Vegetarian help please Vegetarians answer only.?!
Vegetarian help please Vegetarians answer only.?
im 14 and decided to become a vegetarian on monday. My question is: What other foods can't I eat?
I know I cant eat meat and any seafood. but are there any other foods i cant eat for some reason like any slaughterhouse products
oh yeah and i remember a question on here that asked is vegetarians could eat animal crackers? and at first i thought they were trying to make fun of vegetarians but then i thought about it and it is representing an animal but i dont see a problem because u know ur not eating a real animal or anything so tell me what u think
Answers:
First of all, good for you.
Besides animal flesh, watch for rennet (used to coagulate some cheeses); gelatin (the hooves, bones, and hides of ainmals) -- and thank you for reminding me of pepsin and isinglass (fish gelatin).
While certainly not vegan, insect byproducts are considered vegetarian. These include honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis, carmine (crushed female cochineal beetles), shellac. And watch out for food glaze or confectioner's glaze--it's usually some buggy secretion. Ick!
Animal crackers, as long as they don't have lard or animal fat in them, should be fine. Even ovo-lacto vegetarians should read labels. My o-l boyfriend bought a package of snack cakes from a vending machine (always a dangerous proposition when you're veg*an) and when I read the label out of morbid curiosity, I was shocked to see that beef fat could possibly be in there (you know those labels that say "one or more of the following"?).
And it bears repeating that vegetarians do NOT eat fish!!! Anyone who says they can eat fish gets an automatic thumbs down from me no matter how good the rest of the answer is.