Ummm, meat~!

I am going to Canada on vacation from August 7th to the 23rd so I am not sure how often I will be posting this month. Though I will try to do my best to keep posting a few times a week.

Today, I will quickly talk about meat and vegetarians. Vegetarians mean people who do not eat meat but there are many different kinds of vegetarians. One of the strictest, are vegans. They don't eat meat or ANY animal products such as milk, cheese, ice cream, etc. They also do not use animal products, so no glue, goose down pillows or leather jackets~!

Some vegetarians might eat poultry (bird meat) or fish, some eat no meat but eat eggs. It all depends on the person. Some people choose to not eat red meat but will sometimes eat white meat. What are they?

RED MEAT

This is meat that is dark and, when you cook it, it becomes darker. So, the most common red meat is beef, but mutton and horse are also red meat. Traditionally, duck and goose are considered red but that might be changing... The meat of most adult mammals is usually considered red meat.

WHITE MEAT

The most common white meats are pork and chicken. But rabbit, lamb and veal are also often considered white. The meat of young mammals is traditionally white meat. When you cook it, it becomes lighter in color. So uncooked it might be pink but cooked it becomes white.

Is there anything you don't eat?

Countable? Uncountable?

Hey everyone, today I will talk a bit about countable and uncountable nouns. Usually, countable nouns are things you can physically count easily. For example; cars, apples, bananas, pens, books,etc.

Uncountable nouns are usually abstract concepts(love, art, photography) or things you can't easily count. For example; liquids(beer, coffee, wine), sand, grass, etc.

When you are speaking in GENERAL, you MUST add S to COUNTABLE nouns.

I like pineapples.

I like girls.

Uncountable nouns DO NOT need S.

I like reading.

I like beer.

Be careful!!! If you add an S to an uncountable noun you will change the meaning~!

Some teachers might say you are saying something grammatically incorrect, this is not true. The grammar is fine but the meaning has changed...

Example 1:

There are many people in the room=There are many humans in the room.

There are many peoples in the room=There are different ethnic groups in the room.

So, people means more than one person BUT peoples means more than one ethnic group. This is why the second sentence sounds strange, we would normally say "There are many peoples in Asia" not in a room! hahaha

Ethnic group=Ainu, Indian, French, Tutsi, Inuit, etc.

Example 2:

I like chickens=I like the animal.

I like chicken=I like the meat.

Animals are countable BUT meat is uncountable. So BE CAREFUL!

If you say, I like dog, it means you like to eat dog meat!!!