FG is Charlie - September-October 2015

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VEGAN SHADOW
SECRETARY
WANTS TO
SWAP IDEAS
Special report by Stephen Ward
Kerry McCarthy
JEREMY

CORBYNS

newly-

appointed shadow environment

them what questions they would like

me on my new role.

to put to the prime minister and I

received 40,000 replies."

supremo, Kerry McCarthy, has

I hope that I will get to swap

cemented Labours new consul-

ideas with you, campaign with

As a member of the shadow

tative

you, visit you and talk to you over

cabinet McCarthy will be at the heart

the coming months.

of Labours decision-making process.

governmental

approach

offering to visit voters and swap

Feel free to pass on your

But she pointed out that although

McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol

specific questions and I will get

she has been a vegan for many

East, is the new shadow secretary

answers to them for you as soon

years: This will not affect Labour

for environment, food and rural

as possible.

policy in relation to the farming

ideas with them.

Find out which six

Friends Gazette
readers scooped
complimentary
tickets to
VegFestUK London,
October 2015
Go to page 7

everyone who has congratulated

affairs, appointed by Corbyn days

Corbyns

own

first

prime

after he was voted in this month as

ministers question time to David

new Labour leader by a thumping

Cameron

majority.

revelation in consultative politics.

recently

was

industry.
Among topics on McCarthys to do
list are:
l Protecting the environment
l Biodiversity

In a press statement issued to

He told a packed House of

Friends Gazette McCarthy said:

Commons: I thought at my first

l Promoting sustainablity

I have been contacted by so

PMQs, I would do it in a slightly

l Marine conservation, and

many individuals, organisations

different way.

l Animal welfare.

and campaigns over the past few

So I sent out an email to

McCarthy has given talks on

days, and would like to thank

thousands of people and asked

veganism and was a presenter at the

Continues on page 13

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IKEA SET TO DISH UP

FULLY VEGAN MEAL
HILTON OLYMPIA

IKEA's move to capture the veggie/vegan

market is set to grow, the FG can reveal.
The store which turned over 1.4b last

TO GO VEGAN

year launched GRNSAKSBULLAR (literally

vegetable balls) in the spring, welcomed and
approved by the Vegan Society in June and

HILTON Olympia is to go vegan for two

snapped up by customers ever since.

days in October to coincide with VegFestUK,

taking place just up the road.

Now the Swedish store known for its

flat pack 'affordable' designer furniture is

Chef Rohan Mehta will be serving up

set to introduce a 'fully vegan meal' in its

vegetarian and vegan dishes in the hotel

self-service, in-store restaurants

restaurant on 10/11th October.

IKEAs fully vegan meal as currently

served up in its Toronto store.

incorporating the balls.

A spokesperson told FG: We usually

have one or two vegetarian meals available

To be offered at IKEA UK and Ireland

this entirely vegan meal will consist of the

meal and I am awaiting confirmation that this

but our chef says he will prepare even more

veggie balls, a tomato sauce, bulgur wheat and

has been rolled out to all stores."

during that weekend.

rice. Customers will be able to add other items

as they please.
A spokesman told FG this month: "The IKEA
food teams have been working on a fully vegan

The 'fully vegan meal' will mean vegans will

The restaurant in Kensington High Street

not have to wonder what to choose to go with

uses sustainably sourced ingredients and is

their veggie balls and can rest assured their

offering two courses and a glass of wine for

whole meal is safe.

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CORBYN
TOO
BUSY
FOR FALAFEL NUSH

AKIVA GETS
ON HIS BIKE

Pic courtesy Alex Lentati

Jeremy Corbyn

Akiva Lipkin crosses the

finishing line in the Big Apple

Gaby Elyahou, (above) a Jewish-Iraqi emigre is the proprietor of Gaby's Deli. He spoke to
FG in the wake of regular customer Jeremy Corbyns spectacular rise to Labours top job.

