Remember the soda wars and
ketchup as a vegetable?
Ketchup as a vegetable, pizza and french fries for lunch, a la cart junk food sales every day?
«It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health... this legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder than when the Reagan Administration tried (and failed) to credit
ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program,» — Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest in a press release
Then let's hope that the geniuses who write and revise these epically complicated food guidelines can manage, this time, to allow the kids some ketchup (or whatever) on their food without defining
ketchup itself as a vegetable.
Not exact matches
Although
ketchup was first used
as a general table sauce (it was called «catsup» then), and was made with
vegetables other than tomatoes, what we think of
as ketchup today is actually the result of a debate over a potentially dangerous preservative.
Interesting fact: In response to the USDA's subsidized school lunch program during the Reagan administration,
ketchup was counted
as one of the two servings of fruit or
vegetables for a reimbursable lunch.
Suitable for the production of foods such
as chocolate,
vegetable oil, sugar solutions, quark, yoghurt, liquorice,
ketchup and flavour extracts, the mixers perform either gentle or rigorous mixing to keep product in suspension.
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil, peanut preferred 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoon minced ginger 1 small onion, finely chopped 6 fresh red chiles, such
as piquins or Thais, stems and seeds removed, minced 1/3 cup rice vinegar 2 tablespoons
ketchup 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt
The big headline was that
ketchup was going to count
as a
vegetable, leading to a huge public outcry and an eventual retreat by the Reagan administration.
Pick mild foods that she's tried before, such
as pureed peas, carrots, and other
vegetables, avoiding foods that are too strong, such
as ketchup and mustard.
As much as I'd love to blame «ketchup is a vegetable, and so am I» Reagan, the fry line preceded his election by two month
As much
as I'd love to blame «ketchup is a vegetable, and so am I» Reagan, the fry line preceded his election by two month
as I'd love to blame «
ketchup is a
vegetable, and so am I» Reagan, the fry line preceded his election by two months.
Remember in 1981, how under Reaganomics
ketchup was classified
as a
vegetable and 2 million children were dropped from the National School Lunch Program?
It was during the Reagan administration that the government tried to classify
ketchup as the «
vegetable» component of school lunches, in a failed attempt to save $ 1 billion in education funding, and not much has improved since then.
No more
ketchup and pizza counting
as vegetables.
If you are allergic to yeast, you must avoid all foods that contain yeast or molds... • Brewer's yeast • Breads, pastries and other raised bakery goods • Cheeses and prepared foods that contain cheese • Milk, buttermilk, sour cream, and sour milk products (some individuals tolerate fruit - free, sugar - free yogurt) • Condiments, sauces and vinegar - containing foods (mustard,
ketchup, monosodium glutamate; steak, barbecue, chili, shrimp and soy sauces; pickles, pickled
vegetables, relishes, green olives, sauerkraut, horseradish, mince meat and tamari; vinegar and vinegar - containing foods such
as mayonnaise and salad dressing) • Malt products (malted milk drinks, cereals and candy) • Processed and smoked meats (sausages, hot dogs, corned beef, pastrami, smoked fish) • Mushrooms and other edible fungi • Peanuts and pistachios • Dried and candied fruit • Melons (watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe are prone to being contaminated with mold) • Fruit juices (canned, bottled or frozen) • Fermented beverages (alcohol, root beer and cider) • Coffee and tea • Leftovers
I also must mention that items such
as ketchup, corn, French fries, iceberg lettuce and other unhealthy modern varieties don't really count
as vegetables or even real food.