Things are getting out of hand here people. The news I'm hearing is that in order to keep unhealthy food on the school lunch menu, people are pushing to classify pizza and french fries as a vegetable based meal. From what I understand the motivation for this push is to fight Obama's attempts to focus school meals around more nutritional sustenance. The argument is that the government should not dictate what kids can and cannot eat. The idea here is that the amount of tomato paste and vegetable toppings available on pizzas are enough to meet the federal standards for a classification in the vegetable realms.
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| I always wondered where pizza fit in on that thing... |
I don't know about you guys, but I fully support this move. By this logic, it would be safe to assume that any other food that uses some form of tomato sauce as a key ingredient should also be considered a vegetable. Spaghettios, Bagel Bites, and half the menu at Olive Garden just got promoted to the "recommended 3-5 servings a day" class on the food ladder. I know that I could possibly eat 5 Hot Pockets in a day, but I just don't feel that's going to very constructive as I work towards my fitness goals. But hey, at least it's good to know that it does meet a national standard for nutrition. I'm working a calzone a day into my daily meal plan as we speak.
In all honesty though... Isn't this kind of ridiculous? I'm not saying we need to take pizza out of schools, that would be a sure way to spark a revolution amongst the students. Nobody wants to see the live action version of Pumped Up Kicks here. I guess the thing that amazes me the most about this particular congressional endeavor is that we have people trying to convince us that something we have known our entire lives was A LIE! I have never once had anyone tell me that I couldn't have dessert unless I finished all my deep dish. It's like when that they told us Pluto wasn't a planet, and everyone my age was like, "Yeah, fuck that."
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| Official Gardener of the NFL |
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