I had an argument with a client this morning, which she wanted to bet $50 on her case.
She told me that eggs are in the dairy group. I was really blown away becasue it made no sense to me. However, she is a smart women and the head of HR for a large coporation so she did have me questioning my natural instinst.
Her reasoning was that it was high in protein so that it was dairy.
My reasoning was that it was from an chicken, doen’t turn into milk or cheese and beef, chicken, fish are high in protein and are def. not in the milk group.
Last note she is from the UK so maybe they teach differently than the US. She did say her university professor taught her this.
So what do you think? Egg is in the dairy or meat group?
Meat. The reasoning that something is high in protein must mean it’s dairy is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. I’m curious to know what research she did led her to believe that.
WHAT!?! they are neither.
only milk products are dairy, and only something that was once a muscle is meat. good grief, i don’t care where they sell them in the supermarket, chickens aren’t even mammals for fucks sake!
eggs are eggs, a group all by themselves
i might try a little experiment when i get home, first i’ll try to make some egg cheese, and then i think i’ll try to make an egg steak and which ever tasts the best we’ll declair them the winner.
[quote]wukey wrote:
eggs are eggs, a group all by themselves[/quote]
I have to go along with this. Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat dairy products (milk, cheese, etc.) and eggs, no meat. Ovo vegetarians eat eggs, no meat or dairy. Lacto vegetarians eat dairy, no eggs or meat.
The egg is a nutritional loner, defiant against categorization. It says, “Fuck you, Mamma Bird, I don’t wanna be a chicken. Go cross a road. Fuck you, Moo Cow, I ain’t no lousy dairy product. Go drop a pie. I am egg. Hear me scramble.”
When there are arguments about this, the answer is the dictionary.
If dictionaries disagree than it remains an arguable point, unless parties agree that one particular dictionary shall be considered authoritative (e.g. the Oxford English Dictionary or the Webster’s Second International.)
A quick online search for definition of dairy yields dictionaries showing the term refers to milk products and shows nothing that would include eggs.
dair⋅y
/ˈdɛəri/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [dair-ee] Show IPA Pronunciation
noun, plural dair⋅ies, adjective
?noun
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
a shop or company that sells milk, butter, etc.
the business of a dairy farm, concerned with the production and treatment of milk and cream and the manufacture of butter and cheese.
dairy farm.
(in Jewish dietary law) dairy products.
?adjective
of or pertaining to a dairy or a dairy farm.
of, for, or pertaining to milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.: dairy products; the dairy case at a supermarket.
(in Jewish dietary law) of or pertaining to those foods, including all milk products, eggs, fish, vegetables, etc., that may be eaten at a meal in which milk is served, in contrast to meat and meat products, which may not.
I know this is a silly “argument” but I wanted to participate. My mother grew up on a dairy farm and dairy is considered to be milk products. I know eggs aren’t meat, but I would consider them meat before I would consider them dairy.