A NORTH-London man has raised thousands of

pounds for charity by biking nearly 3,000 miles

THE JEWISH-Iraqi owner of an iconic

"He eats vegetarian. He has falafel,

West End eating haunt is hoping regular

moussaka, salads, all that. He comes once

customer Jeremy Corbyn will soon be

a month, every two weeks, something like

veggie-friendly household, was one of 14 men and

dropping in for a late night supper but

that," Gaby said.

nine women in the Bike4Friendship challenge which

admits he may now be "a bit busy".

Left wing rebel and vegetarian, Corbyn,

across the US.

A vegetarian since 1969, Corbyn usually

pops into the eatery, frequented by both

who has appointed a vegan to be a

politicians and actors from nearby theatres,

shadow secretary of state (see our lead

late at night after a session in the House -

story on page 1), rocketed into the political

just a short cycle ride away at the other

stratosphere this month (September) when

end of Whitehall.

he scored a spectacular win in the battle to

become Labour Party leader.

Akiva Lipkin, 20, who lives in Hampstead in a

raised just over $74,000 (47,000 ) of which Akiva

netted $3,145 (2,001) - just by pedal power.
He said: "It was a good way of keeping fit and
helping a good cause at the same time."
The bike tour raises sponsorship funds to benefit
the Friendship Circle an international non-profit

Corbyn who wished his Jewish contacts

a Happy New Year in an email this

organisation that provides programmes and support

to the families of individuals with special needs.

September, has a tough hand to play as

Bikers were able to keep the Sabbath (Friday

opponents both within and outside his

Labour leader over the Israeli/Palestinian

sunset to Saturday sunset) and eat kosher thanks to

party by surprise and sent shock waves

conflict which continues to plague Middle

a specially designed schedule.

through the British political establishment.

eastern politics.

The landslide victory took his political

His leadership triumph has been

The men rode from San Diego to New York,

He is a member of the Palestine

approximately 3,100 miles, in six weeks. The women

attributed to new young members of the

Solidarity Campaign and has called for the

from just outside Detroit also rode to New York, a

party who flocked to support him under the

starting of a political process to

total of 614.2 miles, in ten days.

Obamaesque slogan "Jez we can".

decommission Israel's nuclear weapons.

While it is neither required nor prohibited for Jews

Corbyn, 66, has been vegetarian since

to eat meat, a number of medieval scholars of

round any time soon Gaby Elyahou,

the age of 20, following a period working

Judaism, such as Joseph Albo and Isaac Arama,

proprietor of Gabys Delhi just off Leicester

on a pig farm.

saw vegetarianism as a moral ideal, not just out of a

Asked if he's expecting the new leader

Square told FG: "No. Not now, he's too

Earlier this year he called for a ban on

busy." And he revealed what Corbyn, a

the import into the UK of pate de foie gras,

committed vegetarian, tucks into when he

a French delicacy made out of the liver of

environmental reasons for adopting a plant-based

does come in.

force-fed geese.

diet.

concern for animal welfare but also the slaughterer.

Jewish vegetarians also cite health and

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COOKING DEMONSTRATION
Top French chef
Christophe Bolis
will be sharing his culinary skills with
you at the VegFestUK 2015 London
on Sunday, 11th August at 3pm
book your seat at stand VA6 (level 3).
Places are limited.

FRIENDLY FEEDBACK

Think weve got it wrong or just want to sound off about something. Feel free! Write to friendsgazette@gmail.com

I look forward to coming along to Earls Court to

Dear Ed,
Its interesting to hear of a French chef who

see him. Thank you once again for your

actually cares enough to go out of his way to

magazine which I find interesting and inspiring.

provide thoughtful, well-prepared vegetarian and

Dorothy Fitzgerald

vegan meals for his customers.

Kentish Town

On my travels across the water Ive yet to find

a French chef who actually makes an effort to

Dear Ed

cater for us.

Im really looking forward to coming along to your

It must be because vegetarians and vegans

cooking demonstration at the VegFest in

are still like hens teeth over there but it also

October.

belies the principle that a master chef, master

Well, I know its not your demonstration as

musician or master painter would regard

such but one of your contacts.

something out of the ordinary as a challenge not

I read your article about Mr Bolis last month

a threat!

and was impressed.

