Nope. There are so, so many foods that give me digestive or GERD type troubles, including things like soy, oats, and rice(!!!), that I am not willing to remove one of the few categories of food that mostly doesn’t. Only pork and hamburger cause me issues, so I’m certainly not willing to cut out all the types of meat that don’t.
yeah, probably. though (other than a couple of the Morningstar veggie patties) I’d prefer to avoid fake meat.
I take it that vegaquarian = eating fish / seafood, but not mammals or birds – as in quote from DrDeth below. It’s just that I’ve not come across the word before; more used to “pescetarian” to mean this.
I reckon that I could maybe just about endure a vegaquarian / pescetarian diet; but, oh my, I’d still greatly miss the mammals-and-birds. In such circumstances I could imagine, in desperation, looking into the possibilities of insects…
Become a vegetarian? Not voluntarily! Neither could the Buddhist wife, or for that matter the vast majority of Buddhist Thais.
We were semi-veg in college.
Semi-vegitarian was kind of the term for people who were mostly too poor to eat meat. I’m sure it’s even more common in England than it was in Aus.
“vegaquarian” = “not vegetarian.” if you eat fish/shellfish, you’re not a fucking vegetarian. you’re just a liar.
Sez you.:rolleyes:
Sez others, fish are just fine, and have been for a thousand years.
Sez yet others, you’re not a true vegetarian either, you’re a faker.
Maybe you can join the Breatharians? 
jz78817, cool it. Your tone is inappropriate for this thread and borderline insulting.
No.
It’s not just that meat is so delicious. But I hate, hate, hate vegetables (and don’t care much for fruits). As a kid, having vegetables in my mouth was garanteed to make me gag. It’s not as bad nowadays but really, if I became a vegetarian, I’d probably starve. Or more realistically, lose a lot a weight. And eating would turn into a miserable affair.
I’ve had girlfriends that were vegetarian and adapted to it, so I am pretty sure I could do it myself.
My nephew dated a “vegetarian” once. We had them over for dinner one night. I made hamburgers on the grill as well as a vegetarian offering for her, but she asked for a burger. Turns out she was the kind of vegetarian that eats hamburgers.
Sometimes I will end up eating vegetarian for a few days due to the system I use - pre-plan two meals each day that start with huge piles of vegetables. So I may end up with a container of vegetables with leftover dahl or leftover bean chili say if that’s what I’ve got.
However I have relatives that are longtime vegetarians. They always seem listless and don’t look like they are in robust good health. They also need vitamins to make up for dietary deficiencies so although I eat vegetarian when I visit them I wouldn’t dream of it as a lifestyle.
then it sounds like they believe simply “not eating meat” is how to be healthy, and subsist on junk food.
I’ve known vegetarians like that. One I knew seemed to have a a diet consisting exclusively of potato chips and ice cream.
I could if someone made all my meals. Eating no meat requires a lot of chopping, slicing, and dicing and I have no patience for that. But really, I don’t want to.
Another ‘me too’. The quality of life that the broader food experience brings is easily supported by sustainable livestock practices. I won’t do exploited unsustainable stuff (e.g. no black rhino burgers or blue whale kebabs) but otherwise I have no problems with meat.
It’s not eating vegetarian that’s healthy, it’s eating a healthy diet. The best* healthy* diet includes a modest amount of meat. Of course some people can’t eat anything in moderation, and have to cut something out 100% rather than 'moderation".