I'd try to eat anything once
if other people eat it, it generally can't be *that bad* IMO. That said, I still hate oysters with a passion. If I really wanted to eat lumps of cold congealed salty mucus with gritty bits in it, I could make it at home with nothing more complicated than my own nose and a few condiments.
I ferkin' lurve octopus curry though, it's a tentacle thing.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 20:54, Reply)

Big-girls-blouse
"It's very hard to get emotionally engaged with the suffering of fish."

I certainly respect your opinion and your right to hold it - not trying to start a fight or anything. But, my reasoning is that both cows (for instance) and fish suffer when they die, and the suffering of one is equal to the suffering of the other, but one cow will feed many people whereas one fish will generally only provide one meal, thus eating a hamburger involves less suffering per serving.
(chase, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 20:42, Reply)

wierd foodness:
well, being a modified vegetarian...i worked it down to this simple one-liner...

"I don't digest anything with lips"

right, that 'bout covers it
(dahtcalmer I'm pretty sure I forgot my password, 11 years ago, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 20:12, Reply)

Hey Sam-I-am
try going into a restaurant and saying "Do you have anything Pescatarian on the menu?" You'll likely get the same blank look as you receive when ordering anything vegetarian from a McDs. I personally am a "Vegetarian who eats fish" because when I say it, people know what I will and won't eat.

I frankly don't give a flying cock about people eating intensively farmed meats or whatever, so I don't see why people get into a strop about me choosing what to include in my diet. I can see that some vegetarians are rather annoying in an eco-warrior sort of way, but tarring us all with the same brush is pure stereotyping.

Right, rant over and sorry if I caused offence - just gets my goat when people slam veggies without good cause.

And I just remembered - I don't like shellfish so clearly I'm far too picky for my own good...
(Kendal, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 19:40, Reply)

I think my friend...
...is a lesbian, because she says she doesn't eat meat, only fish.
(Mike Literis, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 19:10, Reply)

Bananas!
As a child all I would eat was bananas, until I was nearly five I'd only eat something if it contained at least one banana. Then for some reason I don't even remember I went off them, and now the smell of them makes me retch. That banana flavour medicin they used to give children used to make me vomit, eurgh!
They are completely evil.
(Chook, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 18:53, Reply)

Frank...
No ABS?

Did the constant cycle of gripping tightly then rapid release result in a juddery feedback through the controls?
(Mong The Merciless Older not wiser, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:58, Reply)

People who eat meat and dairy food all day?
Cancertarians. Yes.
(Le Man Marathon in English 'The Marathon Man', Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:35, Reply)

Oh, also...
Where do supermarkets get off combining white pasta, prawns and mayonnaise and calling it 'pasta salad'?

Dude, if it can induce acute cardiac arrest it aint a salad.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:34, Reply)

Ha, cheers hotpiss
That's usually part of my argument but got left out for some reason...

My girlfriend doesn't eat (any sort of) cake. Weird...
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:28, Reply)

furthermore
the word 'pescetarian' implies you ONLY eat fish and nowt else - remember - if you want to make up wanky words to describe your sanctimonius sense of self-imposed exclusivity, at least take the time to make up a word that isnt made self contradictory by including the arse end of the word that describes the one thing you're trying to say you arent. (see 'chocaholics')

/wankerTARIANs
(hotpiss is very much liking your popping musics, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:20, Reply)

My little son wouldn't eat cauliflower
because, he said, it squeaked when you bit it.

I replied, well, you could say that about mice, couldn't you! But I don't hear you complaining about THEM!

Fuck with their minds. They'll get so confused, they'll eat anything.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 17:20, Reply)

I don't eat cheese.
And I'm fucking sick of talking to people about it.

"What, you don't eat cheese? How strange - have you ever tried eating cheese? Why don't you eat cheese? I've never met anyone who didn't eat cheese before...Have you seriously never eaten cheese? Are you lactose intolerant? What about milk? Do you drink milk? Do you like feta? How about mozzarella?"
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:52, Reply)

OH YEH
Nearly forgot this one, hard as that may seem.

Anything French.
Snails/frogs/vol au vents etc etc.
Dirty fuckers.
(UnstableDan Bah, Humbug! ooooh, humbugs, nyom!, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:51, Reply)

Semolina
No, That is all.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:49, Reply)

Not quite OT but...
My boyfriend, when I told him that I had eaten squid and octopus at my work Christmas do, remarked 'But they're the same thing.'

I had to get the encyclopedia out before he would concede defeat. I'm sure I knew the difference by the age of eight, and he's pushing 23...
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:49, Reply)

in this house
people who eat meat are meatatarians
people who don't eat meat are vegetarians
people who eat fish but not meat are fishytarians
people who don't eat meat or fish or dairy things are herbitarians
people who don't eat are hungrytarians

sorted.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:47, Reply)

trotters?
Have eaten them in Poland, didn't think they were that bad although it may well be the way they were done. Not sure if I could cope with the nudity thing tho, the thought of dropping hot gelatine on my sensitive parts is enough to make me grimace. I can't beat it if its burnt!
(kaptinkurtz, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:44, Reply)

kaptinkurtz
I disagree. Nothing comes close to the horror of stewed pigs' trotters. Especially when served not in a restaurant but at someone's house, when they have been slaving over a hot stove for hours to present you with this Basque "delicacy" and you can't play the Jewish card cos you just scoffed the delicious mussels they gave you as a starter. *shudder*

They don't contain any meat as such. Just a sort of glutinous, gristly, slimy, fatty substance. The smell alone was enough to make me retch. It was like eau d'abbatoir with a side helping of stench of death. I mean, normally if someone serves you something you don't like, you can eat some of it so as not to offend them. This was different. This was unfit for human consumption. If you'd put a gun to my head and ordered me to eat it, I wouldn't have been able to take one bite.

