Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Nov 19th 2011 | 2:35 am
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Pizza is the new Vegetable!
http://www.thejournal.ie/us-congress...82033-Nov2011/
The potato and salt people were also involved in heavy lobbying to get these new rule changes...seriously, thought this was The Onion when I saw it 
PIZZA CAN BE classed as a vegetable – at least according to a decision made by the US Congress. Who knew?
American lawmakers have ruled that the amount of tomato paste in pizza sauce means that pizzas can be counted as a vegetable.
The bizarre move, which was decided in a vote on the annual spending bill for the Department of Agriculture, happened for purely political reasons....
American lawmakers have ruled that the amount of tomato paste in pizza sauce means that pizzas can be counted as a vegetable.
The bizarre move, which was decided in a vote on the annual spending bill for the Department of Agriculture, happened for purely political reasons....
Nov 19th 2011 | 2:39 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Sounds the same as the ketchup as a vegetable thing from the 80s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable
Nov 19th 2011 | 2:41 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
I am surprised it has taken this long to be recognized......doesn't everybody know that pizza is a nutritionally balanced meal? carbs from the crust, protein from the cheese and a five a day from the pizza sauce. Any toppings just add to the 'healthfulness'.........
Nov 19th 2011 | 2:56 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Nov 19th 2011 | 6:17 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
I totally agree, whats with all the healthy eating, if you want your kid or yourself to be obese why the f... shouldn't you ay? What is wrong with pizza-lets start a petition to support it. 
Nov 19th 2011 | 6:26 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Tomatoes are a fruit.
Nov 19th 2011 | 11:10 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Tomorrow I shall be making a balsamic-roasted sprout pizza with smoked mozzarella and anchovies if anyone fancies coming round.
Not that I'll let you in, of course, because I'll be eating the whole bastard myself.
Not that I'll let you in, of course, because I'll be eating the whole bastard myself.
Nov 19th 2011 | 11:25 am
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
ps you can have my share anyway.
Nov 19th 2011 | 12:20 pm
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
Tell me, are the anchovies on there to take away the taste of the sprouts?
Nov 19th 2011 | 4:49 pm
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Re: Pizza is the new Vegetable!
So, just how much preservatives and high fructose corn syrup does this vegetable have?
Before reading the link's article I thought to myself that there's got to be a close tie to school meals because of this 'definition'; sure enough ...
"...The crucial bill had oversight over subsidised school meals, and the department was seeking to restrict pizza, chips and starchy vegetables from the menu for school children in a bid to combat child obesity.
MSNBC reports that politicians had been lobbied heavily by the frozen food industry who didn’t want to see a major revenue stream cut off given how often pizza is found on the menus of school canteens in the US..."
Good to see the political system works... I suppose icecream shall be recognized as true dairy and served along side orange juice...
Before reading the link's article I thought to myself that there's got to be a close tie to school meals because of this 'definition'; sure enough ...
"...The crucial bill had oversight over subsidised school meals, and the department was seeking to restrict pizza, chips and starchy vegetables from the menu for school children in a bid to combat child obesity.
MSNBC reports that politicians had been lobbied heavily by the frozen food industry who didn’t want to see a major revenue stream cut off given how often pizza is found on the menus of school canteens in the US..."
Good to see the political system works... I suppose icecream shall be recognized as true dairy and served along side orange juice...
Nov 19th 2011 | 11:11 pm
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