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Sarah Palin Moose Meat Franchise Opportunity

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, February 8th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Humor, Not So Vegetarian, Politicians.

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As mentioned before, The Record reported that a man named Andrew Hunt will be writing weekly letters to Sarah Palin, sharing the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and recipes.

A writer at Slashfood heard this news and unfortunately, doesn’t agree with Hunt’s vegetarian agenda and suggests Sarah use her entrepreneurial spirit to profit from a lifestyle of loving meat.

Specifically, moose meat.

In his “letter” to Palin, he writes:

“I am writing to you, because I think a chain of patriotic restaurants inspired by your persona is exactly what this country needs, featuring an underrated ingredient that you have actually hunted. Delicious, lean, gamey moose”

“Imagine: a franchise of affordable restaurants with you as their spokes-governor — Sarah’s Moose Hut! Or International House of Moose! TGIMoose?”

“That’s right. Moose burgers. Moose stew. Moose cakes. Moose dumplings. Moose loaf. Moose kabobs. Moose casserole. Moose and potatoes. Moose lo mein. Moose tacos. The mind boggles.”

While The Veg Star can’t agree with ethics of the aforementioned business plan, in the true spirit of capitalism, International House of Moose would be Palin’s right to pursue.

One would hope she would at least meet a vegan halfway and offer faux breaded moose wings (deep fried in vegetable oil separately from the real thing) on the TGIMoose menu.

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Anthony Bourdain On Rude Traveling Vegetarians

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in Chefs, Not So Vegetarian.

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Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef, foe of vegetarians and overall smart-ass commented that he’ll eat just about anything except pets.

“I have strong convictions about what’s fluffy and what’s food,” Bourdain said, in the Cape Cod Times.

So Fido, Pixie and Max are off the menu.

And according to Bourdain, vegetarian food should be too if you don’t want to offend your meat eating guests.

“It’s just not polite to be a vegetarian when you travel,” the No Reservations star added.

Since Anthony travels across continents for his culinary adventures, one has to wonder if his rule of etiquette applies to domestic adventures too.

Does he expect vegetarians to shut up and eat the turkey after coming all the way from over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house?

If so, better hope the reindeer takes care of her before you’re halfway there.

Not that you don’t love your grandma.

Anthony describes his worst food experience as eating the “poop chute of a wart hog” while in Kalahari.

Guess he figures sometimes it’s better to be anal.

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Danielle Fishel Comeback Featuring Vegetarian Brothel

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 in Actresses, Not So Vegetarian.

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Remember the days of Boy Meets World, when lovesick nerdy Cory Matthews chased after the hippie vegetarian Topanga played by Danielle Fishel?

Topanga grew up and went to law school…and the show gradually came to an end.

If you haven’t seen much of Danielle since 90s, don’t worry–Black Book Mag has suggestions for how the busty actress can make a comeback.

“What about the story of a butcher whose Chinatown meat market is actually a front for a brothel? Each episode title will be a play on this —“Rump Roast,” “Grade A Beef”—with Fishel as the silk-robe-wearing, chain-smoking den mother who’s seen it all before.”

If all the brothel is serving is rump roast and beef, customers might have a hard time getting hard, given all the saturated fat and cholesterol in animal flesh that clogs the arteries, blocking blood flow to every part of the body.

How about an organic, recycled cotton robe wearing, seitan eating Fishel making otherwise banned sexy veggie videos instead?

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“Celebrity Big Brother” Evicts Nicola–Nicola T Rebuilds Cow

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 in Models, Not So Vegetarian, Reality TV.

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Nicola Tappenden, otherwise known as Nicola T, was the seventh person to be evicted from the Big Brother House on the UK reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother.

Nicola didn’t go down without a fight–but based on one of the tasks she attempted, maybe she should have just surrendered from the minute the show started.

To win a message from her family, Nicola took on the disgusting challenge from the Tree of Temptation, which consisted of rebuilding a cow with that looked to be bloody flesh.

Nice try, but that still won’t make the heifer moo again.

Take a look at the pic, if you have a vomit bag nearby and decide for yourself if that’s real.

If that doesn’t make someone want to go vegetarian, what will?

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Gordon Ramsay–“Gordon’s Great Escape” Insults

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in Chefs, Not So Vegetarian.

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Gordon Ramsay‘s reality TV show that featured him touring India, Gordon’s Great Escape, was supposed to highlight Indian food while positively exposing the rich culture of the country.

But things took a negative turn when more than 100 viewers complained about Ramsay’s behavior from a recent episode of Great Escape, which featured him making fun of both Indian culture and vegetarian food.

The F Word and Hell’s Kitchen star met a chef who tried to teach him to cook vegetarian.

However, he failed to show respect for both Indian vegetarian food and culture.

Ramsay, who claimed he had never eaten a dish without meat said, “When I first saw him I thought he was Father Christmas. But I don’t dig all the stuff about the food. I respect carrots, fine, but they’re not living to keep us happy.”

One reader wrote in response to Gordon’s behavior on OneIndia.com:  “I thought Gordon’s Great Escape was offensive and disrespectful! The Father Christmas comment about the guru was uncalled for. His swearing was disgusting.”

via The Daily Mail

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Ted Danson Only Actor–No Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 in Actors, Not So Vegetarian.

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Did you hear the rumor that Ted Danson was a vegan?

It’s absolutely NOT true.

“Oh yeah, no, I’m an actor,” Danson told GQ magazine. “Which means one week I’m vegan, the next I don’t know.”

He emphasized his reluctance to be vegetarian even more during the interview when he jokingly said he would order the California condor or gorilla, deciding on scallops in the end.

No, not even sharing the Bored To Death set with vegan Jason Schwartzman has pulled Danson to the veg side yet.

Danson does consider himself an environmentalist and narrates End of the Line, a film about the depletion of fish.

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Gordon Ramsay Says No Nut Roast–“Gordon’s Great Escape”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.

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As previously reported, Gordon Ramsay took a tour of India last year to film his reality TV show, Gordon’s Great Escape.

Gordon’s Great Escape featured much vegetarian cooking and given the Hell’s Kitchen chef’s history of negative comments about the food, some wondered how Ramsay would react in the land of veggies and curry.

Apparently, some of the experiences weren’t stimulating enough.

“Lentils, pumpkins, I can’t get excited with seeds,” he said, according to the BBC Radio 1. “I don’t want to sit down and eat a nut roast. I need meat, fish and chicken.”

Sigh…Maybe the next veg escape will be more titillating.

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Rick Bayless Restaurants Had Illegal Meat

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.

Rick Bayless. Credit: Joshua M. Thompson on Wikimedia Commons

Rick Bayless. Credit: Joshua M. Thompson on Wikimedia Commons

Something smelled bad at PBS chef Rick Bayless‘ restaurants in Chicago recently–the smell of uninspected meat!

An Illinois Department of Agriculture inspector found 80 pounds of bacon without an inspection mark.

“The only product (Illinois restaurants) can have are either ones with an Illinois or federal mark of inspection,” said Colleen O’Keefe, a division manager of food safety and animal protection at the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Whether or not this meant unsafe meat made it to the patrons of Mr. Bayless’ restaurants is unclear, but with the knowledge of the health risks of tainted meat, one would think Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and Xoco would follow every regulation meant to provide a safer product to the public.

A helpful hint to customers of Bayless’ eateries–skip the meat altogether and order a veg meal instead!

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