Well done Monsieur Bolis for breaking the

Ill definitely be there. I wish I could reserve a

mould, hopefully not literally, and coming up with

place by email, but Im happy to come along and

a vegetarian and vegan menu.

pick up a ticket from your stand.

Sam Palmer
Hounslow

Dear Ed,
Im knocked out by the thought that I can come
along to see a real French chef at work at the
VegFest next month. Please save me a ticket!
Sue Stockwell
Virginia Water

Dear readers,
Were happy to welcome Christophe to London.
Were only too glad he has seen fit to
demonstrate his skills. Im sure we will all give
him a great welcome. ED

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HALF A CENTURY OF THE

HARE KRISHNAS
THE HARE KRISHNA movement celebrates its 50th anniversary

Govindas

this month (September) with talks, festivals, parades and of

restaurant in

course plenty of food.

Soho Street,

While the troupes of dancing saffron clothed devotees stopping

London which

traffic in Oxford Street may have gone, the group itself is still

also houses a

going strong. But now, instead of pounding the street barefoot,

Radha Krishna

three London buses were booked for the day to travel through

temple behind

central London to spread the holy name.

the scenes.
Devotees get up early for group chanting, stick to a strict lacto-

The movement began in 1965 when an Indian holy man called

Srila Prabhupada sailed to the US on a cargo ship to preach

vegetarian diet and aim to lead a simple, uncluttered life.

The cult shot to fame in the 60s when late Beatle, George

Krishna Consciousness. Since then the International Society for

Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has built a network of more

Harrison, joined up and donated his country mansion in Watford.

than 100 temples, schools, institutes and farm communities. In

The sprawling Tudor building is now known as Bhaktivedanta

London the face of ISKCON is most easily visible at the

Manor and plays a vital role in the groups UK activities.

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And the lucky

winners are . . .
BRILLIANT, Thanks a lot, Made my
day and Looking forward to it!
These were some of the reactions
from lucky FG readers who scooped
free entrance to the London VegFest
next month (October 10 and 11).
Now there are Scottish tickets up for
grabs (see page 9).
For when it comes to FG

VegFest Glasgow takes place on

December 5 and 6 in hall three of the
Scottish Exhibition and Conference
Centre (SECC).
It is the culmination of a week long
festival called The Only Way Is Ethics a
pun on the hit TV show The Only Way is
Essex (TOWIE).
Ethics festival organiser Craig

competitions you not only have to test

Tannock told the BBC recently: "It is not

your brains but you have to rely on

just a vegan event but about using all

lady luck to actually scoop the prizes.

sorts of entertainment and media to

Easy to make snack or meal

celebrate ethical choices.

Recipe and picture - courtesy Men's Journal

Fortune smiled on the following

whose entries were the first correct

"From the Monday to Friday, there will

answers out of the hat this time round!

be a city-wide programme involving

Saturday winners were: Robyn

anything that celebrates the theme."

Caffel, Rosalind Eccles and Jessica

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 cup chopped yellow onion

Mr Tannock said this would include

Fletcher. Sunday winners were:

art, music, cinema, schools and

Nimrod Agasi, Tom Lusty and

workshop events, with everyone from

Kairen Newman.

businesses, campaigning groups,

Ingredients

4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

cup corn

To those who didnt make it this

charities, the general public and political

cup chopped red bell peppers

time FG wishes better luck next time.

organisations being invited to take part.

1 cup packed kale

cup sunflower seeds

VTB GETS A SLICK

NEW FACELIFT

with some of the other boxes that are

1 cup cooked or canned black beans, rinsed,

out there.

drained and divided

"We have got a direct competitor,

and then there are other boxes which

2 teaspoons dried organic basil

have vegan options. People are

2 teaspoons dried organic oregano

VEGAN Tuck Box is relaunching this

choosing between all of us so we need

month with a 'slick' new look as

to look the part."

business grows and competition

intensifies, the FG can reveal.
And the go-ahead enterprise is
continuing the hunt for tasty new
products to tempt the palates of its
snack-head client list.
Spending close on 10,000 the

1 cup frozen organic brown rice, thawed

Directions

Asked how much was being spent

on the new look Slade was tight-lipped

1 In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat.

but admitted the final figure would be

2 Add onion and garlic and cook until tender,

"not much less" than 10,000.

about 5 minutes. Stir in peppers, corn, and

The planned re-launch is for the

kale. Cover and cook until peppers are

VegFestUK show at Olympia in

tender and the kale wilts, about 5 minutes.

