"Do you eat meat?" "No, but I eat fish/chicken."

[Anonymous]

Met someone who said this recently. When you think "meat," do you only think red meat, or all animal meat?

I've never understood the disassociation of fish/chicken as meat - is it cultural?

If you don't think of fish/chicken as "meat," where were you raised? To me, meat = all animal flesh. Red, white, seafood, whatever. And if you eat seafood, you're not vegetarian.

[Anonymous]

If you eat seafood but no other meats, you are pescatarian.

But I agree with you that chicken and fish are meats.

[Anonymous]

I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

My dd is a vegetarian, although she likes the occasional hamburger. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Met someone who said this recently. When you think "meat," do you only think red meat, or all animal meat?

I've never understood the disassociation of fish/chicken as meat - is it cultural?

If you don't think of fish/chicken as "meat," where were you raised? To me, meat = all animal flesh. Red, white, seafood, whatever. And if you eat seafood, you're not vegetarian.

I agree. That's my def for vegetarian.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I find this odd also. I don't really understand the distinction and I always call people on it. It's quite dumb really. The answer to the question is "Yes, but only fish and chicken."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

My dd is a vegetarian, although she likes the occasional hamburger. LOL.

She is not a vegetarian. She or you can call her that if it makes you feel better, but it is not true.

[Anonymous]

OK I only eat seafood and poultry. I was a vegetarian for about 10 years and the thought of red meat still really turns me off. I just can't eat it

But I don't tell people I "don't eat meat," because it's not true. It rarely comes up though.

[Anonymous]

I think of meat as being animals.... any animals. Cow, pig, lizard, bird, shark, whatever! So I also don't understand when people say things like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

My dd is a vegetarian, although she likes the occasional hamburger. LOL.

Both your daughter and I eat meat infrequently and sparingly. But neither of us are vegetarians. We're both just "not big meat eaters."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK I only eat seafood and poultry. I was a vegetarian for about 10 years and the thought of red meat still really turns me off. I just can't eat it

But I don't tell people I "don't eat meat," because it's not true. It rarely comes up though.

This is me exactly and I fully agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

My dd is a vegetarian, although she likes the occasional hamburger. LOL.

That's a flexitarian. I'm one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

My dd is a vegetarian, although she likes the occasional hamburger. LOL.

She is not a vegetarian. She or you can call her that if it makes you feel better, but it is not true.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicken is meat. Fish is not meat.

Why?

Can you explain this more? I'm genuinely puzzled by the distinction. Are fish not animals with brains, organs, and flesih?

[Anonymous]

Meat= from all animals. Cows meat is beef. Sounds like he/she avoids beef.

[Anonymous]

Chicken is meat. Fish is not meat.