Reply #86: Well, yes, I realized veggie was used in this thread [View All]

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I meant, outside of this particular thread, I've never heard the term used, other than to mean vegetables.

I started a while ago, after getting to know a number of varieties of vegetarians, that when I invite people to my place for dinner I always ask about food allergies and if they are vegetarian. And if they are vegetarian I have to find out what all the specifics are: whether they'll eat fish, shellfish, dairy, eggs, chicken (as someone mentioned above, some vegetarians will eat chicken), and/or broth made from an animal. It gets confusing, and it seems like some vegetarians (especially new ones) also don't really know what all the different nomenclature means, and so they might not self-identify properly: which is why I ask them specifcially "What do you eat, what don't you eat?"