October. She added that the company

3 In the bowl of a food processor, pulse

facelift will mean catchy new designs

was always on the lookout for new

sunflower seeds until coarsely ground. Add

on all aspects of its business which

100% vegan products for its box.

cooked vegetable mixture, half the beans,

kicked off two years ago and has

grown steadily since.
Marketing manager Kelly Slade said:

"It's mainly just snack and treat food,

things people can eat straight from the

cooking ingredient in. "And they have

to grow further."

to be quite small things not massive

Slade is hoping the new branding

packets of anything," she explained.

will give "a more professional look."

Chocolate bars, cereal bars, small

And she added: "To make it look a

coming together.

packet. We do occasionally put the odd

"We're just at the point where we want

vegan snacks are the types of items

professional and up to the standard

she'd be looking for.

4 In a large bowl, combine pured mixture,

remaining beans and rice. Stir until
combined.
5 Preheat oven to 350F. Form mixture into
1-inch balls and transfer to a lightly oiled

drinks and other small-sized 100%

bit more slick, I suppose, a bit more

basil and oregano. Pulse until mixture is just

baking sheet.
6 Bake meatballs 30 minutes or until heated
through and crisp on the outside.

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THE VICTORIAN
VEGETARIANS
"...in years yet to come there will be a recognition of brotherhood
between man and man, nation and nation, human and subhuman,
which will transform a state of semi-savagery, as we have it, into
one of civilisation, when there will be no such barbarity of
warfare, or the robbery of the poor by the rich, or the ill-usage of
the lower animals by mankind." Henry Stephens Salt 1851-1939
When Henry Stephens Salt came out as
a vegetarian the first electric trams began

on left-overs from their masters tables,

running in London, Karl Marx died and the

especially the fat from a joint of beef or

Boys Brigade was founded!

pork, known as dripping which could be

That was in 1883.

Queen Victoria was on the throne and
married women had just won the right to
own their own property.
On Salts contemporaries dinner tables
a selection of roast meats would normally
Henry Stephens Salt

Servants and lower classes often relied

be found; pork, mutton, beef and game.

spread on bread or a biscuit as a meal.

In Salts book A Plea for Vegetarianism
he confesses that he is a vegetarian.
Here Friends Gazette prints some
fascinating extracts.
To read the book in full click on the
book cover in the middle of page 12.

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LITTLE BETTER
THAN A MADMAN
THE VICTORIAN . . .

from previous page

Others content themselves with the

more cautious assertion that he is under-

vants, he and Kate moved to a small

mining his health by slow degrees, and

cottage at Tilford, Surrey where they grew

will inevitable fall a victim to the first se-

their own vegetables and lived very sim-

vere attack of illness that may befall him.

ply, sustained by a small pension Salt had

Others, again are of opinion that

built up. Salt engrossed himself in writing

though his bodily health may not suffer,

and began work on the pioneering

yet his mental powers will be sapped by a

Humanitarian League.

fleshless diet and he will soon sink into a

state of hopeless idiocy and imbecility.
On the other hand, there are some

Kate Salt

meat-eating habits and reliance on ser-

He goes on: The greatest and most

unerring argument in favour of vegetarianism is, to my mind, the utter absence of

who readily admit the possibility of living

good taste in flesh-eating which is

without meat but profess themselves with

revolting to all the higher instincts of the

a pitying smile of superior intelligence,

human mind.

utterly unable to imagine any reason for

such abstinence.

