{"id":2176,"date":"2026-05-07T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:07:02","slug":"the-recommendation-of-pesco-vegetarian-hk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/?p=2176","title":{"rendered":"The Recommendation of Pesco-Vegetarian HK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently I learned that the word &#8220;vegetarian&#8221; doesn&#8217;t actually come from &#8220;vegetable.&#8221; It comes from the Latin word <em>vegetus<\/em>, which means something like &#8220;fresh&#8221; or &#8220;full of energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I heard that, I thought, &#8220;Oh, then I can be a vegetarian too!&#8221; So I made my own personal vegetarian rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I based it on <strong>pesco-vegetarian<\/strong> eating. That means you&#8217;re allowed to eat vegetables (plants), dairy products, eggs, and fish\/seafood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I sometimes still want to eat beef, pork, or chicken, I added the Japanese traditional idea of <strong>&#8220;Hare&#8221; and &#8220;Ke&#8221;<\/strong>. Simply put:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hare<\/strong> = special, celebratory, non-ordinary days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ke<\/strong> = normal, everyday life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/birthday_animal-e1778148091436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2178\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, my basic rule is pesco-vegetarian (no meat on regular days), but on anniversaries, holidays, parties, or when friends invite me out, it&#8217;s totally fine to eat meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mentioned wanting to eat meat occasionally, but there&#8217;s another important reason: I don&#8217;t want to make things awkward for people around me. Also, I completely ignore things like meat extracts in seasonings or additives \u2014 those don&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the real reason I created &#8220;Pesco-Vegetarian HK&#8221; was to naturally reduce my intake of too much saturated fat in daily life. It&#8217;s more about the practical technique than any big ideology. That&#8217;s why I never push this on other people or criticize those who don&#8217;t follow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, if anyone thinks &#8220;Great, I can eat as many sweets as I want!&#8221; under this rule&#8230; I\u2019m not babysitting those people. Do whatever you want. And if you&#8217;re on the <strong>&#8220;Lazy-Aging&#8221;<\/strong> boat, get off right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I learned that the word &#8220;vegetarian&#8221; doesn&#8217;t actually come from &#8220;vegetable.&#038;# [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lazy-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions\/2179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}