For all vegitarians, do you consider eggs meat?

Answer 1

no. but strict vegans still don't eat eggs.

Answer 2

Eggs are not meat. Grocery store eggs are unfertilized and so are not potential chickens. They are simply the ova of hens. That said, an egg is an animal body part and as such is not a vegetable. I avoid eggs because I am a vegetarian and once I make the egg okay I am like the person who calls himself a vegetarian while eating chicken. An absurd claim based in total self-deception. In India, where vegetarianism as a lifestyle began millennia ago, milk and milk products (ghee and paneer, ie, butter and cheese) are staples in the vegetarian diet, but eggs are considered animal and are avoided.

Answer 3

eggs are not meat. Meat is meat, and eggs are eggs. The english language is what it is because a long time ago words were agreed to have specific meaning, and without that meaning the language becomes corrupt, and our ability to communicate with each other is disabled.

so, read the definition of "egg", learn it, remember it, and recognise that this is the process that must be applied to all words, in all languages, if we can hope to reduce confusion, misunderstanding and conflict in communication in the future.

egg1 (ĕg)
n.

A female gamete; an ovum. Also called egg cell.
The round or oval female reproductive body of various animals, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and insects, consisting usually of an embryo surrounded by nutrient material and a protective covering.
The oval, thin-shelled reproductive body of a bird, especially that of a hen, used as food.
Something having the ovoid shape of an egg.
Slang. A fellow; a person: He's a good egg.

Eggs that are commonly eaten by humans generally come from chickens, and almost all come from the bird family of species. The eggs are often harvested in factory farming operations, and are laid by these birds in unfertilised environments, meaning that the egg will rot if it is not consumed. This is intended by nature, to give the wide range of predators (carnivours) a source of nutrient rich food throughout the year, aswell as a means of procreation for that bird species. An unfertilised egg will never grow into a young bird. It is not an animal in it's own right, but it is animal matter, in that it came from a bird's reproductive organs. Therefore many veg*ns (like myself) will say that eating that object is counterproductive to the type of person we choose to be: compassionate toward the exploited chicken, understanding of the abuse perpetrated on the employees of that factory farm, and the environment that picks up the tab of effluent and chemicals and feces that these farms produce, and finally the effect that the body experiences as a result of consuming products it is not designed to consume.

Eggs are not meat, but they are animal matter, as it is in the definition, and deserve to be considered as such.
The purchase of eggs leads to further pain, exploitation and abuse by the industry that works to put more eggs on the supermarket shelf from which you purchased it from. As a consumer, your money spending habits define the industrial economic climate of every industry in the world, and this is no exception.

SPEND WISELY!!!!!!

Answer 4

Yes in my family...we consider eggs meat..even though we do drink milk on a daily basis...you see an egg can still live as a chicken if given the right amount of proper care. It's like eating the egg inside a pregnant woman! I mean you are killing it before it is even born! So yes I do consider eggs as meat.

Answer 5

To answer your question, no eggs are not meat. They are not made of flesh, but since they are an animal product many people try to limit or obstain from eating them.

Answer 6

strict vegetarians and vegans do not eat eggs. afterall, eggs are unborn chickens (or whatever animal that produced the egg you are about to eat) but are not yet 'meat'.

Answer 7

Two of the people already answered here are wrong.
Lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat dairy products and eggs.
Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products -- no eggs.
Ovo-vegetarians eat eggs -- not dairy products.

Vegans don't eat any animal products or (usually) wear animal products, such as leather, wool, etc.

Ps. VEGETARIANS DON'T EAT FISH OR CHICKEN.

Answer 8

I don't consider them meat, but I do recognize the fact that they come from animals and that's why I choose to not eat them.

Answer 9

I am vegetarian, but I still pass on eggs, I don't see how you can call yourself vegetarian while eating eggs. those eggs would grow up to be chickens... it is an animal! an egg is an animal-IMO [:

Answer 10

Eggs are animal protein, and while not necessarily meat, are still not good for your body.

Answer 11

No, vegetarians do eat eggs, it's only vegans that don't eat any animal products.