He kanaka paʻahana loa ʻo Chef Doug McNish. Ke haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna hana ma kāna Vegetarian Public Kitchen ma Toronto, kūkākūkā ʻo ia, aʻo, a paipai ikaika i ka meaʻai mea kanu. ʻO McNish nō hoʻi ka mea kākau o ʻekolu puke meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai e loaʻa kahi wahi ma kāu papa. No laila paʻakikī ka hopu ʻana iā ia e kūkākūkā i ka puke hou, ke ʻano vegan, a he aha hou aʻe? E hele ana au!
Ua hoʻomaka wau i ka kuke ʻana i ka ʻoihana i ka makahiki 15 a aloha wau i kaʻu hana. Akā ʻaʻole wau he meaʻai meaʻai, ʻai wau i ka ʻiʻo a me nā huahana waiu. Ua lilo ka lumi kuke i ko'u ola, ko'u makemake, ko'u mau mea a pau. ʻEono makahiki ma hope mai, i koʻu makahiki he 21, ua kaumaha au he 127 kg. Pono e hoʻololi kekahi mea, akā ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea. I koʻu ʻike ʻana i ke wikiō e pili ana i nā hale pepehi kanaka, ua hoʻohuli iaʻu. E ko'u Akua, heaha ka'u e hana nei? I kēlā pō ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻōki i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, akā aia nō ka iʻa a me ka mayonnaise ma luna o koʻu papaʻaina. I loko o kekahi mau mahina, ua emi koʻu kaumaha, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu manaʻo, a ua hoʻomaka wau e manaʻo nui i nā pilikia kaiapuni a me ke olakino. Ma hope o ʻelima a ʻeono mahina, ua hoʻololi loa wau i ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o 11 mau makahiki i hala.
Loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu ʻoihana ponoʻī, he wahine nani a he ola hoihoi, mahalo wau i ka hopena no nā mea āpau aʻu. Akā, ua lōʻihi ka manawa e hoʻomaopopo a manaʻo ai. No laila ʻaʻole pono e hoʻololi i ka meaʻai i ka lā hoʻokahi. ʻO koʻu manaʻo pilikino. ʻŌlelo mau wau i nā kānaka ʻaʻole e wikiwiki. E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā huahana, nā mea hoʻohui. E hoʻomaopopo i kou manaʻo ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lentils i loko o kou ʻōpū. Malia paha no ka hoʻomaka ʻana ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai iā ia i ʻelua mau papa i ka manawa, i ʻole e hōʻino ʻoe i ka ea? (ʻakaʻaka).
ʻElua mau pane i kēia nīnau. ʻO ka mea mua, manaʻo wau he noʻonoʻo. Ua maʻa ka poʻe i kekahi mau meaʻai mai ka wā kamaliʻi, a he mea kupanaha no mākou ke manaʻo he pono ke hoʻololi ʻia. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ʻo ia, a hiki i ka ʻumi makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole ʻono ka meaʻai wīwī. He mea ʻai meaʻai au no 11 mau makahiki i kēia manawa a he mea weliweli wale ka nui o nā meaʻai. ʻO ka mea hope loa, makaʻu ka poʻe i ka loli. Hana lākou, e like me nā robots, nā mea like i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole kānalua i ka mea hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia iā lākou.
I kēlā me kēia Pōʻaono, kipa au i ka Evergreen Brickhouse, kekahi o nā mākeke waho nui loa ma Kanada. ʻO ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana me ke aloha ma nā mahiʻai kūloko e hauʻoli loa iaʻu. No ka mea hiki iaʻu ke lawe iā lākou i loko o koʻu lumi kuke a hoʻohuli iā lākou i mea kilokilo. Hoʻomoʻa wau iā lākou, palai iā lākou, kālua iā lākou - aloha wau iā ia a pau!
He nīnau maikaʻi kēlā. ʻAʻole pono ka kuke ʻana i nā mea kanu i nā mākau kūikawā a i ʻole nā mea hana. ʻO ka palai, ka kuke ʻana - hana like nā mea a pau. I ka wā mua, ua nāwaliwali au. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ke ʻano o ka quinoa, nā hua flax a me ka chia… Ua hoihoi au i ka hana ʻana me kēia mau meaʻai. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka meaʻai kuʻuna, ʻaʻole paʻakikī iā ʻoe ka meaʻai meaʻai.
ʻO nā hua hemp kahi protein maʻalahi hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia. Aloha au i ka tahini, aia kahi e holoholo ai. Makemake nui au i ka miso, maikaʻi no nā sopa a me nā ʻuala. Cashews maka. Ua ʻaʻa wau e hana i nā kīʻaha Farani kuʻuna me ka cashew puree ma mua o ka waiū. Eia ka papa inoa o kaʻu meaʻai punahele.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he haʻahaʻa wau i ke koho ʻana i ka meaʻai. ʻOluʻolu, akā ʻo kaʻu meaʻai punahele ʻo ka laiki palaka, nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea kanu. Makemake au i ka tempeh, avocado a me nā ʻano mea ʻai like ʻole. ʻO kaʻu mea punahele ʻo ka ʻuala tahini. Ua nīnauele kekahi iaʻu a nīnau mai he aha kaʻu makemake hope? Ua pane au i kēlā ʻuala tahini.
E! He nīnau maikaʻi. Mahalo nui wau iā Matthew Kenny no kāna hana a me kāna hui ma Kaleponi. Ua wehe ʻo ia i ka hale ʻaina "Plant Food" a me "Wine of Venice", hauʻoli wau!
Manaʻo wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o kā mākou hana ʻino ʻana i nā holoholona a me ke kaiapuni a me ko mākou olakino ponoʻī ua lilo wau i mea ʻai meaʻai. Ua wehe ʻia koʻu mau maka i nā mea he nui a ua komo wau i ka ʻoihana etika. Ma o kēia hoʻomaopopo ʻana, ua lilo wau i koʻu ʻano i kēia manawa, a he kanaka maikaʻi wale nō wau.