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Preparing and Eating Fresh Artichokes

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Tonight with dinner I made some fresh organic artichokes I had picked up a few days ago. If you are new to making artichokes, don't worry! They are easy to prepare and make a tasty and healthy addition to any meal.

After preparing mine (wash, trim one inch off the top, use scissors to cut pointy ends off of leaves, rub exposed ends with lemon), I steamed them in a pot (you can also cook them in a slow cooker). The pot had a couple of inches of water and the artichokes were in a steamer basket. In the water I had a little bit of garlic and a couple of bay leaves. Once the water is boiling, put a lid on the pan and let them simmer.

The artichokes will need to steam on simmer for about 45-50 minutes. Once done, serve with some dipping sauce. I whipped together some vegan dipping sauce within minutes, by mixing together some vegan mayo, mustard, lemon juice, and parsley. Even my daughter loved eating these.

If you are new to eating fresh artichokes, watch the video below, which demonstrates how they are eaten. Enjoy!

Dolphins Get a Break - Chris Porter Questions Dolphin Captivity

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Chris Porter, known for being a captive dolphin trader, has had a change of heart. The good news is that he has decided to release his last 17 dolphins back into the wild.

His quotes to the media, regarding having a change of heart, demonstrate that people's minds can and do change. This is a man who has made a lot of money off of capturing and selling dolphins and is now denouncing it in the media and questioning the very idea of holding them captive at all. You can read the full article here.

Hearts and minds can and do change. Seeds get planted and they may not sprout that day or week, but in time they often do grow.

Keep planting seeds, by providing compassionate animal rights information. You just never know what the impact may be, or when it will happen.

Where do people draw the line on what they will eat?

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As I sat in Ethos Vegan Kitchen on Saturday afternoon waiting for my food to be
prepared, I picked up a travel magazine to thumb through. Once again I found a disgusting page (pictured) depicting what some people believe is "food."

Are there any limits to the things that people will consume? That's what I ended up thinking that afternoon. If people will eat such things as pigs brain, it seems as though they really have no standards at all.

If someone were to deep free pig poop, I'm sure that someone's advertising budget out there could convince people that it's all the rage and worth trying, sadly.

I wish we had a standard for what "food" really was in order for people to use that term. But it appears as though "food" is anything someone is willing to consume at any given moment. At least when it comes to vegetarians, we seem to have a higher standard on what we consider "food."