# I'm A Vegetarian But I Eat Chicken And Fish **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190 "2010-04-06T20:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/1 "2010-04-06T20:10:48Z")
The thread on online dating got me to looking through some online profiles on a site. Anyway I came across one and the man writes: “I’m a vegetarian but I eat chicken and fish.” OK does anyone really believe that if you eat chicken and fish you’re a vegetarian? LOL 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/2 "2010-04-06T20:12:07Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > The thread on online dating got me to looking through some online profiles on a site. > > Anyway I came across one and the man writes: > > “I’m a vegetarian but I eat chicken and fish.” > > OK does anyone really believe that if you eat chicken and fish you’re a vegetarian? > > LOL 😃 Wouldn’t it be easier to say “I don’t eat red meat”? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/3 "2010-04-06T20:14:00Z")
He’s not a candidate for THIS forum…that’s fer damn sure. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/4 "2010-04-06T20:18:17Z")
Is his name Edward and is he a vampire? Seems like the same thing (as Twilight nonsense) to me… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/5 "2010-04-06T20:20:50Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Wouldn’t it be easier to say “I don’t eat red meat”? No, because then some smarty-pants will try to feed you pork, the other white meat. English needs a word for _I don’t eat quadrupeds_. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/6 "2010-04-06T20:21:43Z")
AGGGGHHHHHH! I hate when people do that! It’s unfortunately common, even among smart people. It’s not that hard, people. Let’s go back to grade school (no quibbling about mushrooms or anything, please): animal, vegetable, or mineral. A fish is a…? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/7 "2010-04-06T20:22:58Z")
I’m a vegetarian that eats chicken and fish. Oh, and the occasional cheesburger. and sometimes steak or chops. But not eel, …well hardly ever. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/8 "2010-04-06T20:25:37Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > I’m a vegetarian that eats chicken and fish. > > Oh, and the occasional cheesburger. > > and sometimes steak or chops. > > But not eel, …well hardly ever. Bacon? (IMHO, the Human Animal has eaten meat for 65 million-odd-years…at least. I’m not gonna buck the trend.) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/9 "2010-04-06T20:26:05Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > English needs a word for _I don’t eat quadrupeds_. That sounds like code for cannibalism. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/10 "2010-04-06T20:28:39Z")
In Nambia, if you told them you were a vegetarian, they’d assume that mean you’d eat chicken and fish. There aren’t a lot of vegetables there, so diets are mostly meat. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/11 "2010-04-06T20:37:12Z")
What’s a good word for not eating cow? Just out of curiosity. I have heard people use the phrase “Hindu vegetarian”, though. (Meaning - eat other meats but no cow and sometimes no red meat.) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/12 "2010-04-06T20:49:26Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > No, because then some smarty-pants will try to feed you pork, the other white meat. > English needs a word for _I don’t eat quadrupeds_. “Four legs good, two legs bad!” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/13 "2010-04-06T21:44:12Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > What’s a good word for not eating cow? Just out of curiosity. I have heard people use the phrase “Hindu vegetarian”, though. (Meaning - eat other meats but no cow and sometimes no red meat.) I just tell people “I don’t eat beef.” It works wonders, and most people understand it… except for the random people who then try to offer me veal. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/14 "2010-04-06T22:04:51Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > That sounds like code for cannibalism. Well, yeah. Otherwise it’s just picking on the chickens. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/15 "2010-04-06T22:05:38Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I just tell people “I don’t eat beef.” > > It works wonders, and most people understand it… except for the random people who then try to offer me veal. :smack: I eat beef and in my entire life I’ve never been offered veal. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/16 "2010-04-06T22:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Bacon? Bacon is a gateway meat. One minute you’re having bacon, the next thing you know you’re face-first into a plate of raw beef. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/17 "2010-04-06T22:18:46Z")
I’m a mainly vegetarian who eats fish - I call myself a vegaquarian. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/18 "2010-04-06T23:11:19Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > I’m a mainly vegetarian who eats fish - I call myself a vegaquarian. To me that would indicate you only eat vegetables which grow under water. Kelp, and such. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/19 "2010-04-06T23:13:08Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > I’m a mainly vegetarian who eats fish - I call myself a vegaquarian. The accepted term is [pescetarian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescetarianism). The term for someone who eats a vegetarian diet but adds chicken is called a pollotarian, and if you add multiple meat categories, you’re a semi-vegetarian: normally this means you eat chicken and fish (although wiki includes seafood, I’m not familiar with that one.) I find it intriguing that you guys have never heard of people calling themselves vegetarian while still eating chicken and fish. While I like the new term, I’ve heard the old term quite a lot. I could have sworn I learned of it on this very message board. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190/20 "2010-04-06T23:16:52Z")
Well, I’m a vegetarian who occasionally eats a nice juicy steak. Oh, and a beef taco from time to time. Er…and I really like sausage and pepperoni on my pizza. Ok, ok…steak and chicken fajitas are a staple to… Um…well, and cheese. On everything. But that’s not really meat, right? … … … Come to think of it, I actually don’t eat many vegetables at all, aside from potatoes and the stuff they put in salsa. But if it gets me a date with a hot chick…well, I’m a vegetarian! -XT [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190.md?page=2)