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<h2 class="western">Fareshares Newsletter, Spring 2016 </h2>
<p><a
href="http://fareshares.org.uk/2016/04/02/newsletter-spring-2016/">Read
this
on our web site, if you prefer.</a></p>
<h3 class="western">Everyone's Gone Vegan!</h3>
<p>When Ioan Marc Jones went vegan for January - to appease his
veggie girlfriend & to show her it's no big deal - little did
he
realise that he was embarking upon a journey from which he may not
return. 'I was dreading giving up meat - now I can’t find a reason
to eat it,' he eventually <a
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/veganuary-i-was-dreading-giving-up-meat-now-i-can-t-find-a-reason-to-eat-it-a6837716.html#gallery">reported
in
The Independent</a>. 'To those people who love meat the way I
love
meat, I offer some advice: refrain from accepting the <a
href="http://www.veganuary.com/">Veganuary
challenge,</a> or any <a
href="http://www.the30dayveganchallenge.com/">similar
campaign</a>. It might just work,' he says, before concluding
with a
quip about kale and quinoa.</p>
<p>Jones' article comes with the obligatory mainstream media list of
two dozen 'celebrities' - some of whom you will definitely have
heard of - who have embraced the vegan lifestyle, for various
reasons: ex-President of the USA, Bill Clinton, quit meat for the
good of his health while his former VP is no doubt motivated by
the
claimed effects of animal husbandry upon climate change. An
emerging
cohort of celebrated vegans is the <a
href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/26/13-vegan-athletes-smashing-it-on-a-meat-free-diet-5349835/">roster
of
first class athletes</a> who have emulated <a
href="http://www.blogher.com/venus-and-serena-williams-go-vegan-2012">Venus
and
Serena Williams</a>, both of whom adopted a raw vegan diet
in the new year of 2012. Since then, Serena has won the US Open
three
times!</p>
<p>A surprising subset of this athletic cohort is the Vegan Hard
Men,
led by 'Iron' <a
href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/04/10/mike-tyson-goes-vegan-to-flush-drugs-bad-cocaine/">Mike
Tyson,</a> who went vegan in 2010 at the age of 43 as a key part
of a
wider lifestyle detox. England's own <a
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/david-haye-interview-i-lied-ive-let-people-down-9497558.html">David
Haye</a> renounced animal protein early in 2014 and, two years
later,
regained his heavyweight boxing championship with a <a
href="https://youtu.be/glcXVsBZNDw">first
round knockout</a>. <a
href="http://www.mensjournal.com/sports/articles/nate-diaz-and-other-vegan-ufc-fighters-w199323">Ultimate
Fighting
Championship</a> (UFC) fans will be aware that <a
href="http://www.radha.name/news/general-news/ufc-fighter-nate-diaz-is-vegan">Nate
Diaz</a>, a vegan of twelve years standing, caused a recent
upset
when he beat a previously undefeated champ. That's not to
mention the increasingly numerous vegan <a
href="https://youtu.be/8R0w5xVVW8g">body
builders</a> and <a
href="http://www.si.com/edge/2014/04/24/going-vegan-nfl-0">NFL
(American Football) players</a>.</p>
<p>The budget cookery writer, Jack Monroe, also went vegan for
January as a challenge and is also not going back. 'My meat
addiction
is over,' she <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/28/jack-monroe-meat-vegan-food-ingredients">announced
in
The Guardian</a>. 'I’ve gone vegan, and it’s brilliant.' To
Facebook followers, Jack explained, 'I feel I am going to stay
vegan,
although I prefer 'herbivore' but as ever, call me what you like
as
long as it's polite... you’ll all be seeing a lot more curry from
now on. And a world with more curry in can only be a very good
thing.' Since Jack's <a
href="http://cookingonabootstrap.com/2016/01/19/mushroom-rogan-josh-26p-vegan/">mushroom
rogan
josh</a> was the most popular recipe re-posted on Fareshares'
Facebook page all Veganuary, we concur .</p>
<h3 class="western"> </h3>
<h3 class="western">In A Broken Rice Dream</h3>
<p>As everyone goes vegan and their markets expand, pioneers of
popular vegan products may be obliged to compromise. In order to
ramp
up production and provide access to weighty distribution &
savvy
marketing, they take on bigger corporate partners whose priorities
