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FRIENDS GAZETTE
Your articles look at moral reasons for being vegetarian
or vegan which is a very interesting mix and unique
Tim Barford - VegFestUK founder
NOVEMBER 2014
ISSN: 2053-4426
E-mail: friendsgazette@gmail.com - Tel: +44 (0) 7710 692550 - Victoria, London SW1P 1HJ - Tavel 30126, France
Google in World
Vegan Day snub
INTERNET search giant Google was
keeping tight-lipped this week
about why it snubbed requests to
put up a special "doodle" to mark
world vegan day.
Doodles are the fun, surprising
and
sometimes
spontaneous
changes that are made to the
Google logo to celebrate holidays,
anniversaries and the lives of
famous artists, pioneers and
scientists, the company's website
explains.
But for whatever reason World
Vegan Day (1st November), which
this year marks the 70th
anniversary of the terms 'vegan',
'veganism', and the establishment
of The Vegan Society, just didn't
seem to make the grade.
A request from FG for a comment
has so far gone unanswered.
The snub was slammed by vegan
chef Tony Weston-Bishop as a "blot
on the vegan landscape".
"That would have been the icing
on the egg-free dairy-free cake,"
he said on his blog.
The month-long anniversary
kicked off on 1st November to
celebrate the founding of the
worlds first Vegan Society on that
day in November 1944.
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COUP DE GRAS
THE
INTERVIEW
The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened)
involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild,
and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat (to
facilitate ingestion), deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the buttery
consistency sought by some gastronomes. (Wikipedia)
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Im Spartacus,
and Im a
vegetarian
SWORD wielding actors of
the big and small screen
battling in the arenas of
ancient Rome may have to
re-think their parts after
research shows that
gladiators were veggies!
The likes of Russell Crowe
and Liam McIntyre (pictured
right) were often seen
tucking into a plate of almost
raw steak to bulk up for
battle - Maximus in Gladiator
and Spartacus in the
eponymous tv series.
But recent research reveals
that Roman gladiators had a
diet that was mostly
vegetarian according to an
analysis of bones from a
cemetery where the arena
fighters were buried.
The study has been carried
out by academics from the
Medical University of Vienna
in Austria and the University
of Berne in Switzerland.
They found the gladiator diet
was grain-based and mostly
meat-free, a BBC report says.
The examination of gladiator
bones also found evidence
they drank a drink made from
plant ashes.
This ash drink was a form of
health-boosting tonic to help
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NEWS IN BRIEF
My enemys enemy . . .
JEWISH voters who fear the rise of
Islamic anti-semitism are backing the
French Nationalist party led by Marine
Le Pen, a survey has revealed.
Reason being the far right party has
shed it's anti-semitic stance and now
presents itself as a bulwark against
Islamic anti-semitism.
A staggering 13.5% of French Jews
backed Le Pen in the 2012 election
which saw socialist Francois Hollande
become president.
"The increase of FN vote among the
Jewish voters is explained by the
strategy of de-demonisation led by the
party, the absence of bad references to
the Holocaust in Marine Le Pen's
speech and especially the growing
concern in part of the Jewish
community about the rise of 'Islamic
anti-semitism' vis--vis of which the FN
presents itself as a bulwark," Jerome
Fourquet, IFOP director of public
opinion, who conducted the poll of
1,095 respondents over 10 years, told
French reporters recently.
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PHILANTHROPY
IS GENESIS OF
ARTS IN BRITAIN
THERE is no
question that
philanthropy
is absolutely
key to the
long-term
vigour and
stability of
the arts in the
UK.
But there is
more to philanthropy
than simply donating
money.
The arts are a
living thing they are
about collaboration
and community, which
means that success for
young artists lies not
just in nature and
nurture, but in
networks too."
The words come
from John Studzinski
CBE, founder and
chairman of the
Genesis Foundation,
who received the
Prince of Wales Medal
for Arts Philanthropy
this month.
Studzinski, is a
Knight of St Gregory,
an honour bestowed
by the Pope and is
also well known for his
charitable work for
the homeless and for
human rights.
The Genesis
Foundation is unique
in bringing exceptional
young artists into a
family network of
support that stands to
serve them throughout
their professional
career, banker
Studzinski said.
n For his take on film
industry funding see
FRIENDLY COMMENT
(p.11) where Nigel
Lesmoir-Gordon
sounds off about the
state of the British
film industry today.
Gordon is currently
seeking funding for his
movie Nothing &
Everywhere.
The film's 'teaser' or
fund-raising trailer
stars British actor
Martin Shaw who
trained at the London
Academy for Music
and Dramatic Art
(LAMDA).
Coincidentally
LAMDA was the first
arts organisation that
Studzinski supported
when he came to the
UK from the US 20
years ago.
CORRECTIONS AND
CLARIFICATIONS
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ALBUM OF HAPPINESS
Festive season
recipe for guilt-free
pate de foie gras
Wouldn't you love to have all the
pleasure of pate without worrying
about the geese? Well now you can!
This recipe is a French vegan
('vegetalian') recipe that uses tofu.
Ingredients:
3 oz onions
3 oz button mushrooms
olive oil
8 oz firm tofu
1 oz natural fast fermenting yeast
(brewer's yeast)
1/2 to 3/4 oz almond paste (this is
like a nut butter made from ground,
roasted almonds; not marzipan)
1/2 tsp salt
ground spices consisting of: 1/2 tsp
pepper, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp
nutmeg
2 x 100ml water
1/10 oz of agar-agar
walnut (or other nut oil) for greasing
the pate dish
Peel the onions, wipe the mushrooms
and chop them both up. Fry the
onions in olive oil in a pan for five
minutes then add the mushrooms and
continue to cook a further five
minutes, stirring frequently. When
cooked, place the cooked onions and
mushrooms in an electric mixer. Add
the tofu, yeast and almond paste, salt
and spices together with half of the
water. Blend until the mix is smooth
and even and leave in the mixer.
Then in a small pan mix the rest of
the water with the agar-agar and heat
to boiling. Continue to boil for one
minute whisking all the time, then
pour the mixture immediately into
the electric mixer and mix well to
ensure all the mixture is evenly
blended. Tip the contents into a welloiled dish and leave to cool. Once
cool, place the dish in the fridge for
at least one hour or until the mixture
has firmly set.
Best used within 48 hours. May be
served with toast or crackers with an
accompaniment of dried cranberries,
walnuts or a sprinkling of fresh
chopped herbs.
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FRIENDLY FEEDBACK
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FRIENDLY
COMMENT
(Annonymous letters not published but contact details can be witheld upon request).
DEAR Mr Ward,
Thanks for the latest issue of
FG. I am glad to see a photo of
a Facebook friend, Rani
Chandy, on page 3 [of your last
issue]. (Death wish cows? Not
on your Nellie - FG Oct.)
I am even more pleased you
have printed my comment by
email! You have bitten it hook,
line and sinker, it seems!
So let me ask you if you know
anything of India's history? How
did Babur manage to build a
masjid (mosque) in place of a
Hindu temple? (Friendly
Feedback - FG October)
Archaeological excavations by
the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) in 1970, 1992 and
2003 in and around the
disputed site have indicated a
large Hindu complex existed on
the site. How can a masjid be
built without the destruction of
a temple! The stones of the
temple were actually re-used
to build the masjid!
Perhaps you can provide the
Hindus [sic] with 'a time travel
machine' and you can then
have first-hand evidence of this
happening!
In the meantime the report
of the Archaeological Survey of
India, saying the following, is
acceptable to me!
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