Question regarding what I can eat on a vegetarian diet?

I have been eating an all vegetarian diet. My neighbor was cleaning out his ice box and he gave me a chicken. The chicken was already dead and he was going to throw it out. He said it had been sitting out of the ice box for a day or so but I smelled it and it didn't smell rotten. Since the chicken is already dead and he was going to throw it away anyway, can I still eat it and be a vegetarian? It is not that big of a deal, but I don't want to waste food (kind of on a budget now). I have it in the ice box now, until I read the replies here and decide what to do.Question regarding what I can eat on a vegetarian diet?
This must be really fun to you... enjoy yourself.
Vegetarians don't eat meat. Why are you a vegetarian? If you could eat free would you be a vegan.... sense cost is so much an issue. You either are or your not or you say I am as much as my budget allows me to be. Some vegans would eat $15 worth of lettuce before they ate one $.99 cheese burger. And some vegans will not eat any product from an animal, like eggs, milk and cheese. As far as cheese and other products that contain milk goes... if it is made with an alteritive milk like soy its ok but nothing with cows milk.Question regarding what I can eat on a vegetarian diet?
No, chicken is MEAT not vegetable. If you are a strict vegetarian then you don't eat meat. Simple.

It seems you are only a Vegetarian because you don't want to eat something that has been killed. Well the chicken didn't die of natural causes did it? So you would be going against your self professed standards by eating it.
Man come clean, nobody who is veggie would dream of eating anything with legs - it's like the wino sitting with a bottle of beer and saying it is ok because it isn't whisky. If you want to fool yourself that is fine but don't try to get justification off of the interweb, if you want to eat it, eat it, and don't be a *$"**$ moron - why should we care if you want to eat meat?Question regarding what I can eat on a vegetarian diet?
If you were at all serious, my suggestion might be to give it away to a meat-eating family you know so you don't have to eat it *or* feel like it's been wasted.

But since this is just another of your fake questions for mocking vegetarians, I'll just sit and wonder what you get out of trolling the veg section so much.

(Read sources for some choice examples of the bizarre stuff FHG has pulled in the past.)
I agree with the person who said you are not going to be stood up in vegetarian court.
Chicken falls in the meat catagory.
Chicken is Meat...but really the best thing you can do with that chicken is BIN it...it has been out of the ice box for a few days.....then back in again.!!! so has had a good time for the bugs that are there naturally to multiply by the 1000's....you would sure be asking for a very upset tummy if you eat it. Chicken is a very high risk meat when it comes to salmonella
It depends on how strict a vegetarian you want to be. There is a branch of veg's that called freeians (sp) that will only eat meat if it was not bought or killed for them and only if the meat was going to waste. At the end of the day it is up to you, if you really feel bad cook it and give it to a homeless person. They would enjoy it more than you and it would not goto waste.



If you cook it right and throughly it should be ok.



OMG, I guess given by the number of thumbs down the vegans or veggies don't like any one who thinks against there views.
Why didn't your neighbour want the chicken ? If you were a proper vegetarian you wouldn't need to ask the question. I think your neighbour may be trying to kill you off with salmonella poisoning!
no you cant eat chicken and be a vegetarian and you should be really careful about chicken that has been out of the freezer for a while
you must be a meat eater eating a "vegetarian" diet
No . Vegetarians NEVER eat meat or fish. No exceptions- PERIOD!!!
you've got to trust your instincts. if you can live with it, fine. but i gotta tell you... chicken breeds MAJOR BACTERIA when not properly refrigerated. even if it smells ok.. i dunno man.
pollotarianism or pollo-vegetarianism is a diet in which the only animal consumed is fowl or poultry...
I would say no.If you are a vegetarian you should not eat an animal even if it's already dead.



Besides if it's been sitting out of the fridge for a day or so you would probably get some illness from it.
your neighbor hates vegetarians and wants to kill you by food poisoning
vegetarian diet or meat diet. the answer is self explanatory.
Just eat the dam thing and call your self omnivore. OK. Are you even in the right mind to come on the net and such silly question. Pls do me a favour and DON'T call yourself vegetarian.
wise up! dead or alive its meat!! a true veggie wouldnt dream of hurting, killing, or eating an animal! I think your name says it all. prat
What do you reckon?
DO NOT eat any chicken that was sitting out of the fridge all day. Even if it doesn't smell rotten it can harbor harmful bacteria that can make you sick. We eat meat all the time at our house and I have taught classes about safe food handling. Sorry but it looks like you are going to have to waste this chicken, unless you give it to a dog to eat. Their stomach can process bacteria in a different way than ours does. Many people don't like to give dogs chicken though because they say the dogs can choke on the chicken bones which splinter so you would need to ask the owner before giving the chicken to a dog.
The moment you eat chicken you are not a vegetarian at that moment.. You can go back to being vegetarianan just admit you stopped being vegetarian for a bit cause you don't want to waste it! I was given some moose meat once by a hunter.. I gave it to my brother.. The hunter didn't know I became a vegetarian. I didn't want to upset her as she's a Pisces and Pisces can be very touchy at times! My brother gave some to his friend.. he lied to her and said he went moose hunting!
I think chicke should be considered meat, but since some people don't, its really your choice!
Chicken is a vegetable.
Hahaha. What are your reasons for being a vegetarian? If moral, go for it! If for health/religious reasons...go for it anyway!
it's really up to you, it's food at the end of the day, it's not like your going to be stood infront of a vegitarian court to pleed for your life.



you dont have to explain your actions to anyone except yourself.



some people dont have the choice of being vegitarian, they have to eat what ever they can.
i think if you take it out of the freezer and leave it to thaw for 4 days, it can then be classed a vegetable and be deemed good to eat by a vegetarian. (but don't give it to the kids, they need the protein! lol)