Many cultures are using insects for food, does that count as meat or not?
2007-09-20 13:11:43 · 17 answers · asked by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
mmmm....beetle paste...
2007-09-20 13:50:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Beetles are insects.
Insects are animals.
Vegetarians don't want to eat animals, so beetle paste would not be a vegetarian ingredient.
People who say insects aren't animals either didn't take Biology or they flunked it. Insects are animals according to the science of Biology. Some kind of Medieval system may have classificed insects as something other than animals, but that was hundreds of years ago. Saying insects aren't animals is like saying the earth is flat or the sun revolves around the earth.
2007-09-20 14:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by majnun99 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Vegetarians do not eat fish, so no, this is not any longer ok. this is sturdy that you're asking formerly, very thoughtful of you. Vegetarians do not eat any flesh, and fish paste is made up of fish flesh. those who do eat flesh, yet in worry-free words from fish, are observed as piscivores. A piscivore isn't a vegetarian. wish this clears it up. Btw, rooster eaters are not from now on vegetarians both. only clarifying, 'reason some human beings nevertheless imagine that vegetarians eat rooster. enable me state this obviously for all of us who's uncertain: Vegetarians do no longer eat flesh of any animal, and rooster & fish are animals too. ok ok, i will get off the soapbox. i'm happy you're asking this formerly, nonetheless. : ^ )
2016-10-20 02:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am a vegetarian and if I saw that someone has beetle paste in something I would not eat it so my answer is NO
2007-09-20 13:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by loveall 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Meat = animal tissue, NOT insect. Beetle paste shouldn't be considered meat, although it is not vegan either. If you're a "plant purist", sorry! If you're simply trying to avoid eating "flesh", then beetle paste is a fine choice.
2007-09-20 14:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by 222 Sexy 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah.That's meat. If you're going to take the plunge, at least eat a yummy meat, like bacon or turkey or something...beetle paste?
2007-09-20 20:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answerer grae is wrong; I chose to become a vegetarian so I wouldn't harm living animals... And I live in a hotel in San Francisco where there are plenty of cockroaches. Do I kill them? Never. I catch them and free them outside... I wouldn't even kill a fruit fly.
2007-09-20 19:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by PAUL 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most americans don't realize they eat beatle paste every time they consume something that contains red food dye. Google "carmine".-which is red dye-it is made from crushed cochineal beatles and is in most processed foods, sodas (listed as caramel color) juices, etc. Many vegetarians consume red food color, and are not aware that it would not be considered vegetarian.
2007-09-20 15:16:52 · answer #8 · answered by beebs 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No! Bugs have meat! Meat is bugs! What is WRONG with you? Have you not yet found Jesus?
Soylent green is beetle paste!
2007-09-20 17:24:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
funny....vegans won't eat beetle paste because its made from meat....they won't eat honey because its made by bees...but i bet anything if a giant cockroach got in their house they would step on it! just because a cockroach isn't pretty doesn't mean it doesn't have a right to live!!!!!
SAVE THE ROACHES!
2007-09-20 13:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Where does one buy that exactly? It sounds.....uh.......nutritious. I think it would be O.K. since anybody who eats broccoli ends up eating lots of aphids. Vegetarians are always eating bugs and don't even know it. *giggles*
2007-09-20 18:55:11 · answer #11 · answered by Tea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