PB&J Is Vegan, Remember?
I just loved this commentary from Dan Shannon at PETA Files and wanted to share, emphasis added:
Kevin Garnett talked about [...] his tradition of eating a whole mess of PB&Js before every game [...]
Professional athletes? Eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches?
WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR PROTEIN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?1/1/1
I found this fascinating. The reaction to the interview was pretty much: “Look at KG and his wholesome, nutritious pre-game snack. It’s so wholesome! And nutritious!” But PB&J is as much of a vegetarian staple as the Boca burger—I think I ate it for lunch every day for my first eight years as a vegan. So why do I feel that if KG had said, “I eat a vegan meal before every big game,” the reaction would have been … different? It’s like everyone is cool with eating healthy, but for some reason, eating vegan has this whole different connotation for some people—even though it’s exactly the same thing.
As a child, I ate a lot of PB&J tortilla roll-ups for lunch. And some people still wonder what vegetarian kids eat…
Thanks for the information on vegan eating. Wow, PB&J sandwiches…Never thought so much could be attached to them!
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