Pizza is now a vegetable

[Luigitoilet]

Schools in Austrailia don't have any inhouse food/lunch available, period? I don't think that's a good idea at all. What about children from impoverished homes or neglectful guardians?

 

[Claire Diviner]

I'd like a Caesar salad with some croutons, ranch dressing, a dab of olive oil, and a cheese pizza please. Oh, and cut the cheese pizza into tiny bite-size pieces while you're at it. Thank you.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I'd like a Caesar salad with some croutons, ranch dressing, a dab or olive oil, and a cheese pizza please. Oh, and cut the cheese pizza into tiny bite-size pieces while you're at it. Thank you.

I like this post.

 

[Mota]

So if I have 5 slices of pizza I've got my recommended amount of vegies? Or is does 1 whole pizza count as 1 vegetable?

 

[Claire Diviner]

So if I have 5 slices of pizza I've got my recommended amount of vegies? Or is does 1 whole pizza count as 1 vegetable?

Each slice counts as individual vegetables. But if they're just one pizza without being sliced, then the entire pizza is one vegetable. How that works? I dunno. Just my guess.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Schools in Austrailia don't have any inhouse food/lunch available, period? I don't think that's a good idea at all. What about children from impoverished homes or neglectful guardians?

I have no idea how the lunch system is in America.
You have a cafetaria where you can just get food from school and you don't have to pay for it? Or do you have to pay for food you get from the school?

Over here, it's either you bring your own sandwiches or you buy something from the cafeteria. If your parents don't love you enough or don't have the time to make your sandwiches, you do it yourself. I've been doing it since age 7 and I'm fairly sure any kid at that age can do it, just being lazy if they don't.

 

[Luigitoilet]

I have no idea how the lunch system is in America.
You have a cafetaria where you can just get food from school and you don't have to pay for it? Or do you have to pay for food you get from the school?

Over here, it's either you bring your own sandwiches or you buy something from the cafeteria. If your parents don't love you enough or don't have the time to make your sandwiches, you do it yourself. I've been doing it since age 7 and I'm fairly sure any kid at that age can do it, just being lazy if they don't.

Here (in FL) there are different levels. At the beginning of the school year you bring a form home to your parents so they can fill out their financial status. Depending on that, you either get a free lunch, a reduced price lunch, or full price.

So, if there is nothing like that in Australia and you have to pay the same price regardless of your financial situation at home, my point remains and I think that is a bad thing. It's not just a matter of children being lazy, it's a matter of them not having any food at home. A friend of mine teaches school in a low class Chicago school and she ends up having to bring apples and bananas to class because the kids can't stay awake from being malnourished. it's disgusting.

 

[DtJ S2n]

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While tomato sauce does obviously have tomatos in it, I really doubt school pizzas have enough sauce on them to count. Fried cheese on cardboard isn't a vegetable .

 

[Glöwworm]

Fried? I was under the impression the cheese is melted by baking o.O

Spoiler

Or it could be me having a derp moment

 

[Claire Diviner]

While tomato sauce does obviously have tomatos in it, I really doubt school pizzas have enough sauce on them to count. Fried cheese on cardboard isn't a vegetable .

But wait... I thought tomatoes were fruits...

 

[Orboknown]

But wait... I thought tomatoes were fruits...

http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/tomatofruitveg

in cooking, it is a veggie

 

[Claire Diviner]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/tomatofruitveg

in cooking, it is a veggie

Huh, I wonder if there's a way to convince little kids that broccoli is a fruit by preparing it a different way...