Good Dining in Anaheim? - Page 5

Alex · 11-07-2007, 10:17 AM

Rather than the confusing use of vegetarian wouldn't it be simpler to just say "the only meat I eat is seafood"?

I don't say "I'm a pollo-pesco-vegetarian" I just say "I only eat birds and fish."

I've always found weird the idea that somehow fish are less meat. A person that only eats cows and bacon wouldn't ever be called a bovo-porco-vegetarian.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-07-2007, 10:20 AM

I'm a spino-mushroomo-anythingbuttomato-meataterian.

innerSpaceman · 11-07-2007, 11:53 AM

yeah, no offense to anyone, but the hyphenates are pure bullsh!t.

I eat plenty of vegetables. That does not make me any sort of hyphenated vegetarian. The term implies the limitations and boundaries of ones diet. To say that you are a vegetarian who eats meat is not a hyphenization; it's an outright conflict.

Isn't it easier to just say, for example, you don't eat beef - - rather than saying you eat chicken and fish and vegetation and dairy and fruits and legumes?

Sorry about the ongoing tangent that has little to do with Anaheim restaurants .... but these vegetarianism qualifiers that refute vegetarianism are pet peeves. Where's that Cricket Rant Thread??

LSPoorEeyorick · 11-07-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

yeah, no offense to anyone, but the hyphenates are pure bullsh!t.

I eat plenty of vegetables. That does not make me any sort of hyphenated vegetarian. The term implies the limitations and boundaries of ones diet. To say that you are a vegetarian who eats meat is not a hyphenization; it's an outright conflict.

Isn't it easier to just say, for example, you don't eat beef - - rather than saying you eat chicken and fish and vegetation and dairy and fruits and legumes?

Sorry about the ongoing tangent that has little to do with Anaheim restaurants .... but these vegetarianism qualifiers that refute vegetarianism are pet peeves. Where's that Cricket Rant Thread??

Fine, then.

Next time I'm invited to dinner I'll be sure to tell you that I don't eat beef or ham or pork chops or bacon or chicken or goose or duck or turkey or buffalo or squirrel or rabbit or lamb or veal or sausage or liver or tripe.

OR I could tell you what I do eat. Four words, or one hyphenate. Eggs, dairy, fish, vegetables. Ova-lacto-pesca-vegetarian. It doesn't imply that I'm vegetarian. It tells you what I ****ing eat.

lashbear · 11-09-2007, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I'll be sure to tell you that I don't eat beef or ham or pork chops or bacon or chicken or goose or duck or turkey or buffalo or squirrel or rabbit or lamb or veal or sausage or liver or tripe.

Ah, so you DO eat Kangaroo?

(sorry, Bad Aussie humour.)

Kevy Baby · 11-07-2007, 12:22 PM

I'm an omnivore.

innerSpaceman · 11-07-2007, 01:39 PM

I understand the need to be concise about things. But are you seriously telling me you expect people to comprehend the (ironic) mouthful phrase "Ova-lacto-pesca-vegetarian" over the far less latin "I eat eggs, dairy, fish and veggies?"

Hey, but whatever floats.

LSPoorEeyorick · 11-07-2007, 01:47 PM

Yes, that's why I don't walk around saying "ova-lacto-pesca-vegetarian." That is exactly what I am, but I in public I'd say "I'll eat seafood tonight" or "do they have vegetarian entrees"? By no means am I strictly vegetarian - but I tend nearly (mostly) that way and it's a lot easier to say "vegetarian" sometimes, even if it's only an aspect of my eating habits. Because putting a simple and clear label out makes it easier for me, and make it less likely that someone say "oh, I know you eat fish, and that's animal protein, so I made a nice beef chili tonight."

Or we send our hosts, when they ask, a clearly defined list of our household's dietary requirements. And since Tom is a vegan who cannot eat protein... they're extensive. But neither of us use any sort of labels at restaurants. If you've eaten with us, all you've probably seen is "is there cheese in that?"

Morrigoon · 11-07-2007, 02:06 PM

Or you could say you don't eat mammals or birds.

But yeah, I know it's harder for Tom who has very specific and important needs to be met.

Me? Omnivore with carnivorous tendencies (means I eat everything but more meat than veggies).

Gn2Dlnd · 11-07-2007, 02:20 PM

Me, to West Hollywood Waiter:
Is there any mammal or bird in that?

West Hollywood Waiter to Me:
Mammal? What's mammal?

11-07-2007, 10:17 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Rather than the confusing use of vegetarian wouldn't it be simpler to just say "the only meat I eat is seafood"? I don't say "I'm a pollo-pesco-vegetarian" I just say "I only eat birds and fish." I've always found weird the idea that somehow fish are less meat. A person that only eats cows and bacon wouldn't ever be called a bovo-porco-vegetarian.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm a spino-mushroomo-anythingbuttomato-meataterian. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-07-2007, 11:53 AM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	yeah, no offense to anyone, but the hyphenates are pure bullsh!t. I eat plenty of vegetables. That does not make me any sort of hyphenated vegetarian. The term implies the limitations and boundaries of ones diet. To say that you are a vegetarian who eats meat is not a hyphenization; it's an outright conflict. Isn't it easier to just say, for example, you don't eat beef - - rather than saying you eat chicken and fish and vegetation and dairy and fruits and legumes? Sorry about the ongoing tangent that has little to do with Anaheim restaurants .... but these vegetarianism qualifiers that refute vegetarianism are pet peeves. Where's that Cricket Rant Thread??
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I'm an omnivore. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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11-07-2007, 01:39 PM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I understand the need to be concise about things. But are you seriously telling me you expect people to comprehend the (ironic) mouthful phrase "Ova-lacto-pesca-vegetarian" over the far less latin "I eat eggs, dairy, fish and veggies?" Hey, but whatever floats.
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Yes, that's why I don't walk around saying "ova-lacto-pesca-vegetarian." That is exactly what I am, but I in public I'd say "I'll eat seafood tonight" or "do they have vegetarian entrees"? By no means am I strictly vegetarian - but I tend nearly (mostly) that way and it's a lot easier to say "vegetarian" sometimes, even if it's only an aspect of my eating habits. Because putting a simple and clear label out makes it easier for me, and make it less likely that someone say "oh, I know you eat fish, and that's animal protein, so I made a nice beef chili tonight." Or we send our hosts, when they ask, a clearly defined list of our household's dietary requirements. And since Tom is a vegan who cannot eat protein... they're extensive. But neither of us use any sort of labels at restaurants. If you've eaten with us, all you've probably seen is "is there cheese in that?"
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11-07-2007, 02:06 PM	#9
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Or you could say you don't eat mammals or birds. But yeah, I know it's harder for Tom who has very specific and important needs to be met. Me? Omnivore with carnivorous tendencies (means I eat everything but more meat than veggies). __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Me, to West Hollywood Waiter: Is there any mammal or bird in that? West Hollywood Waiter to Me: Mammal? What's mammal? __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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