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Bella's is decent for new york style. (in smyrna) remember tho - it's close to back home, but not quite. the best ny-style i've had in the south has been in New Orleans. i also like grant central pizza in grant park. as for broth filled dumplings, i'm guessing buford highway somewhere. i'll have to leave that to the buhi experts. welcome to egullet and welcome to atlanta. :-)

um..seems like lifestyle choices are the new religion..kind of. yeah seems that way huh? i'm going to have to figure out how i feel about all that.

cool thanks. and this my own prejudice, but i understand cross-contamination from a religious perspective, but not from a lifestyle choice perspective.

what about the korean cornerstores? i used to always be surprised by the choice and quality the cornerstores had.

why you planning on drinking and driving? anyways i'm glad you got to share about the scratching the shells cause. you're absolutely right. eating sunflower seeds is dangerous business folks.

yeah, but apparently not when it's a bag of them, and not when you don't drink enough liquid to compensate. they clumped into a little ball o'shells.

well bless his heart. this whole thread is reminding me of a show i watched last week on UPN. It was called Amish in the City. apparently the premise is that these amish folk come to LA to live real-world style with some "city kids" as they call them. well in any case - a vegan chef is one of the housemates. everyone else eats meat, i guess. there were a lot of shots of her whining. someone was making scrambled eggs for breakfast the first day and whizzed them in the blender (which is brilliant - i dunno why i never thought of that) and she was pouting and saying that "now the blender is contaminated". then she got to do the grocery shopping for everyone else. And basically did not or grudgingly bought foods that the others would eat (milk, eggs, i don't know if she bought any meat). i was very turned off by that. if you don't eat the same way others around you eat, you make do as best you can, with the least amount of whining etc. i've been int hat situation tons of times, as over the years, i've gone through all sorts of "i don't eat that", still you make do, and find a way around obstacles.

hing is supposed to give a meaty aroma? i did not know that. i just thought it gave a certain...je ne sais quoi. actually speaking of jains..do they use ghee and milk products? my sister was syaing jains are vegan, based on one lady in her apartment complex, but i thought they used milk products. as for people and their eating habits, i could care less one way or the other, as long as you're not forcing me to eat what you eat, but that doesn't mean i can't find tofurkey utterly puzzling when there's alu gobi to be had.

"mmm....try the tofu hotdog....you'll like it....."

but again...if one likes vegetables and choses to eat vegetables only, why are there meat substitutes?

oooh...also - if you are sunflower seed muncher, do spit the shells out. my ex apparently used to eat the shells and all with sunflower seed. well one fine day he ate a bag of them between chicago and atlanta, and wound up going to the emergency room because of an umm...impaction.

eg: tofurkey.

i think i might make some deviled eggs tonight.

mmm...saltines with chili (the kind with beans) liberally mixed with shredded cheddar and pickled jalpeno

what a fascinating idea. and definitely explains the differences i see between US vegetarians and the vegetarians i know and love who are of asian descent.

i still wind up paying less by shopping around the perimeter of a grocery store than i do shopping the aisles. you can get a 5lb bag of potatoes for the price of one of those potatoes augratin meals.

i'd say don't forget to bring the mini-thins, but they would blunt your appetite. so i'll just go with good luck and godspeed - and don't miss the southern route if you can help it. :)

i'm not talking about annoying me. i'm talking about those who go against prevailing culture for whatever reason. i'm sure there's a lot of honorable reasons, but i still think at least in the US there's a certain amount of "pioneer, individual, not liek the rest of the herd" flavor to it. there's ego involved. which i believe is most likely what adds to the bitterness and vehemence. it's like new religious converts or the newly sober. (i'm basing this on what i see in america, coming from a culture that's predominantly vegetarian, btw - so my opinion is a bit shaded) the other thing that puzzles me is meat substitutes. if you're gonna be veg, be veg, imo. it's like people low-carbing with sugar substitutes.

i agree with jinmyo.

i think there's a differenmce between vegetarians who were raised vegetarian in cultures that support vegetarianism and vegetarians who are "sticking it to the man". the vegetarians who are "sticking it to the man" are a wee bit high strung and attitudinal, imo.

kofta or egg curry with puris. beetroot or radish dal with rice, lots of ghee and mango pickle. idlies and chutney (penaut, coconut or tomato) chicken curry with rice and lots of yogurt. or kema and rice, with lots of yogurt. that works too.

hmmm...like gingerly, i would say my experience was pan-indian as well, definitely omnivorous, and being mostly in the US, lots of meat. my favorite foods was "karuppu curry" (meat that has been presure cooked with spices first, then dry fried - apparently i gave it that name when i was a kid), beetroot or white radish dal, okra, bitter gourd, drumstick sambar and sangati, masala dosas, idlis and peanut chutney. least favorite - uppama (sp?). and plain dal with no chunky veggie bits in it. definitely no to kidneys and liver.

mmm...doubles and puhlourie! and a good roti too. find you a roti shop that appears crowded and get to ordering!

well that explains the part i've been having difficulty figuring out. i mean we all know spoiled milk is chunky and nasty tasting, so i'm surprised someone even thought to try the "curdled" milk.

like cheese?