Chicken is meat. Fish is not meat.

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

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?

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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 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 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 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."

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.

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 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.

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 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.

I curious why the semantics matter to you so much.

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

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

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

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.