Do you think vegetarians are picky eaters?

I don't think so at all! I'm not a vegetarian myself but I do have massive pangs of guilt every time I eat chicken or lamb, thinking of the poor animal or bird that has given up its life just to feed me! So stick to it!

._. I am soooo far from being a picky eater.

Yes, you are a picky eater because you are PICKING certain foods and not others.

How is there anything wrong with being a picky eater? I don't like fruit, milk or beef so I skip them. I'm content to be a picky eater.

Also, I was vegetarian for 8 years. But chicken is ****ing awesome. XD

By this logic, people who eat halaal or kosher are just 'being picky' too, right?

Sigh.

No, I don't think all vegetarians are "picky" eaters. People become vegetarian for a whole host of different reasons - philosophical, religious, health, socio-political or matters of taste. I suspect some are picky, but so are a great number of omnivores.

I actually find them to be the least picky yes they dont eat meat but they are usually the types that are more experimental with food and will happily try many different things and eat at more alternative places

when you take meat away they have to find new ways to make things taste good etc so therefore will try and eat more things than the regular meat and veg crowds ,,,,,

ive found its usually the meat eaters who are unwilling to even give a veg dish a ago and they seem to stick to there same old food routines allot more

I completely agree. I was a vegetarian for a few years and vegan for a few months and the lack of meat really forces you to be creative. I am a far more adventurous eater than most of the meat-eaters I know and I love to cook and come up with new and interesting ways to prepare things. My parents seem to have a repertoire of about 10 meals they like to rotate through, rarely anything new or different. In a lot of ways I think they are more picky. They would be happy eating some sort of meat, usually on a sandwich, with a sauce and pototes or pasta every day for the rest of their life. If they're feeling adventurous, then maybe a salad. That just sounds horrendous to me.

I know so many people who are very much "meat and potatoes" types and they won't venture outside of that comfort zone. I think that's far more annoying than people who don't eat meat. When I was a vegetarian I found a lot of meat eaters to be very defensive about their food choices and refuse to try anything that didn't have meat or was even slightly different than what they are used to.

Whether you're picky or not is debatable. I would say no, but I don't know what your habits actually are. I have a friend on MFP who I've known even longer than that, though - she's a vegetarian, but she doesn't talk about it all the time. She only talks about it when it comes up in conversation. If someone's throwing a potluck, she's bringing the healthy vegetarian dish instead of sending an email to everyone at work reminding them to make food for the vegetarians too. She dates omnivores and makes a steak for her boyfriend while she dines on whatever else she made. I think that's cool that she doesn't make what she consumes the focal point of her life or what makes her "special".

Get comfortable with your choice and be confident about it. Forget about what people think of the things you eat.

No, not at all. I have two good friends who are veggies, and a daughter who eats fish not meat. Never ever had an issue feeding them at all. Biggest problem is one of my more princess like meat eating friends ;-)

What's the point of cooking for people if you aren't giving them food you know they'll enjoy - whatever it is?

bring your own food to his house. He'll shut up.

No, I don't think most of the vegetarians I know are picky eaters. I only know one veggie that is picky. Part of his pickiness is due to the fact that he's a germaphobe. Part of it also has to do with his Crohn's disease, so since I don't know that much about Crohn's, I don't know what he can and cannot have. He refuses to eat anything that was made at someone's house, since he doesn't know how clean their kitchens are, so he eats out all the time. I have worked in the restaurant industry long enough to know that my kitchen at home is just as clean as any restaurant, if not more so. When this friend does not eat my food, I am not insulted. I just shrug my shoulders and say, "more for me!"

My other veggie friends will try anything that doesn't have meat or meat products in it. They will eat all sorts of tofu, eggplant, seaweed... whatever. I have learned that there are thousands more vegetarian meals that I ever could dream of.

I'm an omnivore, but I respect the veggie lifestyle. It's not being picky, it's just about being who you are. Dietary restrictions are not "picky". Your brother is just giving you a hard time.