"Michael Ellis" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Peter Aitken wrote:
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> > "Jan Gardner" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > About 15 years ago, I thought I could go for 2 weeks without eating
meat
> > > for a diet. I didn't loose any weight but enjoyed the creative meals I
> > > cooked so much that I still don't eat meat or crave it. The kitchen
> > > stayed so clean! I I eat seafood and dairy as it is too much trouble
to
> > > plan meals or eat out othewise. As I see it, there is no right or
wrong.
> > > Where ever one wants to draw the line is a good thing, for health, the
> > > planet, etc. I have since married a carnivore, but he won't eat veal.
> > > That is his line.
> > >
> >
> > I agree with what you say, but feel compelled to point out that
vegetarians
> > do not eat seafood. Vegetarian means no animal flesh - no chicken, no
fish,
> > no shrimp. no clams, etc. There's a lot to commend a diet such as yours,
but
> > it is not vegetarian.
> >
> > --
> > Peter Aitken
>
> Actually it is Peter. Vegetarian is a term also applied to those that do
not eat
> red meat (only eat chicken or seafood). Many 'vegetarian' restaurants
offer
> seafood dishes (like the moosewood)
>
> --

You are right that many people use the term "vegetarian" that way, but it is
still wrong. Check a dictionary. For example, my Websters: "A person who
does not eat meat, fish, fowl." Unfortunately the term has been misused so
much that it is essentially meaningless. If someone says they are a
vegetarian about all you can assume is that they do not eat huge bloody
steaks!!


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Peter Aitken

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