may not match their original ideals.</p>
<p align="LEFT">A case in point is <a
href="http://mydairyfreedream.com/our-products/dream-drinks/">Rice
Dream</a>, of which Fareshares sells gallons. Naturally lactose,
dairy, gluten and soy-free with no added sugars and low in fat,
Rice
Dream dairy-free milk was <a href="https://youtu.be/nYD1knfdACA">invented
by
Robert Nissenbaum</a>, co-founder of <a
href="http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/17/Imagine-Foods-Inc.html">Imagine
Foods</a>.</p>
<p>20 years later, in 2002, Imagine joined <a
href="http://www.hain-celestial.com/brands.php">The
Hain Celestial Group’s family of brands</a> that provide
delicious
“better for you” foods loved by people of all ages.' Within only
a couple of years, dark rumours began to circulate, which are
detailed in the <a
href="http://fareshares.org.uk/2016/04/02/newsletter-spring-2016/">online
version
of this newsletter</a>. Rice Dream has not necessarily done
anything wrong, <i>per se</i>, but it's owned by a large
corporate
entity that keeps unsavoury company. So, the question arises,
should
Fareshares take Rice Dream off our shelves (as others are doing)
even
though we sell gallons of the stuff?</p>
<p>What do say you, dear Fareshares shopper? Can you live without
<a
href="http://mydairyfreedream.com/our-products/dream-drinks/rice-dream-praline-hazelnut/">Hazelnut
Almond
Praliné Rice Dream?</a> Have you got your own recipe that
replicates its creamy deliciousness? Or do you think we should
give
Rice Dream the benefit of the doubt, at least until we can source
a
satisfactory replacement?</p>
<h3 class="western"> </h3>
<h3 class="western">Aquafabulous!</h3>
<p>#aquafaba is the buzz word of the year and no mistake. In its
announcement of 2016 as the International Year of the Pulse, the
<a
href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/recipes/article/Cool-beans-6880685.php?t=eca31d91bf883cbd7b&cmpid=twitter-premium">San.Fran.
Chronicle
reported</a>:</p>
<p>'The most exciting new ways to use pulses are in baking, pastry
and <a
href="http://www.eater.com/2016/2/24/11104900/aquafaba-vegan-cocktails">even
cocktails</a>. In <a
href="https://classic.ixquick.com//do/search?&language=english&query=black+bean+brownies&cat=web">black
bean
brownies</a> — the new gluten-free vegan potluck standby —
or <a
href="http://www.timelessfood.com/recipe/chocolate-lentil-cake/">Chocolate
Lentil
Cake</a>, cooked and pureed pulses add a surprisingly un-beany
complexity. Garbanzo bean cooking water, dubbed “aquafaba” by its
vegan devotees, can be whipped up into something almost identical
to
a meringue, <a
href="https://www.vegansociety.com/whats-new/blog/13-amazing-things-you-can-do-aquafaba">an
incredibly
stable stand-in for egg whites</a> in everything from
<a
href="https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/the-secret-ingredient-in-these-vegan-macarons-is-bean-water">macarons</a>
to Pisco sours. <a href="http://thegentlechef.com/blog/?p=1557">Eggless
lemon
meringue pie</a>, anyone?'</p>
<p>You may be thinking, '<u>Garbanzo</u>?' Chick Peas, by another
name. 'Aquafaba' is the liquid that comes in the can, which has
the
right balance of proteins to do a lot of the things that eggs do
in a
recipe, from <a
href="http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2016/03/10/fabanaise-a-mayonnaise-made-with-bean-water-yes-indeed/">mayonnaise</a>
to <a href="http://www.glueandglitter.com/tag/meringue/">meringue</a>
via <a href="http://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-omelette/">omelettes</a>.
To make aquafaba from scratch, soak & cook chickpeas and
leave them to sit in their cooking water overnight. (A pressure
cooker, BTW, comes in v.handy.) You might use the peas to make
hummus, but with their aquafaba you can do practically anything!</p>
<h3 class="western"> </h3>
<h3 class="western">#heartysoup: Top Six</h3>
<p>Recipe categories marked by hashtags on our <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/FaresharesCoOp">Facebook
page</a>, including #vegeburger & #tempehtempeh, appear to
expire
and others may also use them, as you'll see if you search
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/heartysoup?fref=ts">#heartysoup</a>.
