Lol, tho I have seen vegan tuna made with bell peppers and something else buuuutt….
GumotheGreat on
Maybe they’re advertising like that because it’s lent right now, but still a little odd lol
punkolina on
It’s because of Lent. “Meatless” Fridays allow seafood.
fenlife on
That’s that weird Catholic definition of meatless I grew up with.
Citron-Sharp on
I’ve come across a few people who consider seafood ok for vegetarians 🤔 Nope, last I checked fish is still an animal
Ok_Competition_4810 on
Some people consider seafood not meat but I’d rather eat a cow before a fish… the commercial fishing industry is insanely dirty
Mec26 on
Meh, tis lent. Gotta let the Catholics have their “meatless” month.
Outrageous-emma on
I am a staunch vegetarian
Bunny_scoops on
Deffo a weird lent thing, but also a very non-American thing- ‘veggie’ or ‘vegetarian’ in a lot of places I’ve been outside the US don’t consider fish a meat, always an unpleasant surprise, but to each their own, I should have asked!
Ok_Potato1139 on
Is this for Lent maybe? I never understood that. *I’m giving up meat for Lent!* So the carcasses of sea animals don’t qualify as meat?
fntastk on
It could be for lent! Fish is huge right now because of Friday’s during lent. So I’m guessing that’s why it says Veggie *and* tuna, to give a fish option for lent.
[deleted] on
At Gelson’s they used to have a sign that said what food labels mean and under vegetarian it said that it doesn’t include meat it only includes fish,eggs,cheese, and chicken. They changed the sign.
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Catholics during lent be like
ChocolateSmoovie on
Yeah my Mom tried to pull this card on me a month ago. Our conversation went like this:
“Son I’m really worried about you. You need to start eating meat. I’m begging you!”
“Um. No.”
“But it’s going to affect your health!”
“Mom I just had a ton of blood work done last week and everything came out normal. I am not eating meat.”
“Well you can still eat fish.”
“Mom, fish is still meat.”
With a coy grin, “No it’s not.”
roadstojudah_ on
I think it’s for lent
deterministic_lynx on
Meatless is **not** the same as vegetarian!
Everything vegetarian is **always** meatless.
However, a meatless dish is *not* necessarily vegetarian.
Meatless can consider meat in the old/specific definition of certain animal tissues (muscle and fat, mostly) from mammalians and birds. In that definition, fish is part of seafood and its own group.
This is the catholic understanding (well, Christian, but chatolics do lent), some other religions and can be an understanding for meatless or mostly meatless medical diets.
**Vegetarian** means no animal tissues, at all. Which not only includes seafood by definition, but also means no leather, no Gelatine (mostly made from bones etc) and so on.
However, while I have many vegetarians and non-vegeatrians seen confused between the distinction, I have yet to see something labeled meatless and containing gelatine.
For the menu:
It can mean what they think it means, and I’d guess it’s why they don’t call it vegetarian. It’s still strange.
My best guess is: the grouping is useful, because they have no other seafood than tuna. So grouping it away from the “meat” options offers the whole set of alternatives for
– vegetarians
– some medical diet restrictions
– a few religious diet restrictions
Albeit with a not-ideal description. At least the title clearly differentiates that veggie does not include tuna, while meatless does!
Lizakaya on
Why does this get under my skin so badly?
LurkLurkleton on
Eggs and dairy aren’t really vegetal either but here we are 🤷
FL_Squirtle on
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
2x2Master1240 on
“Pescetarian” is the correct term for people who eat fish but not meat.
one-gear-no-brakes on
I remember when I went to Disney florida 12 years ago now and in one of the restaurants tuna was the veggie option haha
spiderfightersupreme on
It’s cultural to some extent. I live in a Catholic area and lived in South America, both places often include fish in a meatless diet. I try to limit my fish consumption, but growing up for me that’s what being vegetarian was.
johndoesnot on
Veggie OR tuna. It’s not wrong.
AnyAcanthopterygii65 on
A vegetarian diet will always be meatless, but meatless doesn’t mean vegetarian. It’s not a case of this culture or that religion either, at least not anymore, it’s just that people who are neither one nor the other don’t care to use the correct terminology.
Edit: also, with the terms being used interchangeably and vegetarianism becoming more common, some people or dictionaries actively choose to define one way (common usage from the majority, people who eat meat) or the other (meat vs fish).
sllh81 on
On a side note, if you get a veggie sandwich at Subway without the patty and without cheese (basically pick your bread, condiments, and pile it up with spinach, onions, lettuce, etc) it’s delicious, filling, and only about 450kcal for a footlong (assuming mustard and seasonings, no oil).
nebulousian on
They meant pescatarian option I guess
Handsome_Claptrap on
Do you guys have basic reading comprehension?
