Guest guest Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Can we at least get our facts straight before we sling political mud? Are you referring to the recent discussion of pizza sauce as a vegetable (fall 2011)? The catsup as a vegetable uproar was in 1981 - a long time before the Obama Admin. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 was cutting budgets and proposed changes to School Lunch Program and put forward this: " An additional proposed change in crediting policy would allow vegetable and fruit concentrates to be credited on a single-strength reconstituted basis rather than on the basis of the actual volume as served. For example, one tablespoon of tomato paste could be credited as 1/4 cup single-strength tomato juice. Previously, it was only credited as 1 tablespoon, the volume as served (Federal Register 9-4-81). " can you really blame that on the Obama Admin? Debra Boardley, PhD, RD/LD > > Well, what's " appropriate " ? If Obama Admin thinks that catsup is a > vegetable, then recommendations should be to use unlimited amounts, as we'd > recommend unlimited intake of vegetables. Same for french fries. . . sigh . .. > . > > Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks, Debra for setting this straight. Pam Charney, PhD, RD Author, Consultant pcharney@... " If all you ever do is all you've ever done, than all you'll ever get is all you ever got " - Anonymous > > Can we at least get our facts straight before we sling political mud? Are you referring to the recent discussion of pizza sauce as a vegetable (fall 2011)? > > The catsup as a vegetable uproar was in 1981 - a long time before the Obama Admin. > > The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 was cutting budgets and proposed changes to School Lunch Program and put forward this: > > " An additional proposed change in crediting policy would allow vegetable and fruit concentrates to be credited on a single-strength reconstituted basis rather than on the basis of the actual volume as served. > > For example, one tablespoon of tomato paste could be credited as 1/4 cup single-strength tomato juice. Previously, it was only credited as 1 tablespoon, the volume as served (Federal Register 9-4-81). " > > can you really blame that on the Obama Admin? > > Debra Boardley, PhD, RD/LD > > > > > > Well, what's " appropriate " ? If Obama Admin thinks that catsup is a > > vegetable, then recommendations should be to use unlimited amounts, as we'd > > recommend unlimited intake of vegetables. Same for french fries. . . sigh . .. > > . > > > > Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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