EPTPizza is a vegetable (well in the US it is) - Page 7
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Latrommi
United States222 Posts
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Maand
326 Posts
 Unless anything covered in 2tbs of tomato paste is considered vegetable I don't see a problem at all. I've heard that potato paste maintains potato nutritious values rather well. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On November 20 2011 04:57 Latrommi wrote: Seriously? This isn't how to raise the overall health of the nation. Now people can justify their obsession with pizza even more by just telling everyone "oh, its a vegetable" and being okay with it. Pretty sure someone who would stoop that low or be that stupid could find other excuses to eat pizza... | ||
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Robstickle
Great Britain406 Posts
On November 20 2011 03:26 Conti wrote: This is about whether tomato paste should count as vegetables or not. The whole "Pizzas are now vegetable!" meme is a pure invention. In fact, two table spoons of tomato paste already count as vegetable, so by the media's logic, pizzas already are vegetables.  The new bill initially proposed to change "2 tablespoons of tomato paste counts as vegetable" to "0.5 tablespoons counts as vegetable", but now they're back to the status quo (2 tablespoons instead of 0.5). That is all. But of course it's much more fun to claim that the US now declares pizza a vegetable. People will go to your news site to read about that, regardless of whether it is a made-up fantasy or not. (Edit: Oops, forgot the source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZy7qHYu4-qXuTWRJm192734Gs6w?docId=6b9a38b3ae5c40979b7be9ba8f1ac176 You misread that article. The USDA wanted half a CUP, which is more than you find on a pizza, not half a tablespoon of tomato sauce to be counted as a serving of a vegetable, the bill that was just voted on stopped that from being implemented, keeping it down at two tablespoons. Hence people saying that congress has ruled pizza to be a vegetable, which in the context of school lunches, they have done. If they hadn't passed the bill, it would have gone up to half a cup, which would have made pizza not a vegetable. It annoys me that this post is going to be ignored and people are going to keep treating your post as if it's made of gold. | ||
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
On November 20 2011 05:15 Robstickle wrote: You need to read your own article. The USDA wanted half a CUP, which is more than you find on a pizza, not have a tablespoon of tomato sauce to be counted as a serving of a vegetable, the bill that was just voted on stopped that from being implemented, keeping it down at two tablespoons. Hence people saying that congress has ruled pizza to be a vegetable, which in the context of school lunches, they have done. If they hadn't allowed this, it would have gone up to half a cup, which would have made pizza not a vegetable. It annoys me that this post is going to be ignored and people are going to keep treating your post as if it's made of gold. I didn't ignore your post :D Reading articles is always a good idea, even if someone has good intention when providing summaries. | ||
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
If i throw a slice of tomato on top of my burger it doesnt make it a vegetable, it makes it a... hamburger with some vegetables >< | ||
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Robstickle
Great Britain406 Posts
On November 20 2011 05:17 Zeke50100 wrote: I didn't ignore your post :D Reading articles is always a good idea, even if someone has good intention when providing summaries. I seriously recommend everyone does read the article Conti posted by the way, it lays out the other things this bill has done for the frozen food industry. The other main thing being that the USDA wanted to restrict starchy foods (fries and the like) to two servings a week. But of course, people will continue to accuse others of American bashing, instead of looking at how congress just screwed American children. | ||
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Son of Gnome
United States777 Posts
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Roeder
Denmark735 Posts
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
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MaV_gGSC
Canada1345 Posts
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Befree
695 Posts
And to clear up one of the very simple logical errors in this story and the interpretations. When something doesn't change, you can't view that which was already there as a change just because it was not changed. So to fix your title, while still preserving the sensationalist simplified stupidity of it, it should read "Pizza is still a vegetable (well in the US it is)" There are deep issues with public school cafeterias, and there are deep issues with the incentives of food industries not being in line with public health. But articles on subjects like this do nothing to help either. They simplify the issue and disguise it as "politicians are dumb sellouts and the food industry is evil." It only addresses a symptom, but not the cause. | ||
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XCetron
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Buffinator
United States9 Posts
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Alethios
New Zealand2765 Posts
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
But I'm glad those Congressmen have our best interests in mind with that categorization. 2 tablespoons of processed tomato paste... should not be considered a vegetable. | ||
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taLbuk
Madagascar1879 Posts
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charcute
Canada419 Posts
On November 20 2011 05:56 Newbistic wrote: That little abortion jab in the beginning was completely unnecessary, can't believe a sane newspaper editor would let that by. But I'm glad those Congressmen have our best interests in mind with that categorization. 2 tablespoons of processed tomato paste... should not be considered a vegetable. oyu are right, tomatoes are fruits! | ||
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Seam
United States1093 Posts
Wtf? -_- How....can they.... | ||
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BreakfastBurrito
United States893 Posts
pizza CAN be healthy, but I remember eating that elementary school pizza and it was just awful, tasted like cardboard topped with rubber...no way it had nutritional value...... | ||
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