dear vegetarians- what about shellfish?

Question

no face, more like a plant...

not a vegetarian- just curious

Answer 1

Shellfish are classified by taxonomic scientists as animals, and I go by what they say. So, that means shellfish are not veg*n. The same goes for sponges, sea cucumbers and a host of other sea life that seems rather plantlike, but technically contain animal cells that lack cell walls like plants have.

Answer 2

Bottom feeders, ewwww.

Do shellfish grow on a tree?
On a plant?
Can you put little shellfish seeds in the ground and watch them grow?
No?

Then it would be an Animal, my dear, and not a plant.

Answer 3

Well, it's not really more like a plant. It is part of the animal kingdom after all. So I'd say anything from the animal kingdom is off limits for vegetarians.

Answer 4

I'm curious too - for someone who does not eat any creature that has a face, fish, crabs and lobsters I would think would have faces, but probably clams, oysters and mussels would not. Then again, I have heard that there is a difference between a vegetarian and a vegan - vegans do not eat ANY meat product unless it is made from soy rather than animal protein. PS - I enjoy meat, and so does my kitty cat. If I didn't eat it, someone or something else (like someone dumpster diving or rodents at the city dump) would.

Answer 5

Dear Blu858,
We don't eat shellfish. I don't know how they are more plant-like than animal-like, but scientists have classified them as animals for hundreds of years.
You're right, they don't have a face, but they're still animals.

Answer 6

There are different degrees of vegetarianism. The levels differ depending up on how strictly one avoids animal-based foods.

Here's a rundown:
Types of Vegetarianism and Other Diets



Vegetarian: Someone who eats fruit, vegetables, grain products (breads, cereals, pasta, and rice), nuts, etc. but no meat, fish, diary or egg products. Often this will include not consuming any products that have involved the death of an animal in their manufacture such as gelatine, animal fat and leather belts or shoes.

Lacto-vegetarian: A vegetarian who eats dairy products but not eggs.

Ovo-vegetarian: A vegetarian who eats eggs but not dairy products.

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: A vegetarian who eats both dairy products and eggs.

Vegan: A vegetarian who not only does not use products that have involved the death of an animal but also avoids any animal byproduct such as leather, wool, silk or honey.

Pescetarian: A vegetarian that consumes fish and shellfish.

Fruitarian: A vegan who only eats products that do not kill the plant. Most fruits (e.g. apples and pears) can be picked without damaging the tree but vegetables such as potatoes are not picked as such, but eaten whole and are therefore avoided.

--This is a good list, but leaves off a somewhat recent development which is the group of people who do not eat anything cooked. It's interesting, but very time consuming to prepare food for this kind of diet.

Answer 7

Shell fish is not vegetarian!! Nothing from the sea, expect maybe seaweed and algae, are vegetarians permitted to consume.

Answer 8

Vegetarians donot ever eat anything that is alive like fish etc. There are people wjho call themselves pesco vegetarians and they eat fish but a real 100% vegetarian will not eat fish, shell fish etc.

Answer 9

We can only eat a shellfish if it is a tofu shellfish

Answer 10

The "no face" rule is not the definition of a vegetarian.

vegetarians do not eat any shellfish.

Its been that way for over 140 years.......
www.vegsoc.org/fish

LC's list is wrong, its from a website - real definitions of words are in dictionaries .