Are you "vegetarian-inclined"?


Over at Slashfood there is an interesting debate going on right now about the term “vegetarian-inclined.”

One person says “It’s just dumb.” Another person says “Vegetarian-inclined means what exactly?” And yet another person says “It’s pretty simple and obvious to me …”

Ah, but the fun does not stop there.

Another blog, the Accidental Hedonist, says “Being vegetarian-inclined is like a sorority pledge claiming that they still believe in their virginity and sobriety even after having a drunken tryst with Todd, the Sigma Kappa who got them into the mixer at no charge.” But, then, the first comment after the post wholeheartedly disagrees: “There is a HUGE difference in the culinary lifestyle of someone who eats meat once (or more) per day and someone who eats meat once every 2 months.”

So what do you think?
Are you an Almost Vegetarian? Or do you live in a world which is far more black and white? It would be interesting to know.

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5 Responses to “Are you "vegetarian-inclined"?”

  1. Jennywenny

    I’m in that grey area and I’m too embarrassed to even get into the debate. I eat eggs and fish and dairy, but not meat. I avoid meat stock, but am sometimes a bit less careful about gelatin. I dont make a huge fuss about other people eating meat though, that would definitely cross the line.

  2. Tracy Simmons

    I’m a vegetarian, not an almost-inclined, but I think anything anyone does to cut down on their consumption of eating animals is a step in the right direction, so I cheer them on!

  3. dana

    I’m definitely “vegetarian-inclined” and proud of it. I’d say in the past year my husband and I have cut our meat consumption by 99 percent (easily). We never cook with meat at home anymore, where before we did every night — it completely grosses me out now. We haven’t gotten to the stage of checking for meat stock in canned soups or microwave meals, yet.
    Our families are not very understanding, and a vegetarian meal has never graced their recipe books. And while often compromises can be made so we can eat vegetarian with them, if they cannot, we don’t make a fuss.
    Now we just became “almost” vegetarians last year. But I’d say a 99 percent drop in meat consumption is something worth noting and isn’t to be downplayed as these other blogs have done.
    Thanks so much. I love your site :)

  4. Jason B

    I am vegetarian-inclined as well. That can be difficult around the house, as my significant other is most emphatically not so. Usually I have meat as part of the evening meal (as I see no sense in cooking two different meals for two people,) but for breakfast all week and my lunches at work, I am free to eat those things that I would prefer.
    Dining out is getting increasingly easier these days. Since I myself love to cook, my friends usually write it off as “trying something new.”

    I don’t see the need to be a separatist about it; food should be what brings us together. But given the option, I’ll gladly take the meat-free one. So yeah, I think I just might be “vegetarian-inclined.”

  5. Tracy Simmons

    I'm a vegetarian, not an almost-inclined, but I think anything anyone does to cut down on their consumption of eating animals is a step in the right direction, so I cheer them on!

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