Being Vegan in the 80's My mom was telling me what being Vegan back in the 80's was like, we've got it easy these days. There was one shop in the whole town where she had to go get soy milk and certain beans and stuff, nowadays I can get this stuff from any shop, in fact even the petrol stations sell vegan sausages here. So this is simultaneously a shout-out of respect to all those who were vegan in harsher times, and a request for those legends to share some stories and tell us more about what being Vegan was like back then.