Area President Says Pasta is a Vegetable and Potatoes are Fruit

[whm1974]

What about serving tasty fruits and vegetables that kids will actually eat? And have them grow the garden out back to provide them?

 

[SMOGZINN]

What about serving tasty fruits and vegetables that kids will actually eat? And have them grow the garden out back to provide them?

Nice idea, but I doubt most schools would have the land area to grow enough fruits and vegetables to feed their students.

 

[feralkid]

It has begun.

 

[pcgeek11]

Why wouldn't spiralised courgettes count as vegetables under any regulations? Why would you need new ones for that?

I know right. That is what I'm saying.

Never heard of a courgette, I had to look it up. Cucumber.

 

[whm1974]

Nice idea, but I doubt most schools would have the land area to grow enough fruits and vegetables to feed their students.

What do you call their almost useless Football fields?

 

[Victorian Gray]

What do you call their almost useless Football fields?

Money in the bank.

 

[whm1974]

Money in the bank.

Money better spent on actual education like it's supposed to be.

 

[Bitek]

Would like to see a credible scientific explanation of the nutritional value of 'vegetable based flour' (and whether it's actually any better than normal flour).

The only issue that occurs to me about spiralised 'zucchinni' (apart from the fact they are courgettes, dammit!) is that once you chop things up finely like that, do they not rapidly lose nutrients if not consumed fairly soon after? I don't really know, mind.

You can ride your courgettes and aubergines straight to hell!!



I don't see how they would lose their nutrition if you spiralized them on your way down tho.

 

[pmv]

I don't see how they would lose their nutrition if you spiralized them on your way down tho.

Not at all sure, but I vaguely thought many of the nutrients and vitamins are supposed to disipate if too much of the surface is exposed to air for too long, i.e. once chopped up. That might be one of those myths that's a bit true but hugely exaggerated, though.

 

[sdifox]

Pasta is always mad from grains never vegetables. I wonder if the States that are sane will tell their public school not to use Federal guideline and use their own instead?

How in Hell did potatoes end up being counted as fruit?

What do you do with pasta that has veggies in it?

Like Spinach pasta

Amazon.com : spinach pasta

www.amazon.com

 

[sdifox]

Not at all sure, but I vaguely thought many of the nutrients and vitamins are supposed to disipate if too much of the surface is exposed to air for too long, i.e. once chopped up. That might be one of those myths that's a bit true but hugely exaggerated, though.

Oxidizing does destroy nutrients and cutting exposes more surface areas that were previously sealed.

 

[thilanliyan]

Money better spent on actual education like it's supposed to be.

Hah...team sports is way more lucrative than education!!

 

[Bitek]

Not at all sure, but I vaguely thought many of the nutrients and vitamins are supposed to disipate if too much of the surface is exposed to air for too long, i.e. once chopped up. That might be one of those myths that's a bit true but hugely exaggerated, though.

Yeah I wonder. Fresh served i wouldn't worry, but cut up in a factory, frozen, then served in a school months later. Bleh

 

[MtnMan]

Well duh and Ketchup is a vegetable

But tomatoes are a fruit, so ketchup is a fruit smoothie.

 

[pcgeek11]

Well. https://www.britannica.com/story/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable



The age-old question actually has an answer—it's both! Tomatoes are fruits that are considered vegetables by nutritionists. Botanically, a fruit is a ripened flower ovary and contains seeds. Tomatoes, plums, zucchinis, and melons are all edible fruits, but things like maple “helicopters” and floating dandelion puffs are fruits too. For some reason, people got hung up on tomatoes, but the “fruit or vegetable” question could also work for any vegetable with seeds.

Now, nutritionally, the term “fruit” is used to describe sweet and fleshy botanical fruits, and “vegetable” is used to indicate a wide variety of plant parts that are not so high in fructose. In many cultures, vegetables tend to be served as part of the main dish or side, whereas sweet fruits are typically snacks or desserts. Thus, roots, tubers, stems, flower buds, leaves, and certain botanical fruits, including green beans, pumpkins, and of course tomatoes, are all considered vegetables by nutritionists. There is no hard-and-fast rule that clearly designates a botanical fruit as a vegetable, but, given that tomatoes are generally not used in desserts and are closely related to other fruit-vegetables (e.g., eggplants and peppers), it is not too counterintuitive for tomatoes to be classified as vegetables.

 

[Jhhnn]

So, uhh, Freedom Fries are fruit? Who knew?

 

[tcG]

If the government wants people to be healthier, maybe they could start by withdrawing subsidies to the commercial seed oil industry and repealing import duties on natural products from abroad.