Do Any Of You Vegeterians Ever Eat Meat On Rare Occasion?

Question

I am asking because I have a friend of mine who does that. She is a vegeterian strictly fo health/dietary reasons and only likes certain types of meat but mostly consumes non-meat food. Very rarely, only for celebrations or holidays she chooses to eat a meat dinner which is maybe 4 or 5 times per year.

Are some vegeterians like this? I was wondering if she is one of a few who does this and if there are other vegeterians who will rarely eat meat?

Answer 1

Sometimes, it's easier to just say that you're a vegetarian than go into a lengthy explanation about the circumstances under which you will eat meat or meat products.

It's technically not vegetarian, but the only people who really will take issue with it are those who believe that the only "real" reason to be vegetarian is ethics (specifically, the ethic that it is wrong to kill an animal for food... the treatment of animals by the meat industry is rendered irrelevant by instances such as hunting). If someone doesn't eat animal products (or only consumes them rarely), identifying themselves as vegetarian is probably the best way to explain themselves.

Unfortunately, it seems that everyone (meat eaters and veggies alike) sees this as a black and white issue. Either you eat meat indiscriminately or you don't eat meat at all. Bottom line: what a person eats is their business. If it's easier to beg off from eating something that you don't want to eat (for health reasons, ethical reasons, or whatever) by using a commonly recognized label, then go for it.

In some cases, I have eaten meat, even though the vast majority of the time I do not. Most recently, it was because I was in Korea and they put melted fish in everything.

Answer 2

I think that as a society we are way too hung up on labels. Many famous physicians including Dr. Ornish & Dr. Shitani have advocated for a vegan diet for years. They tell people who can't go "cold Tofurky" to reduce the number of meat meals.

Many health-conscious people are greatly reducing the number of animal proteins that they consume. Frankly, it's much easier to say "I'm a vegetarian" than it is to say that "I eat meat only once in a while because I'm trying to reduce animal protein consumption because studies have shown that there are many increased health benefits..."

It's kind of like saying "I'm Jewish." Some people are Jewish because their ancestors are Jewish, but they don't keep kosher or go to temple. Other people who say "I'm Jewish" follow Judaic law and live an Orthodox lifestyle.

Our world is not black and white. If your friend says she is a vegetarian, that doesn't mean she has to make a religion out of it.

Answer 3

A real vegetarian would never eat the flesh of any animal.
If they did they would be called a flexitarian.

Accoring to wiki "In 2003, the American Dialect Society voted flexitarian as the year's most useful word and defined it as "a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat"

There are other vegetarian based diets that allow some meat products these are

Pescetarianism — A diet in which the only animals consumed are fish or other seafood.

Pollotarianism — A diet in which the only animals consumed are fowl and poultry.

And before anyone says that I'm talking rubbish and these are made up words, just stop and think, veganism was a term coined in 1944, before that it was just another so-called made up word.

Answer 4

No, I never eat meat, not even for special occasions. A real vegetarian never eats meat, that's the whole point.

Answer 5

Anyone who eats any kind of meat willingly is not really a vegetarian.

A lot of people call themselves "vegetarian" and eat animals. I don't understand why, I have come across people like that for years.

They are annoying to us real vegetarians. Find anyone who never eats meat and they will agree with me that these people are not true vegetarians.

The really annoying part is that they confuse other people. Because of those bozos, somebody is going to ask me "so you're vegetarian, that means you eat meat sometimes, right?"

I can say I'm a cowboy, it doesn't make it true.

I know it may seem silly, but I have a belief system that is against unneccesarily taking life. If you don't agree with me, fine, but please don't claim you agree with me when you really don't.

A vegetarian who eats meat is like a virgin who has sex.

What the Hell is so great about the word "vegetarian" that non-vegetarians want to call themselves that? Is it like the "metro-sexuals" who act like homosexuals but really aren't? Why don't they call themselves "metrotarians" then?

Answer 6

Nope. I haven't eaten any meat in years now. Not even a little bit.

I thought a VEGETARIAN didn't eat meat period....but I guess some have their own interpretations on what that word means.

Answer 7

I occasionally eat seafood, but as they are animals, I am not technically a vegetarian, and don't call myself that unless ordering at a restaurant and am afraid they might put meat broth or gelatine into my food. I only eat strictly veggie food when eating at a restaurant.

Answer 8

She is not a vegatarian. Please do not confuse her "meat-reduction" diet with being a vegetarian

If I occassionally murder people am i still a model citizen ?

After all, its only once in a while, right ?

Answer 9

I only eat chicken and fish...no red meat.

Answer 10

She isn't vegetarian.

Vegetarians do not eat animals.

Cows, chickens, fish, shrimp, clams, ants and worms are all animals.

If someone is vegetarian they don't even eat popcorn shrimp at their 100th birthday party.