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I'm curious about the ethics of hunting/fishing and eating non-native invasive species.
The big ones are fish, such as lionfish and asian carp, but also the green iguana.
All of these pose large threats to the habitats they've been introduced to and it seems to me that the ethical choice is to eliminate them from the area they are non-native to.
Edit: feel free to dunk on me or whatever for this, I'm legitimately just curious on the vegan stance of this. I'm not trying to argue for hunting in general or anything like that btw.
:im-vegan: and invasive species are also something I'm not too sure about because everything I've learned in ecology is very pro killing invasive species. But on the other hand, I genuinely don't know if more human intervention is going to solve invasive species problems or just make it worse by being mishandled. Way back in the discord days someone posted a good resource on integrating invasive species into the environment I'll see if I can find it again somewhere.
Talking specifically about hunting/fishing. Though many may not want to hunt/clean an iguana lol, the fish on the other hand are actually quite good and not hard to fish for at all.
Right I kept deer off this list for that reason. But, yeah, I am specifically imagining living in an area with pervasive invasive species and spearfishing for them or very targeted hunting for food purposes.
The issue is that cows are like humans and don't lactate all the time, it only happens when they're pregnant or have recently given birth. So you'd have to impregnate it and get rid of the baby to take the milk which is why dairy farms sell baby cows to veal farms.
Good things to put in sandwiches other than peanut butter please.
You need the SMOOSH and the CRUNCH: I use avocado and hummus as the smoosh and veggies as the crunch. But a bit of plant based bacon never goes amiss.
i always think they need some sort of protein to tie them together
Personally I use strips of seitan for that.
Slices of tofu. You need the extra firm stuff. Marinade it with whatever sounds good, bakeit (or fry it), then cut it into thick slices (like ~4mm?). There's a Vietnamese place by me that does a bomb tofu banh mi.
Ngl this the first time I've ever heard of black salt. Gonna be on look out for these when I go out later, thanks for this recipe.
Hummus, sun dried tomato (or regular tomato), spinach, , rocket/arugula, oak/iceberg lettuce, cress (basically any leafy green tbh), grated carrot, caramelised onion (or Spanish onion if you’re into that but I hate raw onion), avocado, pickles, beetroot slices, fried or baked tofu/tempeh, olives, peppers of all kinds, sauerkraut.
Not all at once obviously but mix and match. I intentionally left out plant based meats and cheese because I know some people aren’t into those, but if you add those in the mix the possibilities are endless!
Hummus also comes in a thousand and one flavours, there’s garlic, jalapeño, caramelised onion, sweet potato, beetroot, etc. etc.
If I was making a sandwich right now I’d have avocado, spinach, grated carrot, sun dried tomato on some toasted bread. Maybe hummus too 🤤
Yours and @DashEightMate gonna save both responses. Thank you both 😃
A lot of good stuff here one thing that really stood out to me has to be that deep fried tofu idea. Thanks you for these.
I'm not vegan and don't think I'll be any time soon but I'd like to eat more plant-based meals for health reasons, for the carbon footprint and just to try out new stuff.
Something that I lack from the plant-based meals is the firm chewy texture you get from meat. Can you recommend something that gives the same mouth feel?
Tempeh. Soy curls. Well-prepared tofu (hard to do). Seitan probably? (I've never tried it.) Jackfruit. Or you could go with processed vegan meats, which is less ideal because while they're tasty and easy, they're far less healthy, they're much worse for the environment, and they're expensive.
Also, you do you, of course, but I think it's odd that you like firm chewy meat. I've been sooo happy eating plants partially because I never have to worry about meat having a gross texture. I also never have to worry about gristle, which is so so so good. Gristle used to make me lose my appetite immediately and now it just isn't a thing!
Maybe chewy isn't the right word for it but meat have a firm texture that is hard to find in vegetables.
