This post is great @shinecrystalline, because you give us part of your personal history and that of your country, your roots. I didn't know about this great festival, I think it's great that they do something as important as a vegan festival. In my culture (I am a Christian), the only time of the year when the consumption of meat is prohibited is at Easter. The previous forty days, which correspond to Lent, it is also recommended that those who consume meat stop doing so, but this recommendation is almost never heeded, at least by the majority of the population of my country, Venezuela.
As for the recipe, it is great, beautifully developed (as always), and the use of mushrooms in such a successful way, surely give a unique flavor.
The crock pot also allows food to taste great.
Thank you very much for participating in the vegan community challenge. Greetings.
Aww thanks, @sirenahippie, appreciate your comments. In Thailand, many Buddhists choose to follow a vegetarian diet to avoid causing suffering to animals on Buddhist holy days which will be held once a week.
I think it's a very great idea and nowadays the vegan diet is so popular in Thailand. For my parent's generation, they going vegan is often about health or merit-making. But for my generation, the trendy Western veganism is viral on social media and many influencers start to eat vegan so it's drawing attention and learning how great to be a vegan.
And for my clay pot recipe! Clay pot brings all the flavor and they are so useful, I did produce many recipes with it. 😀
How nice that in your culture they see veganism as a philosophy of life and not as a fashion; this is precisely how I see it, being compassionate with animals and with Mother Earth.
I know well that we cannot force others to be vegan, but I believe that by doing our job to spread this way of life, we can make some people aware of it every day.
Everything is a personal process that has its own rhythm and time.
A big hug.