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No Julie....the choice is very limited. Although things are improving. Linda x

I am not a Veggie but two of my sons partners are...so i bought a vegeterian cookbook and always cook them a special dish.xxx

I think some things are improving. I was delighted when McDonald brought out the Quorn burger, but they dont do it anymore. The only veggie meal they do is that melt, but its minging! I think that all restaurants by law should make a veggie alternative.

You veggies won't kill animals, but you kill vegetables. Vegetables have feelings too. How does a fruit farmer make a barren tree fruit? He damages it by cutting the bark. It thinks 'I'm dying, I've got to have babies,' so it fruits. How does a vegetable gardener make a lettuce fruit? He slashes the heart and withholds water, It thinks 'I'm dying, I've got to have babies,' so it goes to seed. There are many other examples. Davo

Not knocking anyone who's a vegetarian at all, it's all personal choice... but I can never understand why someone who claims to be vegetarian can eat fish ? Paul ps - meat is murder ? not in my case it's already dead when I get to it lol

Davo - Oh dear! lol! Paul - I've always thought the same about fish eaters, but apparently some dont consider it an animal, but I do.

Well it was alive (and swimming) before they ate it lol

I'm not a vegeterian but I do love all my vegetables except for Garlic. Is garlica vegetable? Beryl

Yes it is a veg

yes its a vegetable ! second cousin to the onion lol

There is a real danger to children who are put on veggie diets. It is quite difficult to obtain a complete protein unless very carefully managed. Children who's diet does not include compete protein (normally obtained from meat or soya) may not fully develop all their mental faculties. Adults too may gradually become inadequately nourished and suffer from deficiency diseases. len

Paul I cannot talk for other veggies but I shall try & explain where I am coming from. I eat only vegetables and fish including seafood. I eat fish & seafood because I enjoy eating them very much I do not put those aquatic creatures in the same class as for example the main meat derived from Sheep, Cow or Pig Chicken or other fowl & rabbit. On a lesser scale people eat Goat, Deer, Kangaroo, Ostrich & more exotic Animals many people would not eat some of these animals, whether on principle or as a matter of taste or choice. I myself do not see any difference in eating red or white meat of any animal once you will eat one why not all? If you check the category fish and seafood are under it isn't animal. Fish & Seafood are categorised as Aquatic organisms. They are cold blooded creatures. Animals aren't so they are classed under mammals like ourselves. Vegetarians are the same as any other group there are differences we are not all the same we do not have the same reasons for not eating certain things just like everyone else whether they are Carnivores, Ominvores or Herbivores we all choose what we want to eat and what we don't want to eat. I call myself a veggie as it is easier than having to go through a whole list of food I don't eat. Pat x

Len, thats only if they do not eat a varied diet. Its the same with none veggies, nothing to do with just vegetarians.

I kind of understand, but I still see it as a living creature.

If it had a pulse it is then it is on the same level as the lamb chop, just a bit more wet.

Paul One can eat a varied diet and still miss out on a complete protein. Undernourished babies or those deficient in certain nutrients, particularly complete protein (most often found in meat or soya), will suffer from poor brain performance/low I.Q.). This too is irreversible after a certain age, thought to be about 8 or 9.. (Human Nutrition Research Dept., London University) If everyone became veggie, it would mean extinction for all farm animals. Would that matter? Len

I have been a vegetarian for about 20 years. The only animal product I eat is cheese. No leather shoes or handbag. Why? Because I have too much imagination. The piece of pork in the supermarket becomes the whole pig in my mind. The process it goes through to become that piece is one that I cannot bear to think about. In the UK it is very easy to be veggie. There are always a few choices in pubs. 20 yrs ago it was veg. lasagna or nothing. I do not eat eggs because of the way the chickens end up. There is a chicken factory near hear and I have heard from several people about the dreadful conditions. Free range hens end up the same way. I love tofu, beans and do eat quorn though its a bit 'processed'. I did smile when my hairdresser told me his son was a veggie, eating chicken and pork. If its the start of thinking about what he eats good for him. Re. carrots, I'm sure they scream when you peel them so do it very quickly. Re. children and brain damage, whole states in India are veggie and seem to get on well. I think its all about choice of food. They have many different varieties of pulses. For anyone who has thought about it, give it a go. For those who hate the idea, no probs.

Thats a good point! Hindu's are mostly vegetarian, they get on well, and usually have less selection of foods than us.

When I was in hospital, a couple of years ago, the chap in the next bed said 'I've got to stop eating potatoes. Chips will be ok, though'. len

Adding to Len's point earlier, some people that my sister knows of, are strict vegans (no animal products AT ALL, including cheese, eggs, honey etc.) and gave this diet to their 2 young children. Both developed rickets (vitamin D deficieny I think) - the mother was mortified - I can't believe that anyone could do this to children! As Len says, even a veggie diet can be short on some essentials for growing youngsters.