Vegetarians anyone?

Yep, I am! Vegetarian, not vegan. If I was vegan I'd probably die of starvation because I also have some food allergies

I've been a vegetarian for 15 years and completely vegan for 10 years.

I am not a vegetarian, but I do cook many vegan and vegetarian dishes because I like them. If you are looking for some good recipies, feel free to ask. Just let me know how strict you are, and I can make sure that I don't send you the wrong thing.

Y'know for a minute I thought the thread said ' Vegetarian anon'

I guess I'm still stacked up on painkillers

Yup me too,I have been a veggie since I was 15,If you think you can find out how old I am by that then your ...sadly mistaken

I cannot legitimately say I am vegan,I do not eat any animal that had a mother.
I don't eat any fish or fish eggs,sea food,craps,molluscs,shell fish or anything that comes from the sea.
I don't eat any part or wear any part of dead animals..cows..sheep..oxen..bulls..goats..lambs..dogs ..cats..hamsters ,anything that has breathed air really.

The only reason I am not a vegan is because I eat eggs,Chickens eggs...free range..eggs from a free range farm.
The only reason I still buy them Is because I know the chickens that lay those eggs would lay them anyway and would naturally in the wild 'go to rot'.

Originally Posted by furryferals

Y'know for a minute I thought the thread said ' Vegetarian anon'

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Sounds as if we have our own support group

I've been vegetarian for 5 years, and out of that time I was fully vegan for 2. Over the last 6 months I've slid back into being lacto-ovo veg, even though I still maintain my vegan buying habits - ie: no leather, wool, silk, etc. and cruelty-free products as much as possible - but I hope to get back on the vegan wagon again someday.

I was putting so much pressure on myself to be the perfect vegan, and I had (and still have) a lot of stress in my personal life, and needed to cut myself some slack. When things calm down I'm going to wean myself off the cheese again,heh.

I still use soymilk for everything. After being off milk for two years, I completely lost my taste for it.

I've been vegetarian since I was 11 years old (11 years), if I'd had my way I would have been Veggie at the age of 6 but I battled with my Mum for years about it until one day I just said enoughs enough this feels really wrong please respect my feelings! and she did!
I Don't eat meat of any kind, including fish and I don't eat anything with gelatine in it. I do eat eggs occasionally, free range though. If I am ever trying anything new (including new make up) I like to research it first to find out those grotty facts they keep so well hidden.
A few months ago my sister bought a pizza on the way home from a night out, she told me it was cheese and tomato so I took a slice except as soon as I put it in my mouth I could taste the chicken. Man did I cry! I was so disappointed in her for tricking me like that. Im still quite shocked actually because my family know how important it is to me. Plus 'chicken' from a takeaway is probably not even chicken. eeew.

I eat meat and I enjoy meat and to me it's delicious.....but my younger sister has been a vegetarian since she was 13 or so. I respect her choice and she respects mine, which is great cuz I don't want every meal to be a debate.

As far as "spiked" foods go, one time I had ordered pizza and put the left overs in the fridge. She came home and inspected a slice, could find no meat, and wandered down to my room eating it (in truth, she was just finishing the crust by the time I saw her). Now, I know that pizza had meat on it, but I also know that she apparently didn't taste it, so I didn't bother to mention it. I mean, why upset her for something she's already finished? If I had caught her earlier, I would have told her, though. And I'd never intentionally add meat to her food.......though she still believes I put an earwig in her ice cream when I was 9. lol

I am mostly vegetarian. Usually, the rule is, I only eat meat if someone else is cooking. And since I live alone... that means not very often!

For me it's not primarily out of concern for animal rights but mostly for environmental reason. The meat industry does cause a lot of pollution.
I've also been cutting back milk (I now use it only for baking) but I still eat cheese and eggs a lot. I've often considered getting free range eggs, but there's one thing about it that really bugs me... why is it always packaged in plastic containers?? Couldn't they do like with the regular eggs I buy and package them in recycled (and recyclable) cardboard?

One thing that really helps me become more "vegan" is that at the university, during the school year, I can get a free vegan lunch every day. And it's always so yummy!
Gotta love those progressive leftist schools!

Originally Posted by shadowsoul

Hello, just wondering if there are any vegans and/or vegetarians among all of you?

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Yes.....going on 16 years.

me too - vegetarian for 17 years

I've been veggie in one form or another since I was 15. I have vegan buying habits as well, but I eat lacto-ovo about half the time and vegan the other half. I had a very similar situation to nekokaasan.

I am not a vegetarian. Veal is the only meat I will not eat. However, I would most likely be one if I had to kill and dress the animals myself.

What's the difference between vegan and vegetarian??

Although I'm not a vegetarian per se, I haven't eaten anything mammalian (cow, pig, lamb, rabbit, or deer) for 17 or so years. Red meat began to bother my digestion in my late teens -- and then I met my aunt's cow, Freckles. She was so personable and cute that I decided I'd never eat beef again

The way commericial food animals in the US are treated, contained, pumped full of antibiotics/hormones, and then slaughtered greatly disturbs me.

My consumption of fish and poultry is limited to once or twice a week, with the occasional free range egg. So most days I'm eating a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. When I prepare chicken at home, I always buy free range. The yogurt and milk I eat comes from organic sources.