# Are veggies always "vegetarian" food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042 "2007-11-19T16:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/61 "2007-11-21T16:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] My case is resting comfortably in my mind. [/QUOTE] I’m still really unclear on the whole thing. Could you restate your case for us, with definitions, rather than examples, please? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/62 "2007-11-21T16:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m still really unclear on the whole thing. Could you restate your case for us, with definitions, rather than examples, please? [/QUOTE] I’ll try using a definition of the word. From m-w: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: > 2vegetarian > Function: > adjective > Date: > 1849 > 1 : of or relating to vegetarians 2 : consisting wholly of vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, and sometimes eggs or dairy products \ Note the date. The word was coined to describe people, not potatoes. Aside; I ran accross [this](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vegetarian+food) in my quest for information. I thought it was both funny and revealing. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/63 "2007-11-21T17:13:23Z")
Ok. So what you are saying is that the food/meal/dish is not vegetarian. That it is the person that is vegetarian. Right? This was quite a roundabout way to reach that point. By the way, under this definition there is such thing as vegetarian food. Steaks, for example, since cows eat only vegetables and that makes them vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/64 "2007-11-21T18:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] By the way, under this definition there is such thing as vegetarian food. Steaks, for example, since cows eat only vegetables and that makes them vegetarian. [/QUOTE] And carnivorous plants (Venus Flytraps, etc) are _not_ vegetarian food! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/65 "2007-11-21T18:26:19Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] And carnivorous plants (Venus Flytraps, etc) are _not_ vegetarian food! 😛 [/QUOTE] This probably deserves its own thread, but do vegetarians eat figs? (I understand that the flower closes on the wasp that pollinates it and it dies in there, maybe I should have checked before posting) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/66 "2007-11-21T19:02:20Z")
Are figs vegan? [http://www.veganfitness.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7052](http://www.veganfitness.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7052) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/67 "2007-11-21T19:17:22Z")
Good Lord. After seeing that second photo of all the bugs on the fruit, my hair raised, I made a wookie-ish “AHHHH” noise, and promptly decided never to eat another fig again. At least until I forget about it… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/68 "2007-11-21T19:21:03Z")
I don’t know about vegan. 😕 You two clicked on that link, and were inspired. Right? Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/69 "2007-11-21T19:25:57Z")
[QUOTE=scout1222] Good Lord. After seeing that second photo of all the bugs on the fruit, my hair raised, I made a wookie-ish “AHHHH” noise, and promptly decided never to eat another fig again. At least until I forget about it… [/QUOTE] You’re an urbanite, right? 😉 So I won’t break it to you about food in general. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042/70 "2007-11-21T20:01:18Z")
Yeah, I’ve read and seen enough to know that when it comes to the food on my table, ignorance is bliss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-veggies-always-vegetarian-food/427042.md?page=3)