because they issue a decision.
-- I appreciate your responses, and for whatever it is worth to you, I do not necessarily disagree with your closing remark. Apparently you accept what Watchtower says on trust whereas I accept what Watchtower says after testing it and finding it sound. But my conscience does not allow me to accept anything as the word of God unless it has verifiable biblical premises leading to a conclusion that is the result of an argument that conforms to conventions of logical construction and refutation.

Question #11:

Rocky Road Lovers? Here's My Simple Recipe :D?

ingredients:

3 mars bars
5 shortbread fingers
40g rice crispies
140g of marshmellows
40g butter (unsalted)

1.melt the mars with the butter in the saucepan.
2. add the rice crispies in and stir
3. break the short bread fingers in quaters and add.
4. either chop or leave whole the marshmellows and add.
5. mix all the ingrediants together until most covered in chocolate.
6. put in a square tin and leave in the fridge.
7. cut the slices and enjoy!



just a recipe i made for a rocky road lover like me :D

Question #12:

My dermatologist made a 4% Hydroquinone cream (with some other ingredients) to help my melasma.?

However, after a month of using it, I had to stop before re-starting. However, I opened the container the other day and saw that the colour of the cream changed (from a creamy maroon / pink) to a weak brown colour. Has the cream oxidised? What is the expected concentration of it now? Will the hydroquinone still work effectively?

Question #13:

What's the active ingredient that differentiates a flesh eating zombie from a regular zombie?

Question #14:

Does this recipe sound like it will turn out good?

I've been trying new recipes lately and they haven't been very good even though I follow the directions right. So I wonder if Im just getting bad recipes. I hate wasting ingredients.

Does this sound like it would be good?

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
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4 cups water
1 lb boneless chicken (your choice)
1 chicken bouillon cubes or 1 cup chicken broth
1 package Uncle Ben's chicken-flavored wild rice
1 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1 teaspoon parsley
1 tablespoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 raw carrots, peeled
1 stalk celery

You cook it entirely in a crockpot.

Question #15:

i put my homemade frosting ingredients in a blender...?

hi guys!
ok i put my homemade frosting ingredients into the magic bullet thinking that it would make it thick and nice. oh stupid me
now its all like liquid-y and no where near frosting material...
why does that happen??
can i do anything to fix it?

Question #16:

Suggestions for easy large group dinners?

I work at a church and for dinner on Sunday night we usually order pizza or bake huge bags of chicken nuggets. Since then our youth group has grown substantially and we now have the problem of feeding anywhere between 50-70 kids on Sunday nights. We need some suggestions for easily prepared food options that we can cook. We already have a chicken nuggets, and pizza but need more of a variety of meals. It would be best if we could buy the food in bulk and make it that way, with say 2-5 ingredients. No very labor intensive recipes please!

Question #17:

Are Malteasers suitable for Vegetarians?

i looked on the ingredients, just in case they weren't... nothing major popped out for me but i saw lots of enumbers, instead of looking for them all online, i was wondering if anybody knows?

thanks!

Question #18:

I need a recipe for boneless pork chops. The less ingredients the better.?

Question #19:

How do you store a peeled cut up sweet potato for 5-6 hours?

I decided to prepare all my ingredients, except the apples, for my Roasted Chicken with Apples and Fennel dish, store them separately in zip lock bags, so I could put the whole thing together very quickly about 5 hours from now. This time I decided to add a sweet potato in the dish. I currently have the peeled cut up yams stored in a zip lock bag in the fridge, but just read they will turn brown, if not stored in cold water. Does anyone know if that is true for sweet potatoes? I know this what I would have to do with white potatoes but did not think sweets would work the same way.

Question #20:

How to make pancakes for Douglas?

Well ive been trying to make pancakes these past 2 days but whenever i cook it the batter mix is too runy, these are my ingredients:

3/4 cup of plain flour
a pinch of salt
1/2 pint of milk
1 egg

(i also put olive oil on the pan)

what am i doing wrong???





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