He believes that a vegetarian diet is

less stimulating and vegetarians are

The son of a British

I must preface this essay by the con-

army colonel, Salt was

fession that I am myself a vegetarian and

born in India in 1851,

that I mean to say all the good I can of the

but returned with his

principles of vegetarianism. This is rather

family to England in

a formidable admission to make for a veg-

1852 while still an in-

etarian is still regarded in ordinary society

fant. He studied at

as little better than a madman and may

Eton College and

consider himself lucky if he has no worse

graduated from Cam-

epithets applied to him than humanitarian,

bridge in 1875.

sentimentalist, crotchet-monger, (pedantic

and silly person) fanatic and the like.
A man who leaves off eating flesh will

After Cambridge,
Salt returned to Eton
as an assistant

soon find that his friends and acquain-

schoolmaster to teach

tances look on him with strange and won-

classics. Four years

dering eyes; his life is invested with a

later, in 1879, he mar-

mysterious interest; his death is an event

ried Catherine (Kate)

which is regarded as by no means distant

Joynes, the daughter

or improbable.

of a fellow master at

Some of his friends who take a graver

Eton. He remained at

view of such dietetic vagaries, feel it to be

Eton until 1884, when,

their duty to warn him boldly and explicitly

inspired by classic ide-

that he will undoubtedly die in a short time

als and disgusted by

unless he amends his ways.

his fellow masters'

See us at

VegFestUK
London
Oct 10/11

11

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THE CAUSE OF
VICE, VIOLENCE
THE VICTORIAN . . .

from previous page

and violence is caused by over-stimulating

eat meat whilst away but: I read Salt's

therefore less prone to vice and violence,

food they would soon recognize the impor-

book from cover to cover and was very

something which accords with his friend

tance of a non-stimulating [veggie] diet.

much impressed by it. From the date of

Mohandas Gandhi, later to become Indian

In 1890 the young Mohandas K. Gandhi,

reading this book, I may claim to have be-

spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi, who

then a law student in London and as a

come a vegetarian by choice. Both Salt

reputedly claimed: If the world was

Hindu, a vegetarian from birth, picked up

and Gandhi were prominent members of

vegetarian there would be no war.

Salts book, and many years later he wrote

the London Vegetarian Society.

The book continues: The fact that the

Salt, like many of his food reform con-

structure of the human body is wholly un-

temporaries of the day, was teetotal and

like that of the carnivore and that the apes

didnt smoke.

who are nearest akin to us in the animal

He writes: In 99 cases out of 100 the

world are frugivorous is a somewhat strong

vegetarian will be a total abstainee, not

indication that flesh is not the natural food

merely because the desire of stimulating

of mankind. And if it be said that man, un-

drink dies a natural death in the absence of

like other creatures, is omnivorous and has

stimulating food, but also because those

therefore to seek not what is natural, but

who have learnt the charm of simplicity in

what is best, then I readily accept the chal-

diet are not likely to care for drinks which

lenge and reply that there is a strong con-

are unnecessary and expensive.

currence of proof on economic, moral and

And he pointed out that vegetarians also

physical grounds that a vegetarian diet is

ate moderately. Let flesh-eaters relish their

the most suitable and beneficial.

delights; but as the food of the vegetarian

Among various advantages it has one

will be moderate in quantity, so in quality it

inestimable blessing; it is less stimulating

will be fresh and simple and pure.

than flesh-food, while it is equally nutritious. in his autobiography that he had made a
If people could only realise how much vice

slightly reluctant vow to his mother not to

Sketch by Henry Salt of the cottage in Tilford, Surrey where he lived

with his wife Kate after resigning his post at Eton.

12

To turn the virtual pages of this fascinating book click on the photo (above left).

FRIENDLY COMMENT
Nothing to fear but
ourselves

like Tim Barford and his team in

spreading the word through VegFest.

