Leonard a vegetarian?

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:51 am

Has Len ever been a vegetarian or vegan? I'm guessing that while in the monestary he'd have to be vegetarian, at least.

A.Borissenko · Post by **A.Borissenko** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:02 am

Hi Kevin >

I KNOW he was a vegetarian around 1965, as it was mentioned, by him, in the film Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen. I believe that he discontinued this around 1970, but I cannot be sure.

John Etherington · Post by **John Etherington** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:58 pm

The Sixties sounds about right. A friend of mine said she used to see him in The Manna Vegetarian Restaurant at Primrose Hill, back then.

"A person who eats meat wants to get his teeth into something
A person who does not eat more wants to get his teeth into something else
If these thoughts should interest you, even for a moment
You are Lost" [from memory] L.C.

Cheers, John E (A vegetarian for 29 years)

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:39 pm

The Manna Vegetarian Restaurant at Primrose Hill

So... you clearly have at least one thing in common with Leonard... a shared name of interest, eh, Manna

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~ Lizzy

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:26 am

John Etherington wrote:The Sixties sounds about right. A friend of mine said she used to see him in The Manna Vegetarian Restaurant at Primrose Hill, back then.

"A person who eats meat wants to get his teeth into something
A person who does not eat more wants to get his teeth into something else
If these thoughts should interest you, even for a moment
You are Lost" [from memory] L.C.

Cheers, John E (A vegetarian for 29 years)

That's one of my favorite Len writings. Wow 29 years... I've been a vegetarian for about two.

Manna · Post by **Manna** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:30 am

Yeah, I was wondering if someone might say something about that. Didn't feel right for me to initiate. My nickname was given to me by my oldest nephew when he was learning to talk.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:33 am

Awww... your route is preferred, Manna

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~ Lizzy

osmachar · Post by **osmachar** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:09 pm

You don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy vegetarian food or visit a vegetarian restaurant.

John Etherington · Post by **John Etherington** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:27 pm

That's true Osmachar,
But in the Sixties if you went to a vegetarian restaurant, there was possibly a more serious intent to the mission than if you casually went to one these days. Of course Leonard may solely have been interested in the ladies who attended the restaurant! (and that is assuming that the storyis not apochryphal in the first place). Personally, I'm inclined to think that like many people in the Sixties, Leonard would have experimented with vegetarianism briefly, but that a large part of his diet at Mount Baldy would have been vegetarian (since such places usually attract a large proportion of vegetarians). All good things, John E