“Veggie AND tuna
Looking for ways to go MEATLESS? Try one of our VEGGIE OR TUNA options”
In culinary terms meat only means ground animals meat, there are people that have a meatless diet that includes fish.
I don’t even get why you are getting mad since the right burger has tuna but the left one is clearly veggie only, so they have options for both meatless AND vegetarian diets.
ChilindriPizza on
Well, tuna was the last meat I gave up before going fully vegetarian.
That being said, it has been over 10 years. I would not be able to consume it anymore.
Swizzzla on
Side note just coz I saw the pic, my husband grabbed the salami pesto for me- no salami, and the clerk tells him a lot of ppl have been ordering it veg. Why couldn’t the veg have been the option with a salami add on… It was quite yummy though with the pesto and basil, mmm
raysofdavies on
I hate when people use fish as an exception or save pescatarian. Not a thing.
gr3ightest on
Even here in the states if you say you don’t eat meat when offered fish, lots of people will argue that fish is not meat
Ravensunthief on
r/therewasanattempt to convince people that fish isn’t meat
Gothamite-Knight on
I’m just happy that or is there lmao
jennifer__beth on
Not the point of your post, but i ordered a caprese sandwich off of that section in the app yesterday, and got a call from the manager asking why I wanted it without salami, and with that being the case, what else did I want in the sandwich? I don’t know man, how it comes?
theID10T on
I ordered the “Veggie” from a local sandwich place. It’s the only vegetarian sandwich on the entire menu. The kid behind the counter said, “Do you want to add bacon?” I’m not sure if he was being a smart-ass or if he just automatically says it because he’s supposed to upsell every customer.
PeaceBeginsInside on
As my good friend has told countless people regarding what constitutes meat, if it has eyes then it’s not vegetarian/vegan.
Leontiev on
Catholic church says fish is not meat. Only a heathen would disagree.
Critical-Scarcity940 on
Interesting debate in the comments.
I don’t class fish as meat.
zekebowl on
Im just glad there is a veggie caprese option now.
mjigs on
Still people dont understand that fish is meat.
xgorgeoustormx on
WELL OF COURSE! It’s not meat, it’s chicken/fish/ham! /s
obsoletevoids on
I got the veggie sandwich at Jimmy John’s once and they forgot the lettuce 😂
MichelleDaBelle on
Also, tuna isn’t a “meat” technically speaking. It’s a fish. “Fish” refers to aquatic animals, “meat”refers to fur covered animals, as opposed to “poultry” which refers to feather covered animals.
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Lol, tho I have seen vegan tuna made with bell peppers and something else buuuutt….
Maybe they’re advertising like that because it’s lent right now, but still a little odd lol
It’s because of Lent. “Meatless” Fridays allow seafood.
That’s that weird Catholic definition of meatless I grew up with.
I’ve come across a few people who consider seafood ok for vegetarians 🤔 Nope, last I checked fish is still an animal
Some people consider seafood not meat but I’d rather eat a cow before a fish… the commercial fishing industry is insanely dirty
Meh, tis lent. Gotta let the Catholics have their “meatless” month.
I am a staunch vegetarian
Deffo a weird lent thing, but also a very non-American thing- ‘veggie’ or ‘vegetarian’ in a lot of places I’ve been outside the US don’t consider fish a meat, always an unpleasant surprise, but to each their own, I should have asked!
Is this for Lent maybe? I never understood that. *I’m giving up meat for Lent!* So the carcasses of sea animals don’t qualify as meat?
It could be for lent! Fish is huge right now because of Friday’s during lent. So I’m guessing that’s why it says Veggie *and* tuna, to give a fish option for lent.
At Gelson’s they used to have a sign that said what food labels mean and under vegetarian it said that it doesn’t include meat it only includes fish,eggs,cheese, and chicken. They changed the sign.
Catholics during lent be like
Yeah my Mom tried to pull this card on me a month ago. Our conversation went like this:
“Son I’m really worried about you. You need to start eating meat. I’m begging you!”
“Um. No.”
“But it’s going to affect your health!”
“Mom I just had a ton of blood work done last week and everything came out normal. I am not eating meat.”
“Well you can still eat fish.”
“Mom, fish is still meat.”
With a coy grin, “No it’s not.”
I think it’s for lent
Meatless is **not** the same as vegetarian!
Everything vegetarian is **always** meatless.
