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10/08/23 3:02:19 PM
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Crimson_Corsair
10/08/23 5:31:14 PM
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Change my mind.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:34:03 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
Change my mind.

Potatoes are incredibly versatile, so I'd understand and accept this argument. By pure taste, though, I prefer tomatoes. ...Though I guess there is a forever debate on if tomatoes are vegetables or fruits, so maybe I fully agree with you, after all.

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Naysaspace
10/08/23 5:34:35 PM
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  1. they aren't vegetables
otherwise, yeah they are pretty good. very versatile. However, they are almost always cooked in unhealthy ways -- in oil, or with loads of cream, butter, etc.

i made some homefries last night and they were great. salt, vinegar, ketchup on top. it's crazy how many potatoes you can eat when they are in fries or chips form.
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Waxitron_Gazer
10/08/23 5:35:26 PM
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i'd hardly call potatoes a vegetable but whatever they are, it's tasty.

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BignutzisBack
10/08/23 5:36:12 PM
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I agree 100% and am tagging you as a fellow potato lover

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:37:42 PM
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They're not vegetables but sure.


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Giacomo_Hawkins
10/08/23 5:38:50 PM
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Nah, potatoes are pretty awesome, which is why they are so widely consumed.

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DuuuDe14
10/08/23 5:39:02 PM
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Potatoes are vegetables lol.

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Crimson_Corsair
10/08/23 5:39:10 PM
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All of you saying Potatoes aren't a vegetable are giving off some serious tinfoil hat vibes right now <_<

People who think Potatoes aren't a vegy also think birds aren't real.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:39:49 PM
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Wait, I understand the debate over tomatoes, but what are potatoes, if not vegetables?

And I'd like an actual, real answer. Not just "Well the WHO doesn't classify them as a vegetable so..." because that isn't an actual answer.

EDIT: Oh, Google tells me the movement against potatoes being a vegetable is purely based on "They're not as nutritional as other vegetables." Fuck that noise.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:41:36 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Wait, I understand the debate over tomatoes, but what are potatoes, if not vegetables?
They're a starch. AKA the bottom tier of the food pyramid.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/5/AARLwzAAE6d3.jpg

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:42:22 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
They're a starch. AKA the bottom tier of the food pyramid.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/5/AARLwzAAE6d3.jpg

"Starch" isn't a food group, though.

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ai123
10/08/23 5:43:37 PM
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We need to stop all of this 'tomatoes are actually fruit, watermelons are actually vegetables, peanuts are not nuts' bollocks.

Sort it out, eggheads!

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Crimson_Corsair
10/08/23 5:43:50 PM
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It is a starchy vegetable.

Checkmate atheists

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AsucaHayashi
10/08/23 5:44:04 PM
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as a main source of carbs rice > potatoes

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:44:32 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
"Starch" isn't a good group, though.

Why not?

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:44:39 PM
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'Potatoes are botanically classified as a vegetable, but they are classified nutritionally as a starchy food,' says a DoH spokesperson.

So, in other words, they're a vegetable.

Yeah, screw this "well ackshually, based on nutrition" nonsense.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
10/08/23 5:44:43 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
It is a starchy vegetable.

Checkmate atheists

I put it in the category root vegetable, but potato potato.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:45:05 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Why not?

It was a typo. I meant "food group." And it's not. "Starch" isn't a food group. But if they're, botanically, vegetables, then... They're vegetables.

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ThyCorndog
10/08/23 5:45:26 PM
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they are in fact a vegetable. just a starchy one. just like how avocadoes are fruit even though they're a lot of fat instead of sugar

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Naysaspace
10/08/23 5:45:56 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
They're a starch. AKA the bottom tier of the food pyramid.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/5/AARLwzAAE6d3.jpg
tf kinda jank-ass off-brand try-hard food pyramid is this?

back in MY DAY it was breads, veggies/fruits, dairy, meat. PIE was not on the foot pyramid.
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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:47:37 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
So, in other words, they're a vegetable.

Yeah, screw this "well ackshually, based on nutrition" nonsense.

Ah we're going with botanical classifications. Let's talk about my favorite berries:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/7/AARLwzAAE6d5.jpg

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K181
10/08/23 5:48:57 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
They're a starch. AKA the bottom tier of the food pyramid.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/5/AARLwzAAE6d3.jpg

That shows grains and cereals, not starches.

Corn is even more starchy than potatoes. Does that mean they're not veggies, too?

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:49:11 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Ah we're going with botanical classifications. Let's talk about my favorite berries:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/7/AARLwzAAE6d5.jpg

...Pumpkins are regularly classified as fruits, like berries, so I'm not sure of your point.

"Berries" isn't a food group, either, just like "starches."

I'm beginning to wonder if you know what the food pyramid/food groups actually are.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:50:22 PM
#26:


K181 posted...
That shows grains and cereals, not starches.

Corn is even more starchy than potatoes. Does that mean they're not veggies, too?
Corn is a literally cereal.


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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:52:55 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Corn is a literally cereal.

So the answer is "No." Despite linking to an image of the food pyramid, you have literally no idea what food groups actually are.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:53:15 PM
#28:


StealThisSheen posted...
...Pumpkins are regularly classified as fruits, like berries, so I'm not sure of your point.

"Berries" isn't a food group, either, just like "starches."

I'm beginning to wonder if you know what the food pyramid/food groups actually are.
Botanical classifications are not culinary classifications. You can't say "it's botanically" a vegetable because that doesn't mean anything for culinary purposes. Likewise, if I get a "mixed berry smoothie" I expect it to have zero pumpkin and several non botanical berries like strawberries.

