vegans?
12-27-2007, 06:43 PM
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vegans?
I was wondering if there are any vegan pilots out there. How do you eat on the road? I'm a vegan myself and am concerned about not having enough options for my vegan habbits. I still enjoy cheese, milk, eggs (vegitarian & cage free is all I buy), but no meat items. Thanks.
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12-27-2007, 07:00 PM
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I'm not, but I sure try hard hard to eat healthy...and it's hard.
Airport food is hopeless, so you'd have to try out in town on overnights.
Unfortunately many regional destinations will not have the kind of food you like, either because of local cuisine preference (deep south, texas, intermountain west) or the location of your hotel (out by the airport on the fast-food strip). Even if there are appropriate resteraunts or grocery stores, they may not be open when you need them...Jack-in-the-Box stays open till 2:00 am, but not Whole Foods.
To stay vegan, you'd have to pack a lot of food for lunch and probably try to bid overnights where you know good food is available. You would want to ask around about hotel locations.
Airport food is hopeless, so you'd have to try out in town on overnights.
Unfortunately many regional destinations will not have the kind of food you like, either because of local cuisine preference (deep south, texas, intermountain west) or the location of your hotel (out by the airport on the fast-food strip). Even if there are appropriate resteraunts or grocery stores, they may not be open when you need them...Jack-in-the-Box stays open till 2:00 am, but not Whole Foods.
To stay vegan, you'd have to pack a lot of food for lunch and probably try to bid overnights where you know good food is available. You would want to ask around about hotel locations.
12-27-2007, 07:31 PM
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I'm vegetarian and I don't have any problems. I pack my own snacks, so if there isn't anything suitable, I just eat what I packed until I can find something. BTW, vegan=no animal products (so no dairy or eggs). Vegetarian=many different varieties of non-meat eating diets. That makes you a vegetarian, but not a vegan.
Good luck!
Good luck!
12-28-2007, 06:40 AM
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I've also heard jsfBoat's style of eating called an "ovo-lacto vegetarian."
A lot will depend on what type of flying you're going to be doing. Flying domestic you can at least read a menu and ask questions or place a special order in your native (I presume) tongue. International will be harder, unless of course you take a job in India. When we get catered out of India, they label all the food Veg or Non-Veg.
A lot will depend on what type of flying you're going to be doing. Flying domestic you can at least read a menu and ask questions or place a special order in your native (I presume) tongue. International will be harder, unless of course you take a job in India. When we get catered out of India, they label all the food Veg or Non-Veg.
