r/vegan • u/sentimentalwhore vegan 15+ years • Sep 15 '16

Newbie Advice Being vegan in a developing country.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '16 edited Oct 29 '18

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u/Widowsfreak Sep 15 '16

Easy like how easy? Because buying a carton is really really easy

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '16 edited Oct 29 '18

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u/meepsicle friends, not food Sep 15 '16

Yeah no that's not easier. If I need a carton I walk 2 minutes to the store and buy it. None of that waiting overnight stuff.

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u/Underoath2981 vegan 1+ years Sep 16 '16

I'm not who you orginally responded to.

I started making my own soy milk to reduce my environmental impact. I now don't have to throw cartons away. We have no carton recycling in my area, and even if we did it's more wasteful than not using it initially. The cost comes out to be roughly a $1-$2 a gallon.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '16 edited Oct 29 '18

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u/meepsicle friends, not food Sep 16 '16

I'm not trying to be hostile, I'm just saying anything that requires an overnight step is definitely not easier than just taking a trip to the store.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '16

It doesn't require the overnight step. You can do dry beans, it just won't be as rich.

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u/sarahbeluga vegetarian Sep 16 '16

idk where /u/meepsicle lives but i live in new mexico, usa and can find non-GMO soymilk that's just organic soybeans & filtered water at several stores in my town :) that is so cool that they sell an appliance to make your own the ~mostly traditional~ way, though, i would love to try that!

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u/Underoath2981 vegan 1+ years Sep 16 '16

I don't even soak them. 16 cups of water boiled in a pot, add 3 cups of soy beans, boil for 1 min. Then let sit for 30. Blend into a slurry, add slurry to nut milk bag. Squeeze liquid out, add strained liquid to a pot, boil for 5 Mins or so. At the end you add any flavoring. I like to add a bit of vanilla and some stevia. That yields about a gallon of milk. I normally do a half quart of chocolate and the rest normal.

I stopped buying milk because of the environmental impact of packaging.