Did I mention that our hosts were naked? Yep, they were nudists. My pianist and I got served pigs' trotters by a naked arts councillor and his wife whilst on a recital tour of northern Spain. Beat that!

For ages after I got home, I constantly felt the need to tell people about the pigs' trotters in gruesome detail. I was genuinely traumatised by the experience. God they were horrible. I swear I'm not a fussy eater, I eat anything, but pigs' trotters are like death on a plate.
(grandmasterfluffles Come to my Armageddon party on, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:40, Reply)

My ex had ABS
She never had skidmarks.
(frankspencer, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:38, Reply)

In addition to my tale of woe about post-infective IBS
I have now discovered that I am lactose-intolerant as well. Plus after 2 months of constant improvement this morning I was in a fucking terrible state. Had to take my meds and everything. So, until I get better again, all I can eat for potentially the next month is:

Porridge (made with lactose-free milk)
Soup
Fish fingers
Baked beans
Peas, sweetcorn, carrots
The occasional biscuit

And all I can drink is hot water.
( Spazzcat jam out with your clam out, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:31, Reply)

ooni
someone mentioned it earlier - if you can, try to get hold of sea urchin sashimi
it is officially the worst thing you will ever put in your mouth. Natto comes a close second.

Im not a fussy eater, but I would rather shit in my hand and eat that (I read somewhere that it tastes of very ripe cheese).
(kaptinkurtz, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:25, Reply)

Hmm
Do we need a competition to see who's the oddest of the lot of us???

I'm debating finding me a fish bar tonight and ordering the weirdest, oddest thing on the menu - Not sure what yet. I'm partial to Octopus, so I might see if I can find some of that :-)

I've not eaten whalemeat now I think about it - Not sure if I would.

Hell, of course I would :-)
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:23, Reply)

Own fork and Own plate
My friend nudge,nudge,wink,wink sfrom the age of 9 has only eat of his own plate and used his own fork and still does it to this day, he will not use any one eles stuff...now a few people know about this and there has been some cringe worthy moments...

1) It's the marks and spencers christmas dinner and everyone is enjoying themselves and the music is blasting but he can't go coz he needs to eat and can't just go in there and eat the sandwishes like he normally does ,so off he goes to the local ikea and sits on his own eating hotdogs while his workmates are shoving deluxe christmas dinner down their throuts.

2)We stay at some friends anties house and we go to the chippy and we have to say to this anty "don't forget to get a plastic fork","why"? she asked. so we had to tell her, about the freak eater who was sat outside on the wall.The freakie eater got some looks from fellow chippy customers.


3)The fork has been dropped into the sink ,so there fore it has become infected and the shops are closed so he can't go and buy any plastic forks so he has to use his hands.

4)It's christmas dinner time at the family home and all the diner is laid out all over the table and he has forget to bring his magical plate he ends up putting a birds eye turkey diner in the oven and eating off that with a plastic fork much to the amusement of all the little oneslooking on.

It's me, It's me ,It's me ,I admit to it all ,I even get a buzz going into my local chippy and asking for a BIG PLASTIC FORK
(derlin9753, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:17, Reply)

im rather picky
tending to be yellow/beige foods
butter/margerine
melted cheese
cream
custard
egg

and on the non yellow food items
sprouts
cauliflour
cabbage
potatoes

or super evil hybrids like cauliflour cheese

but meat almost any type is good in my book :D
( m-a-t-t -- formerly mini hasn't been on here for EVER!, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:15, Reply)

oooh
"Fish is clearly a type of meat, they don't grow out of the floor do they?"

Silverfish do
slippery little devils
I wonder if you could make them into tiny wee little whitebait things
(kaptinkurtz, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:11, Reply)

This is exactly what I mean big-girls-blouse
You're a fussy eater. Saying you're a vegetarian implies you don't eat meat. Fish is clearly a type of meat, they don't grow out of the floor do they?

I'd be interested in any studies that look into the reduction of IQ as a result of insufficient meat intake, this is the only explanation I can come up with.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:06, Reply)

Fishy
Are vegetarians who eat fish not called...

Veg-aquariums?

/coat
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:05, Reply)

In defence of Pescitarians
I don't eat meat, but I do eat fish.

This is because I decided to become vegetarian when I was 8, and as my Mum did the shopping I needed her agreement. She said I could only stop eating meat if I did continue eating fish, to maintain a vaguely balanced diet.

17 years on, this is still my diet. I don't consider myself fussy, but I have no desire to change.
( TheAlmightyBeev, Mon 5 Mar 2007, 16:04, Reply)