to think fish is meat

[sausagesandwich34]

morrisons add on the radio goes something along the lines of...

christmas can be pretty dull for non meat eaters, that's why we have created our fish roast'


erm, fish, living animal = meat!

[gordyslovesheep]

yes we know

[MerylStrop]

It's not meat
It's fish
It's still not vegetarian though
And it sounds bogging

[JamieandtheMagiTorch]

Eeeeeeew

Roast fish

[sausagesandwich34]

this monstrosity

[PiccadillyCervix]

Even Morrisons agrees with you...

read the link

www.morrisons.co.uk/Christmas/Christmas-pre-order/Meat-Mains/

[LRDtheFeministDude]

No, fish is fish. The clue is in the name.

[UnacceptableAmountOfSherry]

I have known a couple of 'vegetarians' who eat meat-thankfully I don't see them anymore. They gave me rage!

[Theicingontop]

YANBU. Though I really miss smoked salmon :(

[UnacceptableAmountOfSherry]

FISH!!!

Alleged vegetarians who eat FISH!!

[crashdoll]

It is not meat. Jewish people do not eat meat and milk together but will eat fish and milk.

[Purplemonster]

I know a vegetarian who eats fish but not meat, she wont sit on a leather sofa but wears leather shoes, thinks meat is cruel and disgusting, but eats sweets with bovine gelatine in them...I've never been able to get my head around it. I'm not veggie myself but I think if you're going to be all moralistic and preachy about it (which she is) you can't just pick and choose rules as it suits you!

[AlexanderS]

Yes, fish are a sort of meat.

BTW, the Vegetarian Society defines a vegetarian as somebody who doesn't meat, fish or any other other products derived from the bodies of animals e.g. gelatine. I'm a strict vegetarian and I avoid all animal products, including the red food colouring E120, which is made from crushed-up beetle grubs.

[PassportHell]

"they gave me rage" .

[AlexanderS]

Tell her she can't define herself as a vegetarian then Purple.

The whole leather thing...you don't have to avoid leather as a vegetarian. It is hard to find shoes that aren't leather and are good for your feet (Converses, for example, are terrible for your feet), but I don't buy any other leather products - sofas, jackets, belts, handbags. It is totally unnecessary to use leather for those things. And I won't buy anything made of suede - that comes from cow foetuses and is just disgusting.

[moogdroog]

Hang on. The point that urks me here is not the fish=not meat point, but the fat that they assume that Christmas is pretty dull if you don't eat meat.

Do fuck off morrisons. I've been vegetarian all my life, and have NEVER eaten the same thing for Xmas dinner two years in a row. Every year I'm treated to something fresh, delicious and decidedly NOT DULL.

Again, fuck off morrisons.

[worsestershiresauce]

There are plenty of pescatarians, and I imagine this roast is aimed at them. I eat meat, so won't be trying it as I can't imagine a worse combination than salmon and smoked haddock. Gross doesn't even begin to touch it. DH is a lapsed veggie and will eat fish but not meat. He doesn't like meat, it isn't an ethical stance.

Strict veggies, lovely, now get over yourselves. It's a free world, you eat what you want and shut about about it.

[alreadyinbloodyuse]

Vegetarians that eats fish are not vegetarians but Pescatarians.
Just so you know.
As you were.......

[LRDtheFeministDude]

Suede isn't made from cow foetuses is it?!

I accept vegetarians don't eat fish or meat, but that doesn't mean fish is meat. Fish is fish.

[AlexanderS]

What bugs me as a vegetarian is whenever you mention it to meat eaters they always start telling you how they hardly ever eat meat and are practically vegetarian. I always think, Well why don't you just give it up altogether then? I also think they're downplaying the amount they eat it, coz it seems like everywhere I look people are stuffing themselves with it.

I like to think this is because meat eaters know deep-down it's a disgusting habit! Like smoking!

[JenFrankincenseAndMyrrh]

Surely meat is the flesh of an animal and therefore fish is meat?

[AlexanderS]

Unfortunately, 'tis, LRD.

[LRDtheFeministDude]

Are you sure? I'm googling and finding nothing to say it is - lots of things saying it's just a different way of treating the skin from ordinary leather, though ...

[worsestershiresauce]

No suede is not made from cow foetuses!!!

'Suede leather is made from the underside of the skin, primarily lamb, although goat, calf and deer are commonly used. Splits from thick hides of cow and deer are also sueded, but, due to the fibre content, have a shaggy nap. Because suede does not include the tough exterior skin layer, suede is less durable but softer than standard ("full-grain") leather.'

[LRDtheFeministDude]

Are you sure you're not thinking of something else alex?

I found this page which says there's such a think as 'slunk', which is made from cow foetus skin. It doesn't say suede is, though.

www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-leather.htm

[ScarletLady02]

I agree with moogdroog....I'm a lifelong veggie and I love Christmas dinner. This year I'm making cheese, sun-dried tomato and lentil loaf (non-veggies probably think that sounds minging, but it's LOVELY).