{"id":2205,"date":"2013-09-13T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2013-09-13T03:40:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T07:40:44","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-on-friday-veganmofo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-on-friday-veganmofo\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday on Friday VeganMoFo &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of navelgazing Thursday, except it&#8217;s happening on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/400x84_g1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2117\" alt=\"Vegan MoFo 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/400x84_g1-300x63.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/400x84_g1-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/400x84_g1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>JC<\/h4>\n<p>Do you know what I realized this week? (Okay, I already know this) I like JC a lot. Which is good, since we&#8217;re getting married in a mere day over a month now. He was away for a few days, and while, it was nice that he was still on a similar timezone, and I&#8217;m quite content being by myself (albeit sleepless) &#8211; it&#8217;s really really great to have him back home.<\/p>\n<p>I like that things are coming together for the wedding. Reply cards are being returned. By Mail. Which I LOVE. Frankly, I&#8217;m just glad at least some people have received invitations. Every time our mailman comes, I&#8217;m curious if another little envelope will appear (subliminal message here: Send back your RSVP cards people!!!) It&#8217;s actually kind of funny &#8211; some people in Warsaw, Poland have gotten their invites &#8211; but my parents in Edmonton, Alberta, have not.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is in no way a slam against Canada Post, though perhaps it is one against my Parents&#8217; Mail Carrier (as others around the country have already gotten theirs.) I&#8217;m simply impatient.<\/p>\n<h4>Wegetarianski Bigos<\/h4>\n<p>I love that when I went to the big Polish store on roncy today I stumbled upon something new to me (while at the same time being old to me) and vegan. This is the &#8220;Sauerkraut Stew,&#8221; it&#8217;s also known as bigos, aka &#8220;Hunters stew&#8221;. And traditionally, it contains meat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2206\" alt=\"Bigos Vegetarianski z grzybami\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bigos-Vegetarianski-z-grzybami-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bigos-Vegetarianski-z-grzybami-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bigos-Vegetarianski-z-grzybami.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But here it is, if you read Polish and tiny print you will notice it says &#8220;Wegetarianski Bigos z Gzybami&#8221; which means vegetarian bigos with mushrooms. I had it for lunch this afternoon, and while my mother&#8217;s stew is still better (as mother&#8217;s cooking often is), this will act as a very convenient occasional taste of home.<\/p>\n<h4>Drop in Dinner at the Dep<\/h4>\n<p><a style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; color: #439f55;\" title=\"The Depanneur Drop-in Dinner Vegan Deli by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9736196360\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"The Depanneur Drop-in Dinner Vegan Deli\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3693\/9736196360_0476080d46.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like that tonight JC and I went on a little date over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedepanneur.ca\" target=\"_blank\">The Depanneur<\/a> and had some delicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/669926909693690\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish Vegan Deli <\/a>cuisine, as prepared by <a title=\"Pear and Pepper - Vegan Catering in Toronto\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Pear-and-Pepper\/373120389366692\" target=\"_blank\">Pear &amp; Pepper&#8217;s<\/a> Emily Zimmerman. We ordered one of each of tonight&#8217;s sandwiches, and the beet soup, and the dessert.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/eLcS1hTUE5\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s usually a good idea to just get the whole spread. I liked them both, but was surprised that I liked the okrara tuna melt even more than the ruben, but both were pretty awesome. Emily mentioned the seitan was based on a recipe by <a href=\"http:\/\/caribbeanvegan.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taymer Mayson<\/a>, and I think it&#8217;s probably a good time to pick up Taymer&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<h4>Events coming up<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2207\" alt=\"cat city\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cat-city-300x159.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cat-city-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cat-city.png 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love that the Toronto Feral Cat Rescue is screening Cat City on Thursday September 19th, at the new Feral Toronto Recovery Centre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/166483060211424\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can find out more about it at the facebook event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a screening of <a href=\"www,forksoverknives.com\" target=\"_blank\">Forks Over Knives<\/a> coming up at Revue Cinema, and the best part is it&#8217;s one of their food and film events AND the \u00a0food sounds interesting. For more information, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/revuecinema.ca\/movies\/articles\/2013\/a-vegetarian-epicure's-revue-thursday,-sept-19,-630-pm\" target=\"_blank\">Revue Cinema Website.<\/a>\u00a0It&#8217;s also happening on September 19th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What do you love today?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of navelgazing Thursday, except it&#8217;s happening on Friday. JC Do you know what I realized this week? (Okay, I already know this) I like JC a lot. Which is good, since we&#8217;re getting married in a mere day over a month now. 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