Vegetarian eggs???

My wife came home today with vegetarian eggs.

Where do they come up with this stuff?

Either you eat unborn baby chickens or you don't. They are not made out of plants.

It says on the label that they are ideal for Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians. Huh? Also says "All-Natural vegetarian feed". So, this is the stuff they grow vegetarians from, right? I think they meant "fed".

Oh and the best part... they are packaged in plastic.

You can't make up this stuff.

"Egg Replacer." That's what you need fer cookin' an' such.

You don't eat the plastic. Seriously. You can't make this stuff up.

Dr.Hess Lacto Vegetarian.

Im so very confused. So these are actual eggs but they are "vegetarian" because the chickens ate vegetarian feed? In that case I think most beef qualifies as vegetarian no?

Grind up all the chicken guts, dry it, grind it into a fine powder and use it as chicken feed. That is basically how the british ended up with mad cow, they fed the offal as a feed supplement to cows, I guess it introduced a prion or something and you get mad cow. No more british beef exports either, now Bovril is made in canada which has their own mad cow issue.

JThw8 wrote: Im so very confused. So these are actual eggs but they are "vegetarian" because the chickens ate vegetarian feed?

No, no... they are harvested from the ovaries of live vegetarians.

JThw8 wrote: Im so very confused. So these are actual eggs but they are "vegetarian" because the chickens ate vegetarian feed? In that case I think most beef qualifies as vegetarian no?

Yep. (giggle giggle).

Dr. Hess wrote: "Egg Replacer." That's what you need fer cookin' an' such. You don't eat the plastic. Seriously. You can't make this stuff up. Dr.Hess Lacto Vegetarian.

I was making note of the earth-friendly non-biodegradable packaging.

Holy crap. After reading that my head hurts. I'm going to take a nap.

Then I'm going to eat some vegan bacon.

I love Chipotle for this reason, they feed their chickens vegetarians. And I love vegetarians, because not only do they feed my chicken, but that leave more meat for me.

They feed their chickens vegetarians??

It ain't a real egg. Duh. It's an egg looking non-egg, non-meat product so that people that just have to have an "egg" can have one. And what, exactly, does earth friendly packaging have to do with not eating meat? I could care less, as long as you don't throw it out the car window into my yard, which pisses me off.

I will admit to these days only killing things that need killing. I don't kill for sport anymore. Maybe I'm just getting old, maybe 20 years of not eating meat has caught up with me.

If you want to eat nothing but veggies, fine by me. Buy why all of the fake eggs, hot dogs, hamburgers, and other meat substitutes? To me, that means that you miss eating animals, you want meat, and your body craves dead flesh. I don't like veggies, but you don't see me making carrots out of ground beef!

Dr. Hess wrote: It ain't a real egg. Duh. It's an egg looking non-egg, non-meat product so that people that just have to have an "egg" can have one. And what, exactly, does earth friendly packaging have to do with not eating meat? I could care less, as long as you don't throw it out the car window into my yard, which pisses me off. I will admit to these days only killing things that need killing. I don't kill for sport anymore. Maybe I'm just getting old, maybe 20 years of not eating meat has caught up with me.

Umm... nope.

It's real eggs. Goofy marketing, real eggs.

It's a matter of not putting dead E36 M3 in your body. My body is not a grave yard. Yours is. I don't care what you do. Cow down your throat or gerbil up your, well, never mind.

You just don't get it. Like riding a Harley: If I have to explain it, you won't understand. And, also, like riding a Harley: If you don't understand, I don't care.

SVreX wrote: Umm... nope. It's real eggs. Goofy marketing, real eggs.

As you point out, different "flavors" of vegetarians. Some eat eggs, some eat milk/cheese, some eat neither. We eat milk/cheese, thus are lacto-vegetarians. Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat eggs also. Vegans don't eat milk/cheese or eggs.

Come on, Doc. Lighten up!

Chickens are insect scavengers. If you eat eggs, you eat dead E36 M3.

Plus, as a doctor I don't have to tell you about the potential nutritional detriments of eggs raised this way.

If you gotta have more info, here's a little.

Someone else's review of these eggs 1/2 way down page.

I'm sure you eat well, and I have no problem with it. This one is nothing more than some marketing hype.

The whole vegetarian word game is just retarded. If you're eating dairy, or eggs, you ain't fooling nobody.

I hear that they go great with O'Doul's.

Dr. Hess wrote:

SVreX wrote: Umm... nope. It's real eggs. Goofy marketing, real eggs.

As you point out, different "flavors" of vegetarians. Some eat eggs, some eat milk/cheese, some eat neither. We eat milk/cheese, thus are lacto-vegetarians. Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat eggs also. Vegans don't eat milk/cheese or eggs.

I'm a beefo-vegetarian. I eat beef.

And yes, they are real eggs.

I've heard that being a vegetarian impairs your sense of humor.

I eat vegetarian cows. I meet the cows before I eat them. Same with my pork. And my eggs. Having hobby farmers in the family is awesome.

Do you take them to a movie too? Maybe a couple of beers? Dancing?

I'm trying to picture Keith meeting his eggs.

I'm trying to not picture Keith meeting his pigs.

My wife bought some hairspray the other day and noticed when she got home it was labeled as vegan or vegetarian hairspray.

Naturally this required asking the Googles. Apparently most hairspray is made with pig fat but this one wasn't, who knew?!

I have an actual film photo that I took in Calgary of a bottle that said, "Organically Distilled Water." What could that possibly mean... seriously.

But... (a bit of trivia), a great vegan option to eggs is an Avacado. Similar in protein and fat content, and often you can substitute them in recipes. I made Avacado ice cream once and it was ridiculously good.

I'm with Keith..

I chased the little bastard that's in my freezer for half an hour.

I made damn sure I was the winner.

The parents of the folks I work for own one of the largest ranches in B.C. Where are the mad cows in Canada exactly?

Cows are plants, they can be hunted with a hammer.