The November meeting of the Southern Connecticut Vegetarian Society was a great success! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to attend our "Compassionate Thanksgiving" potluck and hear Jenn Mezzio talk to us about Yoga. Right up front I'd like to sincerely thank our members in attendance who donated a few dollars a piece to help cover the cost of our new venue. You're all the best!

Among the delightful dishes we all shared were a veggie pizza with flax/walnut/nutritional yeast topping, a seitan casserole, garlic mashed potatoes, pies, soup (or as I learned to call it, "potage"), hot mulled apple cider and four cartons of soy nog. Thanks to everyone who brought something to share.

SCVS member Jenn Mezzio did an excellent job introducing everyone to Yoga. She started by guiding us through a short meditation and explaining what is universal in yoga and what is different in the many types. She explained how she works with her students and answered some good questions from other members. Jenn also related the ideas behind yoga to vegetarianism. Please visit Jenn's website at http://www.YogaByJenn.com  

Next month, on Sunday December 18th at 1:00pm, we're planning something special! SCVS is getting together with the Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society (cleverly abbreviated NCVS), and the newly formed North-Eastern Connecticut Vegetarian Society for a fun winter social event at China Pan in Farmington. This restaurant offers a surprisingly wide selection of vegan and vegetarian mock meat  and vegetable-based dishes. While Farmington is a bit north of where SCVS usually roams I think you'll enjoy the event. We're going to have a number of large tables reserved and will be served an all vegan meal. The price per person looks to be $20 and I'm including a tentative menu below:

Appetizers:

• Tossed Cucumber
  
• Vegan Drum Sticks
• Scallion Pancakes
• Boneless BBQ Vegan Ribs
• Steamed Vegetable Dumplings
• Spicy Cabbage
• Vegan Ham
• Pan Fried Vegetarian Wonton

Entrees:

• Vegan Lobster with Ginger & Scallion Sauce
• General Tsao's Vegan Chicken
• Sesame Vegan Beef
• Vegan Mutton with Scallion Sauce
• Crispy Tofu with Salt & Pepper
• Vegan Citrus Spareribs
• Chinese Green with Winter Mushroom
• Silver Vegan Chicken Balls
• (Steamed Brown Rice Served with Meal)

Fruit Platter

It is very important that we have an accurate count of who will be attending. I hope many of you are interested in coming to this wonderful event. If you are, please reply to this message as soon as possible indicating your desire to attend. This will allow us to get a basic idea of how many people will be coming from each group. Once that is established I will email again asking for a commitment to attend. SCVS has no funds to cover people who RSVP but do not show, so please help us make this event a success. 

I hope everyone is keeping warm and having fun planning for the holidays. As always, take care and let us know if there is anything we can help you with. 

Joshua