Author Topic: Pizza now a vegetable? WTF.  (Read 3442 times)

So apparently there's some big problem with making our children eat healthy at school because:

Children eat sloppy joes and fries and stuff and get unhealthy.

USDA says No forget you.

Frozen food companies get mad because they can't sell their food any more.

USDA declares pizza to be a vegetable because it's like 10% tomato paste.

Don't beleive me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXbijt4BQ8

Here's the problem though.

A. Pizza itsself isn't a vegetable at all, nor does it have vegetables on it (Unless you order veggie lovers)

B. Tomatos are not vegetables. Tomatos are fruit because of their seeds. Also they grow on vines and I don't think vegetables grow on a vine.

C. Pizza is composed mostly of (IMO) 70% Dough, 20% Cheese, 10% Tomato sauce. That's not enough to be a vegetable, not even to be a fake vegetable.

I call absolute loving bullstuff. Everyone grab your baseball bats and molotovs, we're having another riot.

The funny thing is, tomatoes aren't vegetables lol.

Oh wait.

>Cow eats grass
>Milk then cheese
>Dough is wheat
>Pepperoni, well, no explanation
>Tomato


Fries are vegetables :3
Tater tots are vegetables :3
POTATOES FOR EVERYONE!

What's the definition of "vegetable"?
I didn't think there was any one set criterion for making something a 'vegetable'?

What's the definition of "vegetable"?
I didn't think there was any one set criterion for making something a 'vegetable'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden

Does this make the vegetable monster the pizza monster now?

Does this make the vegetable monster the pizza monster now?
RIP Cookie Monster


Actually, for pizza to really be a "vegetable", it would practically have to be doused in tomato paste.

Heard it on NPR.

Actually, for pizza to really be a "vegetable", it would practically have to be doused in tomato paste.

Heard it on NPR.
Again, tomato is not a vegetable

God, that is ridiculous.

Again, tomato is not a vegetable

You say fruit I say I'm going to do anything I can to make this damn tomato a vegetable!

I really don't get it. At the core pizza is a combination of grain, dairy, and vegetable.
Yes, a tomato on its' own is a fruit but for cooking it is referred to as a vegetable.