Hi!
I've always wondered why many people seem to think that chicken, or
seafood or whatever, isn't considered meat and is then ok for
vegetarians. (big pet peeve!)
So, I decided to look up the definition in my dictionary, and I
thought what I found was interesting and wanted to share:
In my 10 year old American Heritage it says:
meat 1. The edible flesh of mammals, as distinguished from that of fish
or poultry.
(there were some other defs, but they didn't apply)
So I thought, hmmm, I guess that's where the idea is coming from. So
then I looked it up on the Webster's on the web:
Meat 2. animal tissue considered especially as food: a : FLESH 2b b :
FLESH 1a; specifically : flesh of domesticated animals
Hmmm, I wonder if American Heritage has updated their definition :-)
Anyway, thought it was interesting...
Jessica
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