So yesterday was Ash Wednesday and even though I am not a religious person, I always try to fast for 40 days. Well, I use the word "fast" in its most liberal way possible. I will give up one thing completely and try to educate myself on the topic.This year I will try to go Vegan. I will be honest, my family is not too excited about it. I think they are afraid, I might hide all their meat. But no fear: PETA is here to save the day! They offer a 30 free trial, which includes daily support and info, right in your mailbox, as well as a calendar. For all of you that don't speak German, you can pledge here.
If going Vegan is too big of a step for you, try this: a vegetarian starter kit.I also went shopping and was super excited to find things at the regular grocery store without having to spend an arm and a leg. Don't be fooled I am doing this on a tight, very tight budget. And I also have one missing: to make the best vegan brownies/cupcakes/cinnamon rolls you can think of.
It took me twice as long to finish my trip, since I had to read every single label. A lot of companies here will offer vegan products but don't carry the label to keep their products affordable (nice thought, right?). So I noticed everybody else just put stuff in their cart without paying much attention, and then there was I.....Later on this day we had a conversation about milk and cartons. We realized they don't put pictures of missing children on the back of soy milk cartons. I wonder why. Since people that buy regular milk are to 99% unlikely to read the back since they know what's inside. BUT people that HAVE to know what's in their carton will read the back, hence see the pictures.
What do you think?