Its a brave move to take the vegan
message up to Scotland, though coming

IT takes guts to don orange robes,

shave your head, mark your forehead
with a strange sign and then go dancing
down the streets of London or any other
capital chanting the name of some
Indian deity over and over again.
Yet the winding processions of Hare

as it does as the culmination of The Only

Way Is Ethics event, it could be just

Barbara Furtuna - click to view

whats needed to get the message

HUNDREDS of music lovers flocked to a tiny French

home.

village recently to get an earful of some of the best

Friends Gazette, as always, will be

male voice-only singing in southern France and be

there doing our bit!

transported to a famous Mediterranean island.

Feel free to pop by.

You could literally FEEL the awe as Maxime

Krishna devotees blocking the traffic in

Merlandi, Andre Dominici, Jean Pierre Marchetti and

Oxford Street or coming jogging round

Jean Philippe Guissani together known as Barbara

Gods blue and he

Furtuna, crooned some classic Corsican songs in

tight polyphonic harmony at the village church in

plays a bamboo flute

Valliguires, Gard; within a stones throw of an

ancient fountain.

There was a time when being a devoted

The quartet which usually sings acapella with the

spiritual follower meant leaving your

occasional guitar, is steeped in the history and

children in the care of others.

culture of Corsica where theyre from and which is

For many groups the responsibility of

also the place of birth of French emperor, Napoleon.

parenthood was seen as surplus to

Their repertoire included such soulful numbers as

requirements, in the search for a higher

Si vita si as well as more up-beat songs like I

truth.
the corner at Marble Arch somehow
encapsulated the 60s.
A time when we thought wed put
atrocities like the Vietnam war behind us
and looked forward to the dawning of the
age of Aquarius with its progressive
music, philosophy and, yes, plenty of

verani and the Corsican anthem Dio vi Salvi

This led to one Hare Krishna

youngster who had only ever worn saris

Regina. The audience was held spellbound and

in her north Australian ashram, not

demanded an encore which was gladly provided.

The quartet is set to make a tour of the USA later

knowing what a pair of socks was or

this year including the Old Town School of Folk

even a common-or-garden sandwich.

Music in Chicago and Alverno College in Milwaukee.

Yet now Chandra Emma is a

successful fashion designer with her
Chandra
Emma

drugs to fuel it along.

VEGAN SHADOW SECRETARY . . . cont. from p1

These were the days that spawned

Vegan Societys 2005 annual awards. She is vice-

many of the human rights we now take

president of the League Against Cruel Sports.

for granted.

She

So its nice to see in the 21st century

that despite the sombre shadow of

still plenty of reasons to be cheerful.

The 50th anniversary of the Hare

currently

co-chair

of

the

all-party

food and farming, chair of the all-party food waste

religious wars and the human

devastation they can cause, there are

is

parliamentary agro-ecology group for sustainable

group and vice-chair of the agriculture and food for

own shop and thriving clothes business.

development APPG.
I will have to step down from these roles given my

She looks back on those halcyon days

with a sense of relief but also with much

new frontbench position, but will continue to do what

Krishnas, a vegetarian leader of the

fond nostalgia. Inevitably steeped in

I can to support their work, she said.

Labour party and a vegan shadow

fundamentalist Indian culture she still

She can be contacted on:

secretary of state are just three.

gets a thrill when she visits, though

l Kerry.mccarthy.mp@parliament.uk

But theres plenty more to do!

Not until we establish a society truly

firmly keeping one foot in both camps.

open to change, truly willing to listen and

her footsteps, but without the fanatical,

truly aware that it may not have all the

isolationist approach, Chandra herself

answers can we ever think the dark

admits: I cannot imagine being without

forces of prejudice, intolerance and

it. I cant. It would be empty.

injustice are being held at bay.

So its with a warm welcome that this
magazine greets the efforts of people

l at: Kerry McCarthy MP, 326a Church Road, St

With her daughter Kalyani following in

George, Bristol BS5 8AJ

l Phone on: 0117 939 9901 (Monday to Friday
10am to 1pm)
l On Twitter: www.twitter.com/kerrymp

For me Krishna is god. He just is.

Youve asked me what gods like,

She

gods blue and he plays a bamboo flute.

holds

regular

constituency of east Bristol.

13

surgeries

across

her