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Vegan Quarantine: Day 89

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 89. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed can be found below.

NYC cheesemonger Riverdel – The Original Vegan Cheese Monger is hosting an oat cheese cooking class on line. Details on their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZMRsmDDBZ/

SpiceBox TV has a video demonstrating a Dhansak Curry recipe on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZQCyKyBES4

Thug Kitchen in the USA is FINALLY going to change its name after years of requests. Read this piece about the problematic nature of Thug Kitchen from 2014:
https://tinyurl.com/ybwv29oj

Support Southall Black Sisters with a one-off or monthly donation:
https://tinyurl.com/y8kor5ko

Learn more about Southall Black Sisters or access their services:
https://southallblacksisters.org.uk/

Recipe of the day. BBQ Watermelon Steak by Avant-Garde Vegan by Gaz Oakley:
https://www.plantbasednews.org/recipes/bbq-watermelon-fillet

Music recommendation of the day. Cover of the Bananarama song Cruel Summer by Evanescence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paQsE53YkVU

Pushing the night into the daytime

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Long before I was fat and vegan (gay always), I spent a lot of time in a seaside town that Australia forgot to close down. My friends and I constantly lived on the verge of adventure and despair as we dodged the equally-dangerous obstacles of local thugs and mediocrity. The main attractions were an almost-dilapidated pier, a skate park and many drive through liquor stores that asked very few questions of disengaged teenagers with a few dollars to spend. We would walk through the idling cars filled with older-than-us locals buying cartons of ice cold beer before boldly placing our orders for the cheapest drinks in the store.

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