Congress declares pizza to be a vegetable

Must be a slow news day. Hahaha.

...OH WAIT.
 
Veggiebreadairy tbqh! As long as there's no pepperoni or any other meat lol. What Kura said though. However I don't see the point in going that far just to keep pizza in public schools. It's tasty, why can't that be all that matters? </3
 
This is really funny. This does not mean pizza is healthy by any means. If it is prepared in a healthy way it could be though.
 
Shiny Celebi said:
This is really funny. This does not mean pizza is healthy by any means. If it is prepared in a healthy way it could be though.
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I agree, and so can burgers if prepared with fresh ingredients and not cooks in fat-filled oils. They have bread, dairy, veggies, and meat in them. That makes for a balanced meal.
 
Everybody is a Pizza freak, including the guys over at congress.

A pizza is anything but a vegetable, as even though a chef can make one completely out of a variety if veggies, without the dough, a pizza can't be made. Seeing that the pizza dough is considered a grain, it's theoretically impossible to call any pizza a true vegetable.
 
FreakyLocz14 said:
I agree, and so can burgers if prepared with fresh ingredients and not cooks in fat-filled oils. They have bread, dairy, veggies, and meat in them. That makes for a balanced meal.
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Yeah, that oil is what messes everything up. I enjoy pizza without grease. Makes the cheese fall off too often.
 
So the morons we got in Congress declared that pizza is a vegetable? We got more serious problems in this country and we're focusing on pizza?! I have forever lost whatever little faith I have in our government just now, both Congress and the Senate even though the Senate didn't get involved.

America is screwed. We might as well wait for the Chinese to rule us.
 
ONLY IN AMERICA, GUYS. YOU KNOW WE'RE FAT, WE HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE PIZZA "HEALTHY" FOR US.

Honestly, I think Congress has finally lost it.
 
Mario The World Champion said:
So the morons we got in Congress declared that pizza is a vegetable? We got more serious problems in this country and we're focusing on pizza?! I have forever lost whatever little faith I have in our government just now, both Congress and the Senate even though the Senate didn't get involved.

America is screwed. We might as well wait for the Chinese to rule us.
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I agree. Their (and consequently our) time and energy is better spent on more pressing matters than debating pizza.
 
Edited out because I misread the article.

And pizza is probably used in meals because it's cheap, so making it healthy would certainly be more expensive and defeat part of the purpose of it being there. :x
 
Absolutely outrageous.

Most cafeteria pizza is just cheese, or maybe pepperoni. Where the heck do vegetables come into play here? I thought it was bad enough that most schools count french fries as being vegetables because they're potatoes. But this is so much worse.

You need fresh vegetables. You need salads.

The sauce is made of tomato, which is a fruit. So, what the hell?
 
TRIFORCE89 said:
Absolutely outrageous.

Most cafeteria pizza is just cheese, or maybe pepperoni. Where the heck do vegetables come into play here? I thought it was bad enough that most schools count french fries as being vegetables because they're potatoes. But this is so much worse.

You need fresh vegetables. You need salads.

The sauce is made of tomato, which is a fruit. So, what the hell?
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To be fair, I'm sure they're aware that pizza isn't an actual vegetable. I guess they're arguing that pizza can be served in a way that fulfills the vegetable food group. I also think the feds still count tomatoes as a vegetable.

It's still pretty silly. Apparently this is the result of lobbying by the Coca-Cola company, who is involved in the school food business.
 
Your tax dollars at work.

And even though pizza can be healthy, how many schools do you think will actually serve healthy pizza?

Yeah, french fries are made from potatoes which are vegetables, but they're just a big starch without much nutrition. Ketchup is made with tomatoes (if you're lucky) but it's mostly salt and sugar. Not what you need to stay healthy at all.
 
Probably no different than what most kids are being fed at home anyway. If parents want their kids to be healthy, packed lunch is the way. It's not like school meals being crap is something new.
 
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