Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
Aug 11th 2008, 1:44 am
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
I always get sent on a guilt trip when I eat meat in the company of a vegetarian.
'How can you eat the flesh of a dead animal?' Is the usual question or loud noises of pretend retching.
When Mr PP's muslim friends saw me eating pork, they would nearly always comment on it.
Personally I think whatever we eat is our own busines, I miss Quorn though, Mr PP makes a mean lasagne with Quorn.
'How can you eat the flesh of a dead animal?' Is the usual question or loud noises of pretend retching.
When Mr PP's muslim friends saw me eating pork, they would nearly always comment on it.
Personally I think whatever we eat is our own busines, I miss Quorn though, Mr PP makes a mean lasagne with Quorn.
Aug 11th 2008, 7:58 am
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
Aug 11th 2008, 10:14 am
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
oh dear, i thought this might happen. 
of the above list pescetarian and pollotarian are not types of vegetarians. by its very nature a vegetarian diet does not consist of eating animals whether they are land based or water based. however i do agree there are many differnent permutations.
i think the most common type is
the lacto ovo veggie. ie eats eggs and dairy produce
then probably followed by lacto veggie (like many hindu's) ie no eggs but they do eat dairy produce.
to complicate things further you have dietry and non-dietry vegetarians. for example wearing leather, silk etc.
there has been a few scares with fruitarians. i think a couple have been prosecuted in the US for unintentially killing their child bringing them up on a fruitarian diet. however fruitarians are definately a minority in the vegetarian scale.
many vegans would not class themselves as vegetarians but say they are in a class of their own.
it has always puzzeled me why meat reducers/and or fish/seafood eaters want to class themselves as vegetarians in any shape or form?
there is nothing wrong in saying - i base my diet on a vegetarian lifestyle but occasionally eat fish/meat etc.
of the above list pescetarian and pollotarian are not types of vegetarians. by its very nature a vegetarian diet does not consist of eating animals whether they are land based or water based. however i do agree there are many differnent permutations.
i think the most common type is
the lacto ovo veggie. ie eats eggs and dairy produce
then probably followed by lacto veggie (like many hindu's) ie no eggs but they do eat dairy produce.
to complicate things further you have dietry and non-dietry vegetarians. for example wearing leather, silk etc.
there has been a few scares with fruitarians. i think a couple have been prosecuted in the US for unintentially killing their child bringing them up on a fruitarian diet. however fruitarians are definately a minority in the vegetarian scale.
many vegans would not class themselves as vegetarians but say they are in a class of their own.
it has always puzzeled me why meat reducers/and or fish/seafood eaters want to class themselves as vegetarians in any shape or form?
there is nothing wrong in saying - i base my diet on a vegetarian lifestyle but occasionally eat fish/meat etc.
These are the outlines used by dieticians and nutritionists to identify different diet types, using a base that they are all vegetarian diets, with additions. People can call themselves whater they want, but these are the terms in wide use by nutritionists and therefore given as options on many forms for hospital admission, airline meals etc.
They assume a base point that a normal diet includes all of the food groups, and therefore all of the above choices are alternatives for which a label is useful, whether some approve of the specific word used or not. People need to identify themselves.
It's important for example, to know if a person just doesn't eat red meat, or is a "pollo veggie" - this means the chicken can't be cooked in sauce using red meat stock for example. Someome just trying to keeop the cholestoral down wouldn't be bothered with that.
Many people also use these as steps towards a fully veggie diet and so that is also recognised in the terminology.
My recognition of these terms as being used, does not condone the correctness of that, any of the moral issues or the examples of frutarian 'child killings' you have mentioned.
I simply added mention of these terms and categories to an already tongue in cheek discussion.
Aug 11th 2008, 10:58 am
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Aug 11th 2008, 11:28 am
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
Do you eat fish, fish is lovely on a bbq
Aug 11th 2008, 1:33 pm
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
Dear Marcus' friend
We stayed with Ozzies on our reccie, I'm vegetarian (no meat/fish) personally don't like thought of eating off the barbie with fat spits etc, even if it is wrapped in tin foil, (doesn't bother me cooking it as hubby eats enough meat for the both of us). Each to their own....... I found There was plenty of salad, bread, pasta bits to make a meal, to be sure just take along a few bits you know you can eat, I'm sure most people probably don't want a plate with just meat on it anyway so should always be some choice??
We stayed with Ozzies on our reccie, I'm vegetarian (no meat/fish) personally don't like thought of eating off the barbie with fat spits etc, even if it is wrapped in tin foil, (doesn't bother me cooking it as hubby eats enough meat for the both of us). Each to their own....... I found There was plenty of salad, bread, pasta bits to make a meal, to be sure just take along a few bits you know you can eat, I'm sure most people probably don't want a plate with just meat on it anyway so should always be some choice??
Aug 11th 2008, 7:43 pm
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Re: Will a vegetarian have a problem getting invited to barbecues?
the aussies i know..think of vegetarians as those....who dont' eat meat. be it just dont' eat red meat. or dont' eat anything that has a face.
if you started getting into all these fancy names..and citing yourself as such...that will cause tons of confusion and only incite those nasty conversations etc that ensure!
i certainly dont' introduce myself as a vegetarian or have never met anyone who introduces themself as a meat eater! i dont' think i have ever been invited to a bbq and said, oh by the way i am a vegetarian!! as they say above people usualy bring their own meat unless it is a sasauge sizzle or something like that....lots of times to them i just take my own salad and roll..
if you started getting into all these fancy names..and citing yourself as such...that will cause tons of confusion and only incite those nasty conversations etc that ensure!
i certainly dont' introduce myself as a vegetarian or have never met anyone who introduces themself as a meat eater! i dont' think i have ever been invited to a bbq and said, oh by the way i am a vegetarian!! as they say above people usualy bring their own meat unless it is a sasauge sizzle or something like that....lots of times to them i just take my own salad and roll..
