No kidding. I just read that post in "Now I did it
"ScratchMonkey" > wrote in message
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> Arri London > wrote in :
>
>> Cheese is not in the vegan diet. No animal products allowed.
>
> Sorry about that. I find dietary restrictions so confusing


No kidding. "Vegetarian" comes in many different flavors, allowing for a
statement like...

> Oh, I almost forgot - one of the guests was a vegetarian so I prepared a
> red snapper dish for her. It's important to ask questions of your
> hostess about food allergies, preferences, etc so as to make sure you're
> able to satisfy all the invited guests.

LOL.. some people will go to extremes just to be able to call themselves
"vegetarian". "Is that lacto-veg, ova-lacto-veg, vegan, or just what, may I
ask?????" Oh, marino-veg?? Gadz! I hope I haven't just coined another
one!

I used to be strictly raw-foodist, then fruitarian (largely out of
necessity----no refrigeration, power or propane and VERY far from a market),
so don't get me wrong here. But, indeed the term "vegetarian" can be
ambiguous, depending on who is willing to stretch it. But vegans are pretty
unbending, as a rule.