2006-07-02 09:05:22 · 30 answers · asked by Cosmo McKinley 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
I know so many people like that and it annoys me so much! And the person who said that they are confused teenagers is right. I'm a teenager and a vegeterian and when I tell my friends they say something like "omg you're so cool! I'm a vegeterian too! I only eat chicken and fish and salads" and I get so frustrated. They don't consider chicken or fish meat for some reason, maybe because they are morons.
2006-07-02 09:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Peace 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't eat meat apart from some fish very occasionally, but I must admit if I am going anywhere I say I am vegetarian as I would rather not eat fish out, and be offered a vegetarian option.
Before anyone has a go... I eat a bit of salmon and tuna to make sure I get enough omega 3 and also I do make sure the tuna are dolphin friendly.
It does my head in though... people always ask if you eat chicken when you say you are vegetarian... um... no.
2006-07-02 16:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by dashabout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people call themselves vegetarians if they don't eat meat and some of those vegetarians don't consider fish and chicken to be meat. They would say they are "seafood" and "poultry" well, I would have thought that anything with flesh would be meat, whatever it is. I think some people just like to pretend or they are just so fussy and think it is easier to just say they are a vegetarian than to say they only like a couple of things.
BTW, a veggie diet is not healthier than a "regular" diet because you don't get all of the nutrients, etc. and there are things which are absorbed more easily from meat. I don't know if you knew this but a lot of vegetarians, and particularly vegans, are underweight and anaemic because they don't get enough iron in their diet, of which red meat is the best source.
2006-07-02 16:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because vegetarian books have included words like pesco (for seafood) to add to the type of vegetarian you would be. If you eat eggs, dairy, and seafood, that would make you a pesco ovo lacto vegetarian. Therefore, you wouldn't eat any animals that come from land.
I don't understand people who eat only chicken calling themselves vegetarians though- you're right.
2006-07-02 16:13:57 · answer #4 · answered by Lily Iris 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a vegetarian, but I honestly don't think anyone who eats any kind of meat should call themselves a vegetarian, surely VEGetarian means eats only VEGetables. Silly people! :)
(Hello Cosmo person, you know who I am don't you?)
2006-07-05 18:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i only eat chicken and turkey, no fish. but i have NEVER called myself a vegetarian, nor have i ever heard anyone else call themselves that, either, if they eat meat. maybe you just know some weird people...
2006-07-02 16:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by banda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my god ! I know how bloody annoying is that it does my head in i think its because they must be a total dumb ***. I work in a restaurant and people get all moody and make a big fuss about the veggie option & then they say oh i will just have the chicken then. What a pain in the ****
2006-07-02 16:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't unless you only know morons than maybe....
Fish and chicken are healthier choices than red meat so some people on eat them..very good fried just not as healthy..
2006-07-02 16:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by rachellynn200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I eat lamb, pork, fish, chicken, turkey, tuna, ham, sausages (made from meat), beef, but besides eating all that meat, I'm really a vegetarian :P
OK I'm a silly sausage, aargh I'm a sausage, hmm I'll be a Lancashire one, then I won't eat myself, cos they're yucky.
2006-07-05 18:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by Mummy of 2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because chicken and fish dont have cute faces. Its ok to eat something that wasnt once soft and cuddly.
2006-07-02 16:18:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