“It seems the department still considers the potato a second-class vegetable.”—
A spokesman for the National Potato Council, irked that — despite a failed USDA attempt to limit potato use in new school lunch guidelines — potatoes are still passed over in favor of greener, leafier vegetables. (via bencrair)
“Vegetable” is nothing but a social construct. Vegetables do not exist, really. Though I guess “class” doesn’t exist either, outside of our own big brains, so maybe that statement makes sense after all.
