Despite Michelle Obama’s hard work to
prevent children from taking too much food causing childhood obesity, the
Congress passed a revised agricultural appropriations bill that allowed the
tomato sauce on pizza to be served in school lunch programs nationwide.
According this bill, it may be possible to count pizza as a vegetable. When a
certain amount of tomato paste is used in making a pizza, the pizza can be
served as a vegetable in schools. By the way, tomatoes are a fruit. Often, politicians pass some ridiculous bills
and make us laugh, but this bill is beyond ridicule. Politicians are supposed
to serve people and pursue the public interests, not the groups of people or
organizations that contributed to their campaigns. I do not think those
politicians want to teach their own children “pizza as a vegetable.” Is it too
much to ask them to have common sense?
Vocab.
Douse - Verb
pouring a lot of water over something
quench, blow out
ex) several firemen were dousing the fire on the Pacific beach park while I was driving by.
Concoct - Verb
inventing one that is not true
cook up, make up
ex) You will be surprised when you figure out how much offal is concocted to make chicken nuggets.
Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/18/pizza-vegetable-congress-says-so
Ryan, this article makes me laugh, too. Sometimes, we can find a strange regulation in different nations. As you said, I also think the bill is not consideration for children's health. This bill is a somewhat compensation for specific companies from the U.S. government. I agree with your indication, "tomato is fruit".
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