Pescetarian - A vegetarian who eats WHAT?!   by MrLewisSmile

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"Ummm... so is a fish a vegetable now?"

Hello!

 My name is Lewis, and I am a vegetarian. Almost a vegan, but I sometimes eat chocolate and cake. Sometimes even chocolate cake. Or, my favourite - chocolate and banana cake.

Anyway. I don't eat meat. And I shouldn't need to clarify, but I also don't eat fish. 

Fish as vegetables 

Here is a little snippet taken from a typical conversation someone has with me upon finding out I'm a vegetarian:

Me: Yes. I'm a vegetarian.
Dumbo: Really? So you don't eat meat?
Me: No. I'm a vegetarian.
Dumbo: So what do you eat? Like beans and stuff?
Me: Uhh.. I eat everything that isn't made of meat...
Dumbo: So do you eat fish?
Me: Where did you go to school?! I'm a vegetarian! A fish is not a vegetable!
Dumbo: I know, but some vegetarians eat fish...
Me: Well those people are not vegetarians. They are Pescetarians. They eat seafood but no other meat.
Dumbo: But seriously, what do you eat? Like, if I ordered a ham sandwich, what would you eat? Just bread?!
Me: Oh jeez...
Dumbo: So if you went to a restaurant, what do you order? If they don't have vegetarian stuff? Fish?
Me: Please God Save Me From This Man.

A definition for you to, umm.. sink your teeth into: 

A vegetarian who eats fish? Also known as a Pescetarian.

"Pesco/pollo vegetarianism", "pescetarianism", and "semi-vegetarianism" are neologisms coined to describe certain lifestyles of restricted diet. Most commonly, these include the practice of not eating certain types of meat (most commonly "red" meat such as beef, pork, lamb) while allowing others, such as seafood.

Pescetarians on Wikipedia 

Pescetarians on Wikipedia
Conclusive proof that such creatures exist. Pescetarians. Here they are. They lurk on this page.

The Pig Who Sang to the Moon 

The Emotional World Of Farm Animals

Animals are people too, you know.

I bought this book in a bookstore when on holiday in Spain. Not exactly a typical "Beach Book", but I still 'devoured' it.

It talks of how farm animals have a range of complex emotions, feel pain, feel fear, even feel love.

Rather fascinating.

I would recommend it.

Although getting a non-vegetarian to read it might prove something of a struggle!
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals

The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

I'll even put my name to it. Lewis recommends this book! :-)

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Hello! My name is Lewis.

I wrote this lens because I want to make it easier for the people who are running into the same problem as I did. The problem of trying to fi...

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