Are Eggs Vegetarian food?

[englibertm]

Technically, yes , eggs are vegetarian, since they are not animal flesh. Many vegetarians include eggs in their diet, while still abstaining from eating chicken, cows, pigs, fish and all animals. If you're a label or terminology sort of person, you can rest easily knowing that if this is you, you're an "ovo-vegetarian" , that is, a vegetarian who eats eggs. But be careful! In some parts of the world, eggs are indeed considered to be meat, and some vegetarians will not eat them. Usually, this is tied to a religious practice, such as Hinduism. Vegetarian Hindus, and those who have come to vegetarianism from a Hindu background consider eggs to be meat, and do not include them in their vegetarian diet. So, while most Westerners believe that eggs are vegetarian, many Easterners do not; this means that whether or not eggs are vegetarian is really dependent on a cultural agreement.