However, a meatless dish is *not* necessarily vegetarian.
Meatless can consider meat in the old/specific definition of certain animal tissues (muscle and fat, mostly) from mammalians and birds. In that definition, fish is part of seafood and its own group.
This is the catholic understanding (well, Christian, but chatolics do lent), some other religions and can be an understanding for meatless or mostly meatless medical diets.
**Vegetarian** means no animal tissues, at all. Which not only includes seafood by definition, but also means no leather, no Gelatine (mostly made from bones etc) and so on.
However, while I have many vegetarians and non-vegeatrians seen confused between the distinction, I have yet to see something labeled meatless and containing gelatine.
For the menu:
It can mean what they think it means, and I’d guess it’s why they don’t call it vegetarian. It’s still strange.
My best guess is: the grouping is useful, because they have no other seafood than tuna. So grouping it away from the “meat” options offers the whole set of alternatives for
– vegetarians
– some medical diet restrictions
– a few religious diet restrictions
Albeit with a not-ideal description. At least the title clearly differentiates that veggie does not include tuna, while meatless does!
Why does this get under my skin so badly?
Eggs and dairy aren’t really vegetal either but here we are 🤷
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
“Pescetarian” is the correct term for people who eat fish but not meat.
I remember when I went to Disney florida 12 years ago now and in one of the restaurants tuna was the veggie option haha
It’s cultural to some extent. I live in a Catholic area and lived in South America, both places often include fish in a meatless diet. I try to limit my fish consumption, but growing up for me that’s what being vegetarian was.
Veggie OR tuna. It’s not wrong.
A vegetarian diet will always be meatless, but meatless doesn’t mean vegetarian. It’s not a case of this culture or that religion either, at least not anymore, it’s just that people who are neither one nor the other don’t care to use the correct terminology.
This [dictionary](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meat) entry in merriam webster specifies meat as being flesh of a mammal as opposed to fowl or fish.
Edit: also, with the terms being used interchangeably and vegetarianism becoming more common, some people or dictionaries actively choose to define one way (common usage from the majority, people who eat meat) or the other (meat vs fish).
On a side note, if you get a veggie sandwich at Subway without the patty and without cheese (basically pick your bread, condiments, and pile it up with spinach, onions, lettuce, etc) it’s delicious, filling, and only about 450kcal for a footlong (assuming mustard and seasonings, no oil).
They meant pescatarian option I guess
Do you guys have basic reading comprehension?
“Veggie AND tuna
Looking for ways to go MEATLESS? Try one of our VEGGIE OR TUNA options”
In culinary terms meat only means ground animals meat, there are people that have a meatless diet that includes fish.
I don’t even get why you are getting mad since the right burger has tuna but the left one is clearly veggie only, so they have options for both meatless AND vegetarian diets.
Well, tuna was the last meat I gave up before going fully vegetarian.
That being said, it has been over 10 years. I would not be able to consume it anymore.
Side note just coz I saw the pic, my husband grabbed the salami pesto for me- no salami, and the clerk tells him a lot of ppl have been ordering it veg. Why couldn’t the veg have been the option with a salami add on… It was quite yummy though with the pesto and basil, mmm
I hate when people use fish as an exception or save pescatarian. Not a thing.
Even here in the states if you say you don’t eat meat when offered fish, lots of people will argue that fish is not meat
r/therewasanattempt to convince people that fish isn’t meat
I’m just happy that or is there lmao
Not the point of your post, but i ordered a caprese sandwich off of that section in the app yesterday, and got a call from the manager asking why I wanted it without salami, and with that being the case, what else did I want in the sandwich? I don’t know man, how it comes?
I ordered the “Veggie” from a local sandwich place. It’s the only vegetarian sandwich on the entire menu. The kid behind the counter said, “Do you want to add bacon?” I’m not sure if he was being a smart-ass or if he just automatically says it because he’s supposed to upsell every customer.
As my good friend has told countless people regarding what constitutes meat, if it has eyes then it’s not vegetarian/vegan.
Catholic church says fish is not meat. Only a heathen would disagree.
Interesting debate in the comments.
I don’t class fish as meat.
Im just glad there is a veggie caprese option now.
Still people dont understand that fish is meat.
WELL OF COURSE! It’s not meat, it’s chicken/fish/ham! /s
I got the veggie sandwich at Jimmy John’s once and they forgot the lettuce 😂
Also, tuna isn’t a “meat” technically speaking. It’s a fish. “Fish” refers to aquatic animals, “meat”refers to fur covered animals, as opposed to “poultry” which refers to feather covered animals.
😂 😂