Everyone who is vegan has undoubtedly been asked the same litany of questions. There are even videos all over the internet making fun of them. I watch them and laugh along with every other vegan who sees them. It seems to be a rite of passage for all vegans to have to field these questions. For anyone who doesn’t know the questions here are a few of them: Can you eat bread? Where do you get your protein? Don’t you miss meat? The list goes on and on. How to address them can be tricky based on the circumstances. I have a blanket rule for all questions someone asks me: you are free to ask me anything you want, but whether I answer it is my choice and, almost more importantly, once I give you the answer, you will never not know it. When these questions get asked, I find that a
October 8, 2013