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35. The term "vegetable" is a non-biological one largely defined through culinary and cultural

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 06:55 PM

Mar 2015

tradition. Apart from vegetables, other main types of plant food are fruits, grains and nuts. The division between vegetables and other food types is somewhat arbitrary and based on culture. For example, some people consider mushrooms to be vegetables, even though they are not biologically plants,[2][3] while others consider them a separate food category;[4] some cultures group potatoes with cereal products such as noodles or rice,[5] while most English speakers would consider them vegetables.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable

as for potatoes being tubers, many non-edible plants are tubers, so if the point is to group edible plants, it's a fairly useless organizing principle.

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white potatoes making up for 80% of vegetable consumption in the America [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

I bet that figure would go down if the government classified ketchup and catsup a vegetable Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #1

Or better yet, salsa FrodosPet Mar 2015 #2

replacing sugar with salt. watch the sugar and salt content in these products Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #4

Works for me! Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #5

Michelle did an episode of Restaurant Impossible for the Food Network. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #3

kids in documentary at link couldnt identify veggies either. were experts about processed chip Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #6

The price is diabetes and coronary artery disease. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #9

Here's the thing, a lot of the delicious things you do to a potato you can do to a veggie>>> KittyWampus Mar 2015 #7

French fries and potato chips come ready made daredtowork Mar 2015 #15

most/all of the choices I listed can also come as ready mades. And 'convenience' KittyWampus Mar 2015 #22

I have a food processor daredtowork Mar 2015 #25

they make ittybitty processors that are simple to use and clean Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #40

or it could be about Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2015 #39

and time to learn how to do the cooking in a new way; and time and energy and motivation... ND-Dem Mar 2015 #31

I just bought 50 lbs of potatoes for less than $10. Trillo Mar 2015 #8

Almonds are one of those water-intensive crops Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #10

I know, but what does that have to do with so many poor people being Trillo Mar 2015 #11

Also, potatoes keep for longer laundry_queen Mar 2015 #16

I try to keep potatoes in a cool place. Trillo Mar 2015 #20

How do you preserve potatoes to last six months? panader0 Mar 2015 #19

See post #20. Trillo Mar 2015 #21

How my mom used to store our garden potatoes laundry_queen Mar 2015 #23

How so you store your potatoes? Iris Mar 2015 #26

Most veg are expensive, bulky, and spoil quickly, while people are working longer for less money Scootaloo Mar 2015 #12

So true laundry_queen Mar 2015 #24

I have a hard time finding untrimmed broccoli anymore -- which i hate, because you can tell ND-Dem Mar 2015 #32

Just stop with the guidelines daredtowork Mar 2015 #13

i think what we need is more time, more money, more peace. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #34

Local stores deli occasionally serves fried green beans... Lancero Mar 2015 #45

Can't buy from deli on food stamps. nt daredtowork Mar 2015 #48

Potatoes have saved not only the Irish, but the Andean indigenous people Cleita Mar 2015 #14

^this^ Iris Mar 2015 #27

true Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #38

They are very close to a 'complete food' marle35 Mar 2015 #41

Potatoes are not vegetables. no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 #17

Vegetable often refers to vegetative parts not flowers or products of flowering HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #30

The term "vegetable" is a non-biological one largely defined through culinary and cultural ND-Dem Mar 2015 #35

I think a more useful organizing principle LWolf Mar 2015 #49

As a potato lover and amateur potato grower, I have to put in a good word enough Mar 2015 #18

yes, but not when consumed as potato chips and fries Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #37

would you like fries with that? magical thyme Mar 2015 #28

I wonder how much of that is french fries? Marr Mar 2015 #29

Probably half and the other half potato chips, both high in fat Cleita Mar 2015 #33

mcdonalds small fries have 9% of the rda for vitamin c & 12% of the rda for fiber. + some ND-Dem Mar 2015 #36

Potatoes, onions, carrots are all very cheap Marrah_G Mar 2015 #42

Depends on how you cook them... Lancero Mar 2015 #46

Not to mention that the deep water wells needed for potato farming are sucking the aquifers dry. Scuba Mar 2015 #43

Rice is cheaper Wellingtom Mar 2015 #44

It's a grain, not a vegetable. Lancero Mar 2015 #47