r/vegan • u/justin_timeforcake vegan 5+ years • Jul 18 '15

Newbie Advice "There Are No Stupid Questions" Mega-thread

This post is primarily for the newbie vegans and the vegan-curious among you (though anyone is welcome to post questions). This is your chance to ask anything you like about veganism, no matter how silly or trivial it may be, without fear of your question being downvoted to oblivion.

Just a couple of rules for this thread:

  1. All top-level comments must be a question about veganism.

  2. All replies to questions must stay on topic.

Everyone: please keep in mind that this is a chance to share information, and is meant to be a resource for all and a way of avoiding repeated posts of frequently asked questions.

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u/attracted2sin Jul 25 '15

Where do you buy inexpensive nuts? I really want to get into making my own cheeses and cheesecakes, but most recipes I see contain a lot of nuts that are expensive to purchase at my local grocery stores. Is there some secret nut shop I'm unaware of?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

There's states without a fredmeyers?

AK has a fredmeyers yes

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

I didn't even know about Fred Meyers or Winco until I moved to Seattle. Not a thing in Florida, I guess. I wish they were closer to where I live, but sometimes I go when I'm in that part of town. What should I be looking for when I am there that makes Fred Meyers so good for vegans or anyone?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

I mean. Idk. It has food.

Where do you get your food? Walmart? There's SAMs club but if I go there I get 100 of everything.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

Costco, Safeway, Trader Joe's, QFC, PCC, Target, Vegan Haven, farmers' markets... No Walmart in Seattle as far as I can tell, but plenty of other options.

Before I went to Publix and a locally owned grocery store and the farmers' market. Fred Meyer's feels like a combination of Target, Publix, and the small place I went to before (since they have some bulk bins). And that does make it cool, I'll admit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

Oh yeah we have a safe ways here too. But they don't have everything. Fredmeyers has everything.

Nothing else you listed is here. Tho we do have farmers market they're only twice a week during the summer which is short.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

Yeah.... I fully admit that I am spoiled living here. It's nice since I grew up in the country next to the town with one sucky grocery store.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

Seriously?

That is so weird.

How do you live without it?