--- jose colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder where one goes to verify this above > mentioned FACT (that Goans were vegetarian before the Portuguese) > > Is fish vegetarian ? > Mario speculates: > I believe the term "vegetarian" is often used loosely to refer to a food that may be acceptable to many vegetarians. Fish, not being a vegetable, is obviously not strictly "vegetarian". However, it is eaten by many vegetarians, especially those whose diet is determined by religious tenets against eating beef or pork. Similarly, there are some in India who consider unfertilized eggs to be "vegetarian". >
