Are crustaceans and fish meat or something else?

Question

i was just wondering because I'm went vegan a week ago today..

and i was trying to see what i can eat besides veggies and fruit..

me and my brother were arguing about it..[I'm sure I'm right]

he said it is..but i say it isn't.....please correct me if I'm wrong!!

- Alla

[P.S.-i thought they were pure protein..are they?]

Answer 1

When you crack open a crab or lobster and you see that white stuff inside, that's meat. Okay...

Answer 2

I don't want to sound mean but you may want to do some more research on what vegan means before calling yourself one.  Sounds like you may really mean you're a pescetarian.

Shellfish and fish are not plants, they are animals, therefore off limits to a vegan or vegetarian.

Answer 3

Meat is the flesh of a dead animal.  ANY dead animal.  Even if you don't want to call fish and crustaceans "meat" eating them would insanely far from vegan.  Vegans don't eat, use, wear, purchase or otherwise consume anything of animal origin whatsoever.  Vegans eat plants and a few select fungi.  But no animals.

Edit to add: makes no difference as far as dead animals are concerned.  Vegetarians don't eat dead animals either.  Not cows, not pigs, not chickens, not fish, not crabs, not clams.  If it's a member of  the animal kingdom and it had to die to land on your plate, it's not vegetarian.

Answer 4

Yes, seafood is meat. Vegetarians do not eat seafood.

Answer 5

Forget the "meat" question. Ask yourself if they are ANIMALS or not.

Answer 6

Vegetarians do not eat animals.

Fish and crustacea are animals whether you consider them "meat" or not.

If you plan to stay vegetarian, you should take a B12 supplement regularly. All vegetarians should because people that eat meat, dairy AND fortified cereals usually have a lower b12 status than recommended.

http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/b12

Here are some links that should help you find a balanced diet.

http://www.veganhealth.org/sh

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo

Answer 7

they aren't 'meat' in the sense that they are 'seafood', animal flesh products are categorized as meat(cows & pigs), poultry(birds), and fish(scaled or shellfish).  however they are 'meat' in the sense that they are living animals.

vegetarians do not eat fish. but since most shellfish do not have actual eyes, by your description you could eat them, but you wouldn't be vegetarian, just mammal and poultry free.

Answer 8

You're both right.

You're right that seafood (other than sea vegetables) aren't appropriate for a pure vegetarian diet, as they are animals and strict vegetarians do not eat any animal flesh (or flesh derivative).

He is right that when you classify things in culinary terms, fish and crustaceans are considered fish/seafood. Only mammals are considered "meat." (And sometimes, non-domestic mammals are classified with non-domestic birds as "game.")

Answer 9

Crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum.

Answer 10

If you're vegan, here's what you can eat:  fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, and nuts.  Anything that is NOT derived from an animal or does not contain animal byproducts.  And last time I checked, fish and crustaceans are a-n-i-m-a-l-s.

If you're vegetarian, you can add mammals' milk and chickens' eggs to the mix.  And honey.

Gelatin is off limits because it is made from the bones, connective tissues, and hides of animals.  Rennet in cheese is a concern; it's made from the fourth stomach of veal calves.  Carmine (or cochineal) is made from crushed beetles.

Remember to read labels scrupulously--you'd be surprised at what contains gelatin or fish extracts.  Most Worcestershire sauce has anchovies, but Annie's Naturals and Edward and Sons "The Wizard" are two types of vegan Worcestershire sauces.

Good luck!

Answer 11

"Meat" is a matter of definition. Sometimes we mean the flesh of land animals and sometimes we mean anything that comes from any kind of animal, land or sea. And we even speak of nut meats, which are vegetable, and mincemeat, which is nowadays a plant-based pie filling (though in the past it contained meat as well.)

If you are a vegan you don't eat any animal product, and you don't use leather or wool, either.

Answer 12

Their meat because they were alive and a type of animal, but if ur diet is just not eating things with eyes then you can eat clams and oysters and stuff....but they were alive so technically they are meat but its your diet so you can choose what you eat...

Answer 13

They're not meat exactly but you can't eat them if you're vegan (or vegetarian). And they are high in protein but they're not pure protein. They are animals.