Comments on: 13 Things Vegans & Vegetarians Wish You Knew

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:06 +0000

oh nice post….never knew vegans could be categorized further…i jus knew there were pure vegans….and those who just had eggs!! thanks!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:25:02 +0000

thanks for categorizing , but all i know im a hardcore non vegeterian

By: J. Lynne

J. Lynne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:06:19 +0000

You know, I’ve actually been on the fence about the “almost vegetarian” term. I think it’s because a lot of “almost vegetarians” consider themselves the same as vegetarians and will often describe themselves as a vegetarian at first and then later in the conversation mention something about eating meat. It’s like saying you are almost pregnant; really you are either all the way pregnant or not. It only confuses non-vegetarians when “almost vegetarians” eat meat yet say they are a vegetarian; it leads to people like my mother and my ex-boyfriend’s mother who think you can just eat that shredded pork stew just that once.

In a way, I guess that’s why vegans are so upset about the “dietary vegans”. Vegan is a lifestyle, an ideology, not just a way of eating. Vegetarians don’t all come to vegetarianism for ideological reasons and Vegans feel that if you are going to choose to avoid all animal products for food because of animal cruelty reasons, you should go all the way. You can be either all Vegan or not a Vegan but you can’t be a partial Vegan.

There really needs to be a term to describe “strict Vegetarian” that clears up the loose difference between Vegetarian and Lacto Ovo Vegetarian.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:40:27 +0000

Flexitarian – ‘most actual vegetarians do not appear to appreciate this’ – why is that? is it an offense to actual vegetarians if some people call themselves flexitarian? just wondering.

At 16 my parents packed me off to a lacto-ovo vegetarian boarding school. It was a struggle. But I learned to eat vegetables, and now I try to avoid meat as much as I can.

Thanks for this wonderful T13 list.
Hazel´s last blog ..At the driving range

By: Frances

Frances — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:07:08 +0000

We have a restaurant in our area that does the nothing over 115 degrees thing – the food is quite good.
I didn’t know about the honey thing until I was in a vegan restaurant, and asked for tea with lemon and you know what.
Your post is a great reference article for us all.
I played TT too.
Have a lovely (and nutrition packed) weekend
Frances´s last blog ..Thursday Thirteen November 12th 2009

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:26:17 +0000

okay…did not know almost any of that! thanks for informing me. happy TT!

By: Gel

Gel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:06:10 +0000

Very informative T-13 post. I have often wondered about some of these differences. I usually just ask my friend so I serve the proper food for him or her.