do you eat eggs?

good point.

Humans don't even NEED meat to survive!

 

I don't- the chickens suffer way too much. It grosses me out anyway, they smell gross, look gross, are gross. I don't eat gelatin either, which some people forget about.

 

I don't cook eggs for myself, and I use substitutes in all of my recipes calling for egg... haven't made a quiche yet, but other than that I think I've run my card-box. I do still eat things like wheat bread, that have egg in them though. I usually eat flat-breads & tortilla shells so it's not that often, but I'm considering dropping bread altogether anyway.

I do still cook eggs for my family... they're not vegetarian yet, and with my kids being as food-picky as they are, I'm hesitant to push it. (my 10 year old weighs 64lbs & my 6 year old, 36) We only get organic free-range eggs from a local farmer, so I know they didn't suffer most of the problems of big-business.

I think for me, it was the cholesterol that made me want to drop them. Mine is doing okay... but high blood pressure, heart attacks & stroke run in my family and ANYTHING I can do to fight that is worth it. Drumminmama's colorful description of what an egg is did the rest rather quickly
love,
mom

 

yeah, if it tasted good

 

i eat organic free range eggs, and just discovered a source of local ones which is even better..cuz ive been doin the yolks raw for some time now since their actually very good for you, and have the lowest possibility of being contaminated..which is almost non existant in organic eggs i hear anyway. i could neeeeeeeever ever buy or eat an egg from a battery cage raised chicken.. starvation and force-laying, chopping off their beaks, etc.. its just plain wrong... could never bring myself to buying that or putting it in my body, knowing full well what it really is and means. dont know how id live with myself...

eggs are actually the one animal food i think that humans are actually meant to eat... aside from fish which is hardly healthy these days since our waters are so dirty.

 

I'm vegan so I don't eat eggs, but...

I really DON'T understand why even just veggies would eat eggs.

But, to each their own.

Technically a vegetarian, is just someone who doesn't consume MEAT, but... that doesn't rule out eggs, cheese, milk...etc...
but that's also something that I'm unsure of, is.... then is it okay for just regular veggies to eat cheese that contains rennet? Because, technically then they absolutely DID have to hurt the animal for the cheese... or, is it ok just because it's not meat?

I'm really confused about that. And little things like that... Like some people I know that are veggies, eat shit with lard in it still like refried beans because it's still technically not "meat"....but IS that really vegetarian, even though its really not....meat?

I dont know.

I dont hold anything against veggies, because I think it's great that people are trying to make more and more of an effort, but..... I guess it just seems to make less sense to me, everyday...

Thats why I went vegan... I just kept feeling sort of hypocritical for talking about reducing animal suffering but yet, I would eat all this cheese that, most likely contained rennet and whatever else, and so on and so forth.

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whatever now I'm talking in circles. Please, dont anyone take that to offense either... its just my thoughts. And I think its great if you're veggie... I just am more confused by the different thoughts everyone seems to have as what constitutes as "vegetarian" i guess....

It's simpler to understand what's vegan, because it's like... NO animal products what so ever... but with vegetarianism, it seems to have a little bit of a grey area, that even veggies/vegans themselves are unsure about.

Or maybe Im just retarded.

 

i agree, to some extent.

But did you ever think that maybe alot of veggies eat organic dairy products/eggs? I personally try to consume organic products as much as i can, but it can cost quite a bit, so most of the time i'll only go with the organic dairy products. I eat normal vegtables/fruits etc, because the only actual problem with them is the pestisides and such, which can be harmful to humans and the enviroment, but sometimes i just don't have the spare cash/time(since i have to go all the way over town) to get them.

Basicly, the main reason i turned veggie was because of the obvious; animal cruelty. So non organic veggies/fruits etc are just fine for me, but dairy products aren't, and i just don't eat eggs, organic or not.

 

Animal rennet is meat. It's part of a dead animal. Lard made from animal fat is also meat. So is gelatin. Many cheeses use non-animal rennet and are therefore vegetarian. There are non-animal alternatives to lard and gelatin too.

The vegetarian / vegan distinction is the difference between not consuming animal products (meat) and not consuming animal produce (milk, eggs etc) or meat.

 

creepy...

 

Yeah, but not all "vegetarians" understand that, is my point.

There are a lot of people who consider themselves vegetarian, because they dont eat anything that they KNOW is meat....but really just are under-informed of all the other odds and ends SUCH as lard and rennet....

I'm not accusing any of YOU for being like this....All of you CLEARLY are very researched on your diets..... but I have MET people like that. They will scarf down cheese pizzas from delivery joints and such
and I'll be like "don't you worry that might have rennet in the cheese?"
other person:"what is rennet?"

*sigh*

 

I realize a lot of people go organic.... but that doesn't change the fact that it's still from an animal...I wasn't trying to offend you, so sorry if I have.

 

oh, you didn't, i was just pointing out the fact, i didn't mean for that to come out as defensive or anything.

and i think the main reason people go veggie/vegan is because of the animal cruelty, which is why i don't find any issue in consuming organic products since no harm (or so they say.....hmm, there's something to think about..) is done to the animals.


Peace =),

Angela

 

I don't support or eat 'sick' eggs - that is, eggs from cruel commercial farms. If i eat eggs, it's from a happy, healthy chicken. I stopped eating them for quite a while, but i figure, they're in so much and i don't really have a problem with eating them anyhow. Ideally, i prefer my eggs from a personal home flock but i can't be that picky right now. What injustice are we really doing a content chicken by collecting it's unfertilized eggs? I'm a vegetarian, i won't eat meat, but i see no wrong in supplementing by plant-based diet with humanely attained dairy products and eggs. It's not necessary to slaughter the animal for it's meat when you have an abundance of other nutritional products that can be attained often quite happily from the cow/chicken.

 

...and i personally find the whole 'chicken period' argument completely stupid. Do you eat seeds and fruits? Do some brushing up on your biology. You're all eating plant ovaries and ovules - basically the same thing we humans menstruate out each month.

 

As far as organic goes, I'm pretty trusting of anything that is certified organic.
However, I'm not too sure about those "free range eggs".... And the ones I've seen aren't certified ANYTHING, so for all you know, they could false advertising there.

But, as far as organic goes, I am pretty trusting.... and I think it's healthier, considering they aren't SUPPOSED to be dousing any produce in chemicals, or injecting any hormones into the animals.

 

I eat eggs and I love them.
Thought about giving them up a while back but couldn't do it. I love them too much, same thing with cheese.

 

heh, yeah but most people look at eggs from an animal, and ovules from plants...differently.

I know I do.

But, I don't think people cut eggs out of their diet solely for that reason ANYWAY... usualllllly it's because somehow that person finds it to be cruel in some shape or form, and/or some people tie it in the same category as meat.

Whatever, to each their own on this particular subject