Potato is a starch and when you're preparing a meal it should be treated the same way you'd treat any other starch and if your plate needs vegetables you wouldn't add more potatoes.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:54:55 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Botanical classifications are not culinary classifications. You can't say "it's botanically" a vegetable because that doesn't mean anything for culinary purposes. Likewise, if I get a "mixed berry smoothie" I expect it to have zero pumpkin and several non botanical berries like strawberries.

Potato is a starch and when you're preparing a meal it should be treated the same way you'd treat any other starch and if your plate needs vegetables you wouldn't add more potatoes.

"Vegetables" and "Starches" are literally two entirely different kinds of classifications, and all you're doing is revealing how little you actually know about any of this.

Spoilers: If you're creating a meal and considering "Starches," you wouldn't be considering "vegetables." "Starches" and "Vegetables" are entirely different levels of classification.

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Crimson_Corsair
10/08/23 5:55:49 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
if your plate needs vegetables you wouldn't add more potatoes.
I just ate a loaded baked potato with a side of home fries.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:56:23 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
"Vegetables" and "Starches" are literally two entirely different kinds of classifications, and all you're doing is revealing how little you actually know about any of this.

Says person using botanical classifications in food.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 5:57:26 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
I just ate a loaded baked potato with a side of home fries.
Ok. Then you didn't eat any vegetables unless it had spring onion in it or something.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 5:58:30 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Says person using botanical classifications in food.

You literally think "Starch" is a food group on the same level as "Vegetable."

You have no room to talk.

You literally, quite literally, called Corn a "Cereal."

You think "Cereal" is a food group.

You think "Cereal" is a food group.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 6:02:35 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
You literally think "Starch" is a food group on the same level as "Vegetable."

You have no room to talk.

Starches are just 1 part of the group that contains other cereals & breads. They are not a whole group unto themselves. I already pointed out which group they belonged in when I posted the pyramid.

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boomgetchopped3
10/08/23 6:02:50 PM
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Matt Damon lived on them and grew them in his gal pals feces. A true CEman
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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 6:03:46 PM
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Yeah, you have literally no idea how classifications work.

"Starch" and "Vegetable" are not on the same level.

"Cereal" and "Vegetable" are not on the same level.

You're mixing classifications because you have no idea what you're talking about other than your misunderstanding of things you have looked up on Wikipedia.

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 6:05:18 PM
#37:


StealThisSheen posted...
Yeah, you have literally no idea how classifications work.

"Starch" and "Vegetable" are not on the same level.

"Cereal" and "Vegetable" are not on the same level.

Correct. Because "Starch" and "Cereal" are on the same level. The bottom one to be precise.

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 6:07:07 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Correct. Because "Starch" and "Cereal" are on the same level. The bottom one to be precise.

Yes, but "Starch" and "Cereal" do not define whether something is a "Vegetable" or not. It does not work that way.

The USDA classifies Corn as a "Vegetable," even though it is more starchy than potatoes, and even though it is a "Cereal."

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Crimson_Corsair
10/08/23 6:07:36 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Ok. Then you didn't eat any vegetables unless it had spring onion in it or something.
Bruh, literally every course on that plate was a vegetable.

If I sliced up a Zucchini and fried it into fritters, it is still a vegetable.

If I sliced up an apple and caramelize them, they are still fruit.

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DD_Divine
10/08/23 6:08:05 PM
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I just think theyre neat

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PaintGimmick
10/08/23 6:08:51 PM
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PO-TAY-TOES!

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 6:12:16 PM
#42:


StealThisSheen posted...
Yes, but "Starch" and "Cereal" do not define whether something is a "Vegetable" or not. It does not work that way.

The USDA classifies Corn as a "Vegetable," even though it is more starchy than potatoes.

You sure about that? Looks like grains to me:
https://www.foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov/Content/TablesFBG/USDA_FBG_Section4_Grains.pdf

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 6:13:45 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
You sure about that? Looks like grains to me:
https://www.foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov/Content/TablesFBG/USDA_FBG_Section4_Grains.pdf

Spoilers: It's a vegetable, grain, and fruit, because of how classifications work. Glad you're finally learning.

Foods often fall under more than one classification.

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hereforemnant
10/08/23 6:13:59 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
1. they aren't vegetables
otherwise, yeah they are pretty good. very versatile. However, they are almost always cooked in unhealthy ways -- in oil, or with loads of cream, butter, etc.

i made some homefries last night and they were great. salt, vinegar, ketchup on top. it's crazy how many potatoes you can eat when they are in fries or chips form.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/3/AAYJ5oAAE6ed.jpg
They're root tuber vegetables what lmao

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Tyranthraxus
10/08/23 6:15:36 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Spoilers: It's a vegetable, grain, and fruit, because of how classifications work. Glad you're finally learning.

You're still trying to use botanical classifications. Amazing.

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Turbam
10/08/23 6:16:45 PM
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Potatoes are a berry

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 6:17:15 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
You're still trying to use botanical classifications. Amazing.

No. I'm literally, quite literally, using USDA classification.

Corn falls under all three.

This shouldn't be news to somebody who claims to know about food group classification.

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Torgo
10/08/23 6:17:54 PM
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I don't eat potatoes at all.

Also onions and peppers are the best vegetables because they make every dish better.

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hereforemnant
10/08/23 6:18:08 PM
#49:


Turbam posted...
Potatoes are a berry
I need you to shut up & not make this worse lmao
Also @Torgo If you don't eat sweet potatoes or yams I swear to Allah

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StealThisSheen
10/08/23 6:19:04 PM
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Actually, let me amend that. The USDA may actually not classify it as a fruit, I may be wrong on that. But they do classify Corn as both a vegetable and a grain:

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-corn-a-grain-or-a-vegetable

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