Can you be a vegetarian and still eat chicken and/or fish? Seems a bit of a cop out by several people I know who claim do be vegetarians but will eat chicken and fish. Surely a true veggie should only eat the flesh of the Quorn, whatever that is.
2006-11-06 03:37:40 · 32 answers · asked by Ray P 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
A vegetarian doesn't eat meat. How many times does this question get asked on here??!! I can't stand it any more. There should be a big red box at the top of the page saying "DO NOT ASK IF VEGETARIANS CAN EAT MEAT/FISH BECAUSE THEY DON'T!!!!!"
2006-11-07 07:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by Whoosher 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This thoroughly annoys me - a vegetarian does not eat meat - yet some claim it's OK to eat chicken and fish. Do chickens and fish feel no pain? I knew a 'vegetarian' who would only eat animals she could kill - which included chickens and bacon!
They are farmed and treated just and killed as inhumanly as all other animals and therefore should not be eaten if you claim to be a veggie -
I eat any meat that isn't cute or fluffy (eg deer and rabbits) but i make no claims. I also wear leather shoes and eat sweets with gelantine in it.
Vegetarianism should be about true opinions about the treatment of animals or a disagreement with our position in the food chain and not a fashion statement.
2006-11-06 03:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by Nik 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No - a TRUE veggie will NOT eat chicken of fish. The point of being a vegetarian is to not eat the flesh of what has once been a living animal. vegan's take it one step further and won't eat the flesh or by product of animals (hence no dairy or even honey in some cases). Quorn is fungus based - so similar to mushrooms.
2006-11-06 05:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Vegetarian is just a word. Some people avoid the flesh of animals (that includes fish) for moral reasons. Others for health reasons. Others for emphatic reasons. I have a friend who won't eat meat because she dislikes the look of it, but eats fish.
Logically, a vegetarian should eat only veggies and fruit and grains, but that means avoiding stock and jelly and anything else that might have been made using animal parts. That isn't always easy to do.
A person who eats chicken and fish and accepts broth boiled from animal carcasses can't call themselves vegetarian.
2006-11-06 03:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you can't. Obviously there's nothing to stop you *calling* yourself a vegetarian, but it doesn't mean you *are* one. In fact, doing this will only make actual vegetarians angry because it confuses people and perpetuates the myth of chicken and fish being suitable for vegetarians - they're not, WE DON'T EAT FLESH!
If an animal was deliberately killed to make it, I don't eat it or wear it.
2006-11-06 09:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you can't.
There are meat eaters who restrict thier diet to fish, chicken, veggies and fruit. These are not vegetarians
The Vegetarian Society is recognised as the Worlds leading expert on vegetarianism and this is what they have to say on the definition:
"A vegetarian is someone living on a diet of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits with or without the use of dairy products and eggs (preferably free-range).
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products such as gelatine or animal fats."
Anyone who eats fish or chicken and calls themselves a veggie is wrong. its as simple as that. They shouldn't use the word vegetarian just because they can't be bothered to use the correct words, it confuses the issues for everyone and does vegetariansm an injustice.
Eat as much fish or chicken as you like, just don't call yourself a veggie
tell your friends they are wrong and need to do the decent thing and correct themselves in the future.
2006-11-06 03:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by Michael H 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
It depends how you define vegetarian. Some people say that it means that they don't eat anything with a face. Others say just don't eat read meat. I am a vegetarian and I don't eat fish or chicken. I think that you can pledge to not eat read meat or not eat any meat but chicken and fish, but it doesn't make you a vegetarian. But if that's what you're shooting for, that's fine. Being a vegetarian is just a title. It means that you don't eat meat except for fish. It shouldn't be your goal to be a vegetarian if you are just doing it to be one. You should take it as far as you want to.
2006-11-06 05:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by Emily 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
some vegetarians eats fish but i dont think they eat chicken i used to eat fish when i first started being a vege but i only did as i thought it would be hard to become a vege straight away but i dont any more and anyway fish are animals too so why do they still have to be eaten
2006-11-07 06:30:27 · answer #8 · answered by hahaudipstick 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That really annoys me when they say that! If someone eats chicken or fish they're NOT a vegetarian
2006-11-06 03:41:37 · answer #9 · answered by Lupee 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
People who eat chicken or fish are NOT vegetarians. They are people who don't eat red meat. Also people who eat fish are not vegetarians either. They are people who don't eat meat. I love it when I hear people saying that, you have to laugh
I am none of the above and eat red meat, fish and chicken. (yum)
2006-11-06 03:45:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