Are there any vegans here?

If you eat chicken or you eat fish, you're NOT a vegetarian. It's just that simple. Look the word up. If you eat eggs and dairy products, but no flesh, you're a vegetarian, but not a vegan. If you don't eat any flesh, eggs or dairy products, you're a vegan. All these pesco-vegetarian or chicken-vegetarian labels are a fallacy--by definition, vegetarians don't eat flesh of any kind. You may have vegetarian tendencies, but you're not a vegetarian. (I found that very annoying when I actually was a vegetarian.)

If you eat chicken or you eat fish, you're NOT a vegetarian. It's just that simple. Look the word up. If you eat eggs and dairy products, but no flesh, you're a vegetarian, but not a vegan. If you don't eat any flesh, eggs or dairy products, you're a vegan. All these pesco-vegetarian or chicken-vegetarian labels are a fallacy--by definition, vegetarians don't eat flesh of any kind. You may have vegetarian tendencies, but you're not a vegetarian. (I found that very annoying when I actually was a vegetarian.)

Yeah, it seems it's all or nothing really!!!

Much easier to say 'i don't eat anything that walks on the earth'  (that's if you eat fish).

I can't say anything, i tried being a vegitarian for a month.  I wasn't getting the good protein i needed and failed.  I won't litter a vegitarian thread with my meat craving, but it totally overcame me. 

*sigh*

I wish i could do it.  I love animals, have always been an animal rights supporter, yet i eat them and wear them. It's so freaking wrong!

I know what you mean Aimiloo. I know I couldn't be veg either. What I (actually we because the DH feels the same way) am trying to do is only buy/eat free range and organic meet. At least this way I know it's been humanely raised. Our problem is the cost. We just can't afford to buy it that often. So we slip and slide. Sometimes we buy the good stuff, we try to eat less meat dishes, but we also buy regular old meat. As our salaries (please God) increase, we'll switch over totally.

Our particular isses are chicken and pork. We never buy non-free-range chicken now and are getting as militant about the pork - but we're lucky as there are lots of good free-range pig farmers in the area.

OK, enough of a hi-jack!

If you eat chicken or you eat fish, you're NOT a vegetarian. It's just that simple. Look the word up. If you eat eggs and dairy products, but no flesh, you're a vegetarian, but not a vegan. If you don't eat any flesh, eggs or dairy products, you're a vegan. All these pesco-vegetarian or chicken-vegetarian labels are a fallacy--by definition, vegetarians don't eat flesh of any kind. You may have vegetarian tendencies, but you're not a vegetarian. (I found that very annoying when I actually was a vegetarian.)

I sooooooooo agree. I have a beef burger eating aquaintance that insists they are a vegetarian - they only eat red meat once a month. 

Rosie

LOL, wildrose!

Just bought a good cookbook:

Vegan: Over 90 Mouthwatering Recipes for All Occasions by Tony Weston and Yvonne Bishop

It is in association with the Vegan Society and the recipes are very interesting and tasty.

Here's something for those interested in learning about how vegans can eat a balanced diet.

http://www.vegsource.com/veg_faq/pyramid.htm