Category talk:Vegetarian cuisine

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Veganism and Vegetarianism

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“Typical for a vegetarian diet”

What's typically vegetarian about Halva or Guacamole? Do they substitute anything non-vegetarian?

If they can be in this category, can I add other foods that don't contain animal body parts? Wikipeditor 22:52, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone added "Breakfast cereal" so I dont see why not. 205.161.214.82 02:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What belongs in this category?

I'm not entirely clear on what articles belong in this category. It seems to me like it should not be a dumping ground for articles about every food or dish that is not meat-based -- there are too many of them and we have better categorization schemes for them. Moreover I think as a general principle articles should be categorized by defining characteristics of the topic, rather than by things the topic is not. So, what belongs here, either directly or in subcategories?

Articles about ethnic cuisines that are traditionally vegetarian -- OK?
Meat substitutes -- OK?
Restaurants that specialize in vegetarian cuisine -- OK?
Publications and media about vegetarian cuisine -- OK?
Foods that are associated with traditional ethnic vegetarian cuisines, like tofu or dal -- maybe?
Foods that just happen not to be meat-based without any strong connection to the practice of vegetarianism, like macaroni and cheese or breakfast cereals -- maybe not?
Anything else?

What do others think? I don't have any particularly strong opinions about vegetarianism but don't like to see the category getting cluttered with random articles that have only a peripheral connection to the topic. Dr.frog (talk) 05:40, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]