To think tuna is not vegetarian!

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A member of my team has been involved in arranging a small event at work, which was taking place today. I'm on leave but dropped her a quick text to see how it was going, and also asked her to let me know particularly what she thought of the lunch provided/any delegate feedback about it as it was the first time we've used these particular caterers. Company policy is now to order vegetarian options only as standard.

She has just replied "lunch was fine - samosas, spring rolls, quiches (leek & cheese, broccoli), dips with raw veg crudites, sandwiches/wraps (salad, cheese, tuna mayo, egg & tomato) and lots of fruit".

Tuna?? On a vegetarian platter? AIBU to think the catering company has dropped a bollock here?

I don't understand why anyone would include fish in a meat-free selection either! It's still flesh, isn't it?!

I am a vegetarian and if I were there and saw the tuna sandwiches on a so-called vegetarian platter, I wouldn't have touched any of it. How could the organisers be trusted to know that cheese is not necessarily vegetarian, if they think fish is?

This bugs me too, my DD from a young age said if it had a pulse you don't eat it!

I'd check the actual food list with the company first.

And with your colleague that there was indeed tuna mayo and that she didn't add it to that list as part of a normal standard sandwich spread.

That's a good point re the cheese!

WTF is a flexitarian??

A plant based diet with a little bit of meat. For people who like to eat mostly vegetarian food but are not a pain in the arse about someone making them a chicken sandwich, or faddily cutting out entire food groups.

I’m married to a vegetarian, every meal I cook is vegetarian. When we dine out, I eat meat and I love it. I consider myself flexitarian.

I would consider you an omnivore, which is what the majority of human beings are. I don't see why it needs an additional label.

Tuna isn't vegeterian. It does seem like they provided several vegeterian options, though. I'd mention it to the caterers, but no complain, per se.

It does seem like they provided several vegeterian options, though. I'd mention it to the caterers, but no complain, per se.

The issue is it was supposed to all be Vegetarian though

Lweji there was definitely tuna - I replied to her text with "tuna?? On the veggie platter?" and she said "yeah, thought it was a bit out of place but assumed you'd agreed it as part of the order".

I would consider you an omnivore, which is what the majority of human beings are. I don't see why it needs an additional label.

This.

Flexitarian is a useless label. If I say I eat meat, of course I don't mean I only eat meat. A vegetarian meal can be fine (ideally without crappy meat substitutes, though).

I think sometimes pescatarian people say vegetarian when giving dietary choices for set menus etc because it’s easier than explaining pescatarian which is a less understood term. But you can’t claim to be a true vegetarian and eat fish.

most English cheeses are veggie.

Lweji lots of people eat meat at every single meal. Ham sandwich lunch, spag bol dinner, Chicken pasta salad lunch, shepherd's pie dinner. Growing up I would say we rarely had a meal without meat or fish.

So for those people purposely dropping meat at a few meals is actually quite a deal.

FFS, 'flexitarian', you're an omnivore.

Tuna is not vegetarian.

The vegetarian section of my new cookery book has Maldive fish flakes in most of the dishes.

i'm tired of "vegetarian" soups being made with chicken stock (very common) and being served fish and shellfish ( the last of which I am quite seriously allergic to). Apparently duck can be vegetarian too. Who knew?

It’s probably sustainable tuna

I realise that, but meat eaters won't reject a meal for not having any meat, as vegetarians will reject for having meat.
Even though dedicated meat eaters may complain that they didn't like the meal or it didn't feel like one, they will still eat the meal (bar the odd person with food issues).
You can prefer more or less meat, more or less vegetables, but you're an omnivore if you eat both.

Apparently duck can be vegetarian too.

Ducks can indeed be vegetarians, although I suspect most will eat the odd small animal.
Tuna, OTOH, do eat smaller fish.

Flexetarian equals I eat what the fuck I want but need to feel special so I’ll give myself a label. 🙄

Yes, ducks are also omnivores.

When my BIL kept ducks they were very definitely omnivores. Frogs, frogspawn, snails, slugs, worms...no creature was safe!

That's shocking! I wouldn't have been able to eat any of it if there was tuna on the platter

Why do some people think that fish isn't meat? Meat is flesh of an animal and fish is an animal.

I like the Friends definition: no food with a face

I also cringe at “flexitarian” and “pescatarian” but I’ve been trying to convince my DH that we don’t need meat for every meal which fell on deaf ears until the internet told him that being flexitarian was a thing. So if it helps people to a better diet then fine. Tuna is still not vegetarian though!

reminds me of Gavin and Stacey "What not even wafer thin ham???"

Lweji I suppose I see omnivore being more what a species can or can't eat - so humans are omnivores, cats are carnivores.

Some omnivores choose not to eat meat or fish. They are still omnivores.

FISH is MEAT. IT is the carcass of a dead animal. there's no grey area.

Vegetarians eat only vegetables ( and possibly Eggs and Dairy)
Pescatarians are Vegetarians that ALSO eat fish and Seafood

Don't Worry about Vegans … They will TELL YOU !

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