As it is Spring, however, let us review the past Winter soup
season and its six most salient successes (wot, neither <a
href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/creamy-cauliflower-curry-soup/">cauliflower</a>
nor <a href="http://www.yummly.com/recipes/celeriac-soup-vegan">celeriac</a>?)
In
reverse order:</p>
<p><b>6</b>= (Combined score = 56): <a
href="http://mywholefoodlife.com/2015/11/23/squash-apple-soup/">Squash
Apple
Soup</a> or <a
href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/apple-pumpkin-soup-with-caramelized-onions/">Apple
Pumpkin
Soup With Caramelized Onions</a> - 'A perfect autumnal blend
for when it suddenly gets a colder out. The sweetness of the
squash,
highlighted by apple, goes so well with the sage.'</p>
<p><b>5</b> (Score = 95): <a
href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/slow-cooked-split-pea-soup-with-homemade-croutons-and-coconut-bacon/">Slow-Cooked
Split
Pea Soup With Homemade Croutons and Coconut Bacon</a> - Mmm...
pig free bacon!</p>
<p><b>4</b> (Score = 97): <a
href="http://robinrobertson.com/crockpot-callaloo-soup/">Robin
Robertson's Global Vegan Kitchen's Crockpot Callaloo Soup</a> -
R.R.
substitutes spinach for callaloo and suggests chard as an
alternative. It also includes thyme, but you might use za'atar.</p>
<p><b>3</b> (Score = 103): <a
href="http://www.veganricha.com/2015/10/vegan-chipotle-corn-chowder.html">Vegan
Chipotle
Corn Chowder</a> - Robin Robertson, again, using frozen
whole kernel corn with some more exotic ingredients - liquid
smoke;
chipotle chile in adobo sauce - that one might have fun finding
substitutes for. See also <a
href="http://www.findingvegan.com/smoky-vegan-corn-and-potato-ch%E2%80%A6/">Smoky
Potato
Corn Chowder</a>.</p>
<p><b>2</b> (Score = 130): <a
href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/roasted-garlic-ginger-carrot-soup-with-a-miso-cashew-cream/">Roasted
Garlic-Ginger
Carrot Soup With a Miso Cashew Cream</a> - A
classic #heartysoup given a twist with Miso Cashew Cream
(blend soaked cashews with miso, lemon juice and water).</p>
<p><b>1</b> (Score = 192) -<a
href="http://www.ordinaryvegan.net/chickpea-soup/">
Chickpea Soup with Cabbage,Tomatoes & Basil</a> - Simply the
best.</p>
<h3 class="western"> </h3>
<h3 class="western">Urban Leg Ends</h3>
<p>Fareshares first Pickling Workshop on the final day of February
was a great success on a number of levels. Of the 15 enthusiasts
who
learned (and practised) the art of salt-fermentation, only two
were
regular Fareshares shoppers, so its nice to get some new people
interested! Everyone had a great time, and we're keen to hold more
workshops on a regular basis. The next salt-fermentation pickling
workshop will take place towards the end of April, and there'll be
a
Herbal medicine and another pickling workshop in May, so everyone
gets a chance to learn and play! </p>
<p>Keep an eye out for posters in the shop and on our Facebook page
for dates/times/locations, or e-mail Zoe at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jacob.zoe@gmail.com">jacob.zoe@gmail.com</a> to
get straight onto the workshops mailing list. </p>
<p>There are plans to turn this into a series of monthly
skills-sharing. So far we're thinking: more pickling/preserving
techniques, vegan cheese-making, and craft workshops for
eco-friendly
plastic-free food bags. If you have ideas of things you'd like to
learn, or skills you could share, Zoe'd love to hear from you!</p>
<p align="center">*
</p>
<p>After a year of talk about adding more shelving in the corner of
the shop, one of Fareshares oldest - not to say, elderly -
regulars
caught wind of it and sorted us out without further ado. He
refuses
to be photographed for this newsletter, indeed wants no publicity,
but big thanks are due to Billy. We probably are not going to
paint
your shevles in Evertonian colours in your honour though, La. It
may
be a while before we get around to painting them at all;-)</p>
<p align="CENTER">* </p>
<p>Myths & legends of how Fareshares started, back in the days
when Pullens was heavily squatted, usually come back to a
free-spirited character known simply as, 'Martin Oddsocks' or, as
he
was legally known in 2010,
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