Vegetarians: Do you eat meat when nobody's looking?!


Question: Vegetarians: Do you eat meat when nobody's looking!?
I don't, but I hear the stereotype all the time, and I wondered if there was any truth to it!. :DWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Ummm YEAH! I just don't eat meat around people cause I want the super hip vegetarian label!!

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but seriously, no!. I don't know why someone would do that!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Always remember, stereotypes, rumors, urban legends etc all start from something that was true/ The exaggeration then starts somewhere as the story is being passed!. Besides, who are they really "cheating"!? there are really no laws or a police force to enforce them!.

Possibly something like that started when a vegetarian gave up and started eating meat in small amounts again!. People who know him/her as a vegetarian then started talking about how this "vegetarian" who still eats mostly veggies, "sneaks" in a few bites of meat every now and then!. Lots and lots of possible scenarios!.

also possible that some (even a lot) do it for health reasons and do eat meat intermittently!. Let's face it, a vegetarian is a vegetarian until the point that he/she eats meat again!. Then he/she is a vegetarian if they don't!. "Vegetarian" is a diet, a description of how one eats!. It does not mean anything else though some people would like to think it is similar to attaining sainthood or close to it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

and really, who will admit it in public!? that's why it's called "cheating" or "sneaking"!. No one is supposed to know!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, I don't!. Anyone who is serious about their vegetarianism/veganism wouldn't intentionally eat meat, regardless of whether anyone else could see them do it!.

That's not to say that some vegetarians/vegans don't slip up occasionally, particularly when they first start!. A lot of veg*ns have slipped up and eaten a bit of meat when no one was looking (or sometimes when people are), but there's a difference between a slip and intentionally going back on your vegetarian diet just because no one can see you doing it!.

It's possible that some people who like the cache and trendiness of being a vegetarian/vegan but who aren't serious about it (some people refer to people like this as "visi-vegans" or someone who's only a vegan when it's socially adventageous) would do that!. But those people aren't true vegetarians/vegans, just people who want to look good but are doing it in name only!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well then those people wouldn't really be vegetarians or vegans, yeah!.

I'm a vegetarian, have been for three months so far, and in those three months I haven't intentionally eaten meat!. I'm not going to be all high and mighty about it, yes I have made mistakes!. I didn't know that the taurine in my energy drinks came from the lining of a cow's stomach!. I acidentally ate little bits of beef in pasta sauce!. And I accidentally ate chicken broth in minestrone soup!. But those were accidents, so they don't really count!.

I haven't ever heard of vegetarians sneaking meat!. I have heard of annoying people calling themselves vegetarians when they eat fish, that's not vegetarian, it's pescetarian for chrissake!. I've actually heard someone call themself a vegan and eat fish, which is a load of crap!. And annoying as well, "vegetarians" who eat white meat!. Those are all things I've heard of!. But not of them sneaking meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Interesting question here!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I`ve never ever thought anyone would do that!. They are clearly not vegetarians though!. People can`t eat meat and call themselves vegetarians!.

As for me personally, absolutely not; not once in 5 years!. That`s because I really have no desire to eat dead carcasses on the account of me being a human and not a vulcher!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't, but I have also heard about people who do!. I personally don't understand what's the point of being so fake!. If I'm going to eat something there's no reason to lie about it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Those people wouldn't be vegetarians, now would they!? :)

So no, there are no veg*ns who "sneak meat"!.
But there are plenty of people who like to call themselves veg*ns but don't really care at all!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!.!.!. I haven't heard that one!.

But of course I don't!. I'm a vegan!. And I don't like the taste of meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If they are really vegetarian they do not do that!. But if they are acting the part of a vegetarian to fool someone or themselves then they may do such a stupid thing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Nope, meat smells like roadkill now!.!.!.hard to want to sneak that in :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

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I bet they do!.!.!.!.I don't blame themWww@FoodAQ@Com

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A lot of the wannabes do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Psh I hear && see my friends do it a lot around me! They should be vegetarian for the wright reason!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Only Wheat meat!. Praise Seitan!. :-)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yuck, no way!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The stereotype you heard was and is wrong!! Haha, what a question!Www@FoodAQ@Com

No, looking at meat actually makes me sick now!. I don't even know how my body would react if I ate it again,Www@FoodAQ@Com

lol I've definitely never heard of that, that's so stupid!.
nooooooo I do not!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!?Www@FoodAQ@Com





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