Congress Says Pizza is a Vegetable

[ehrnst]

"House Republicans released a final version of a spending bill "would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, which included limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line and delaying limits on sodium and delaying a requirement to boost whole grains," the AP reports.

"The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to prevent that."


http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/11/15/congress_says_pizza_is_a_vegetable.html

[TBF]

1. I think my kids will be good with that decision :) nt

[Brickbat]

2. I can't decide which is worse...

...the bill, or your snide comment at the end.

[ehrnst]

3. And with alfredo sauce, it could be a dairy product. So many lobbying opportunities here. (nt)

[Laelth]

4. This is one thing the Obama administration has handled well.

Thank you, Michelle.

And the Republicans want to screw it up in order to protect corporate profits. Quelle surprise?

-Laelth

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. Hello. Tomatoes are a fruit. n/t

[MattBaggins]

9. Isn't black pepper also tehcnically a fruit

[kentauros]

12. Yes, it is :)

In fact, many of the peppers are fruits.

Technically, so is a mushroom, as what we eat is the "fruiting body" of the fungus mat :)

With all these technicalities, your average vegetarian pizza is really a fruit pizza!

[NightWatcher]

6. Reagan said ketchup was a veggie...for the school lunch program in the 80's

[HopeHoops]

11. Reagan was also a nitwit.

I remember when that happened. It was also about the time when his administration decided to include the military (active duty) in unemployment figures for the first time - the military is 100% employed.

[Bowwowwow09]

7. School lunch standards have long been a joke

Pizza, french fries, a fruit cup drenched in syrup, and strawberry milk...a complete lunch at many public schools in our country.

[Bowwowwow09]

8. nm

double post

[No Joe]

10. "Hey, hon, I'm a vegetarian!"

Especially with pepperoni and bacon. :rofl:

[warrior1]

13. Not all of congress just the republican's

[trof]

14. And I say congress is an ass.

:-)