A question for vegetarians

Not sure about this, but I think sturgeon's eggs can (are) removed and the fish aren't killed, but Salmon eggs, used to make salmon roe "caviar" involves the death of the fish.....would love someone else to research this.....I eat both, but don't call myself a vegetarian...I am a non meat eater....

"Commercial caviar production normally involves stunning the fish (usually by clubbing its head) and extracting the ovaries; some commercial fish farmers are experimenting with surgically removing roe from living sturgeon, allowing the females to continue producing more roe during their lives"

all bow to Wikipedia, for it is the god of knowledge

fruit coated in wax to keep it fresher isn't vegan.

is that true? someone told me apples were not vegan because they're coated in wax or something? :S I hope not, because means I won't be eating them anymore and I love apples :(

or you could wash your apples!

haha, but that's like being given a meat pie and being told to 'pick the bits of meat out'!

Exactly.

I'm not vegan, but anythign that is from dead animal... no way. I still eat eggs though (woodland hens) and am trying to ween myself off milk.

why not peel the fucken thing then! HTFU u pussy's :P

Not sure about this, but I think sturgeon's eggs can (are) removed and the fish aren't killed, but Salmon eggs, used to make salmon roe "caviar" involves the death of the fish.....would love someone else to research this.....I eat both, but don't call myself a vegetarian...I am a non meat eater....

I'd have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you pescatarians.

piscator

Fakentarians

Exactly.

I'm not vegan, but anythign that is from dead animal... no way. I still eat eggs though (woodland hens) and am trying to ween myself off milk.

you don't need to kill bees to get wax. i'm sure your apples are fine.

symbiosis 'n shit.

You cant ask others to help you decide whether its "ok" to eat caviar or not.

Technically, based on evolutionary biology its obviously fine.

But people have hugeley varying reasons for avoiding eating particular things, which can be based on absolutley anything often extremely trivial.

I personally beleive that you can share a closer relationship/empathy with nature by eating a variety of living things.

Go strike a balance with your mind/stomach, do the "human" thing and mak a decision, the same way you chose to be a vegetarian in the first place.

Ive spent time around cattle, and helped slaughter a bull. Always thought of them as beatiful sweet creatures, and the experience proved it to me. So I still never ever eat beef.

yeah i think you're right...there is no 'V police' its up to the individual person what they eat.if you are not 100% sure don't eat it.

yeah, just don't call yourself a veggie if you aren't actually one.....(i.e eat fish, chicken or indeed meat when no-one is looking!)

I know someone who is a vegetarian because he HATES animals....the thought of their flesh passing his lips makes him sick!

hah.. thats new to me

yeah, just don't call yourself a veggie if you aren't actually one.....(i.e eat fish, chicken or indeed meat when no-one is looking!)

I know someone who is a vegetarian because he HATES animals....the thought of their flesh passing his lips makes him sick!

yeah i hate it when Pescitarians call themselves vegetarians...it makes us look bad.

Definitely something fishy about it.

Well, for every animal you DON'T eat, i'll eat three. does that make things easier?

it makes you a twat.

Ha!

so what do vegetarians drink instead of beer or wine when you go to the pub?
i mean finings/isinglass aren't vegetarian are they?

there are drinks served in pubs that don't contain addatives dirived from animals.

There are veggie options for the more militant (especially wine). And you don't usually imbibe the animal product used in the fining process.

I'll admit that my MO is based on non-ingestion of animal produce. I'm no vegan, and you won't hear me claiming to be 'practically a vegan these days' like those patronizing carnivore fucks who clearly have a bit of a guilt complex.

I'm only referring to a sub-section of carnivores though. I haven't really got an issue with people that love their meat and freely admit it, but I can spot the jelly-brained conformists a mile off.

Whisky?

Yes please. But only single malt, and preferably Ardbeg 10yr.