• Congress declares pizza a vegetable for school lunches
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[release][b]Congress declares pizza a vegetable for school lunches [/b] Yes, Congress has affirmed that pizza is, indeed, a vegetable. And, in a related story, they’ve declared Chris Christie Mr. Olympia. Actually, the truth is that Congress had ALREADY said pizza was a vegetable, or rather, that the tomato paste used on the pizza is a vegetable. You see, when you and I order pizza, it has tomato SAUCE on it. But school lunches have tomato PASTE. Are you familiar with tomato paste? It’s that gelatinous stuff that comes in tiny cans. Let me read to you from my label of Cento Tomato Paste: a two tablespoon serving (that’s what is on each slice of pizza in school lunches) has 10 percent of your daily recommended requirement of Vitamins A and C; it also has 5 grams of sugar. The ingredients don’t list any added sugars, so I’m assuming that those are sugars naturally found in tomatoes. Tomatoes are a fruit, so truthfully, there are no vegetables in tomato paste. The USDA is attempting to change the rules about school lunches. They want less tomato paste, which would eliminate pizza, and they want a limit on starchy vegetables: corn, peas and potatoes. That means no French fries. Congress is blocking all these recommendations to keep the lunches as they are. Their reasoning seems to be that making lunches healthier is too expensive, and the reason they think that is because the potato lobby, the processed foods lobby, and a variety of other Big Fat Butt lobbies told them so. Look, it’s hard to get kids to eat right. My kids agree with Congress that pizza is a vegetable. In fact, my kids think Lucky Charms Cereal is a vegetable. I can’t get my kids to eat salad, so why do I think the school cafeteria can? Congress has a tough job – they have to feed a bunch of kids healthy meals every day on a tight budget. Hey, that’s what I do! And yes, it’s expensive. My food bill is $200 a week for four of us, and that’s with careful planning and plenty of cooking from scratch every night. The only thing I’ve learned about kids and food is this. Don’t give them bad choices. If they can choose between sliced cucumber and French fries, what do you think they’re going to pick? What would you pick? To me, lunch is the easiest to regulate. I pack it in their lunchbox, and that’s all they have to eat all day. There is no other food in their elementary schools, even if there was, they would need money to buy it. I don’t give them money. I give them water or a fortified juice, a sandwich on whole wheat bread, some type of fruit, and a small dessert. No chips, no fries. They only have 20 minutes to eat it anyway, because their day is so packed. They eat it all. Congress is such a bunch of bozos. If they want to improve their image, they should allow the healthier guidelines to pass. Stand up to the food lobbyists! Make speeches about how you are striking a blow against big business and for our most vulnerable children. Get misty about how obesity is robbing our children of their futures. Be seen in public peeling and eating an orange. Then, when the potato and tomato paste industries start to go under, just vote them a bailout.[/release] [url=http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/healthquest/congress-declares-pizza-a-vegetable-for-school-lunches]Source[/url] We're becoming closer to the movie "Idiocracy" every day. Yes, this is late in a sense, but this actually about the law being passed rather than Congress pushing to GET it passed.
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The fuck?
Clocks to you son.
*Within context its a vegetable.
Congress is so baffling. It's like it's run entirely by people wanting to destroy the country in secret.
but tomatoes are fruits
Tomatos aren't even a vegtable!
"It's got what plants need!"
[QUOTE=rilez;33362747]but tomatoes are fruits[/QUOTE] You bitch
Electrolytes! (my automerge, you fiends!)
A vegetable? How the fuck does it count as a vegetable?
If its salty its a vegetable. If its sweet its a fruit. I dont give a damn.
[QUOTE=Hoboharry;33362775]A vegetable? How the fuck does it count as a vegetable?[/QUOTE] becuz younightedd staytez sez soz
[QUOTE=rilez;33362747]but tomatoes are fruits[/QUOTE] apparently not legally though [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden[/url]
isn't ketchup considered a fruit serving aswell? this is why you should bring your lunch
[quote]fortified juice, [/quote] [H2]YOU WILL NEVER BREACH OUR WALLS[/H2]
I've been living a lie apparently.
Well, I know where I'm not living when I'm older.
[QUOTE=Spacewolf;33362743]Congress is so baffling. It's like it's run entirely by people wanting to destroy the country in secret.[/QUOTE] I think they were the "Special Kids" in school before schools classified people like them 'retarded'. So they got special treatment and made fun of so that's why they hate the dept. of Education.
[quote]potato lobby, the processed foods lobby, and a variety of other Big Fat Butt lobbies told them so.[/quote] Lobbying should be illegal.
Again the typical sign of the downfall of a world power
[img]http://i.imgur.com/c027g.jpg[/img] Related
I see the congress has been taking care of very important matters nowadays.
Grade A proof that corporate money is what governs the United States. Fucking christ.
[QUOTE=darnok;33363140][img]http://i.imgur.com/c027g.jpg[/img] Related[/QUOTE] where is this from?
[QUOTE=Leaf Runner;33363826]where is this from?[/QUOTE] Dude, the website is [i]inside the fucking picture.[/I]
I'm really skinny - how the fuck am i going to survive in the future when everything i eat is OMG LOW FAT LESS COLESTERINE LESS CALORIES LESS EVERYTHING? :v: [editline]21st November 2011[/editline] Stuff like this makes me rage, i drink coke and eat chips all day erry day, i love beeing unable to get fat :v:
A dream come true. [img]http://i.imgur.com/iLKoC.jpg[/img]
Alright it's objectivity time: [release]Let me read to you from my label of Cento Tomato Paste: a two tablespoon serving (that’s what is on each slice of pizza in school lunches) has 10 percent of your daily recommended requirement of Vitamins A and C; it also has 5 grams of sugar. The ingredients don’t list any added sugars, so I’m assuming that those are sugars naturally found in tomatoes.[/release] This got me thinking: how much of a tomato is in a two-tablespoon serving of tomato paste? Maybe this isn't as stupid as it sounds. So I started searching for recipes for homemade tomato paste to get a rough estimate. It seemed, on average, that 10 tomatoes = 3 cups of paste (48 tablespoons) So 2 tablespoons works out to slightly less than half a tomato. When you consider how much water a tomato has (and remove much of it for paste-making purposes), that's not very much. I realized that I could save time and just look at the food guide - 1/2 cup of tomatoes constitutes one serving of vegetables. That's 8 tablespoons. Boy I was sure stupid for doing it the other way! This is as stupid as it sounds. Resume outrage.
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