He mea ʻai meaʻai ʻo Natalie Portman no ka manawa lōʻihi akā ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka meaʻai vegan ma 2009 ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka ʻai holoholona na Jonathan Safran Foer. Ke ʻimi nei i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pilikanaka o ka mahi holoholona, ua lilo ka mea hana keaka i mea hana, i haku ʻia mai kēia puke. I ka wā o kona hāpai ʻana, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻokomo i kekahi mau huahana holoholona i kāna meaʻai, akā ma hope ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kahi nohona vegan.
wahi a ka mea hana keaka.
Ua kipa aku ʻo Portman i ke keʻena o ka hoʻolaha pāpaʻi ʻo New York PopSugar e hoʻopaʻa i kahi wikiō pōkole a me nā pane maopopo i nā nīnau kaulana loa e hōʻeha i nā poʻo o ka poʻe omnivores (a ʻaʻole wale).
“Ua ʻai nā kānaka i ka ʻiʻo mai ka wā kahiko…”
ʻAe, ua hana nā kānaka i nā mea he nui i ka wā kahiko a ʻaʻole mākou e hana hou. Eia kekahi laʻana, noho lākou i loko o nā ana.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke launa pū me nā vegans?"
ʻAʻole! ʻAʻole he vegan kaʻu kāne, ʻai ʻo ia i nā mea āpau a ʻike wau iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Pono anei kāu mau keiki a me ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa e hele i ka vegan?"
ʻAʻole! Pono nā kānaka a pau e hoʻoholo nona iho. He kanaka kūʻokoʻa mākou a pau.
ʻAi nā Vegans e haʻi i nā mea āpau he vegan lākou.
ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke ʻano o ia mea. Hilahila nā kānaka, koho, paʻakikī iā lākou ke hana me ia. Manaʻo wau e hoʻololi ka poʻe i kā lākou meaʻai a hoʻololi paha i kā lākou meaʻai no ka mea mālama maoli lākou.
"Makemake au e kono iā ʻoe i kaʻu pāʻina BBQ, akā aia ka ʻiʻo."
Maikaʻi kēia! Makemake au e launa pū me ka poʻe e ʻai ana i kā lākou makemake no ka mea, manaʻo wau e hoʻoholo kēlā me kēia kanaka i kā lākou hoʻoholo ponoʻī!
"ʻAʻole au e hele i ka vegan. Ua ho'āʻo au i ka tofu i hoʻokahi manawa a ua inaina wau iā ia.
E nānā, manaʻo wau e hoʻolohe nā mea a pau iā lākou iho, akā nui nā koho ʻono ma laila! A aia nā mea hou e hiki mai ana i nā manawa a pau. Pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i ka Impossible Burger*, ʻoiai he mau steak kā lākou, akā makemake nui wau. ʻO wau kāna peʻa!
"Pehea e hiki ai i kekahi ke lilo i vegan? ʻAʻole anei ia he pupule pipiʻi?”
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka laiki a me ka pī ka mea ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi āu e kūʻai ai, akā ʻo ia ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa a maikaʻi. A ʻoi aku nā mea kanu, nā aila, pasta.
"Inā ua pae ʻia ʻoe ma ka mokupuni wao nahele a ʻo kāu meaʻai wale nō he holoholona, e ʻai anei ʻoe?"
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiki ʻole, akā inā pono wau e hoʻopakele i koʻu ola a i ʻole kekahi, manaʻo wau he mea kūpono ia. Eia hou, kupaianaha.
“ʻAʻole ʻoe minamina i nā mea kanu? ʻO ka ʻenehana, he mau mea ola nō hoʻi lākou, a ʻai ʻoe iā lākou.
Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole ʻeha nā mea kanu. ʻO kēia kaʻu ʻike.