Did you hear there was a PDB entitled "Vegans Determined to Strike in U.S."? Apparently there was, because the Bush administration has been spying on us vegans:
One F.B.I. document indicates that agents in Indianapolis planned to conduct surveillance as part of a "Vegan Community Project." Another document talks of the Catholic Workers group's "semi-communistic ideology." A third indicates the bureau's interest in determining the location of a protest over llama fur planned by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
I guess our high fibre diets are considered weapons of mass destruction. Yep, we can take out Miami faster than a case of Metamucil. Homeland Security is no doubt on the alert for vegans who travel internationally; we are easy to spot by our vegetarian meal requests.
In fact, there was one on the same row as me when I flew to the U.S. a couple of weeks ago; we both enjoyed the pasta and butter-less rolls. I'd have been scared if I'd known about that memo; he looked clean-cut but was probably carrying dangerous soy explosives in his vinyl shoes.
A few years ago one of my brothers-in-law told me he suspected PETA was behind the foot and mouth disease outbreak. I looked him straight in the eye and said: "I can assure you we had nothing to do with it." He's been scared of me ever since. (Possibly he ratted us out; he does work for the government in a law-enforcement capacity.)
Now would probably not be the time to admit I submitted a few recipes for this book.
This will have to do for Wednesday Food Blogging. I'm wiped out. Too much bad food in Cambridge. Yes, even the vegetarian restaurant there was bad. (I suspect they are working undercover for MI6. Cambridge is a known hotbed of spy activity.)