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minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoQuestion: are potatoes a vegetable. If so, do I get that badge if I eat French fries?
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoculinary terms are pretty arbitrary but when a dietician extolls eating vegetables they’re not talking about starches like potatoes and corn
minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoSo you’re saying that potatoes aren’t really a vegetable, so it’s a bit of a starch to count them as such in your diet?
Question: are potatoes a vegetable. If so, do I get that badge if I eat French fries?
culinary terms are pretty arbitrary but when a dietician extolls eating vegetables they’re not talking about starches like potatoes and corn
So you’re saying that potatoes aren’t really a vegetable, so it’s a bit of a starch to count them as such in your diet?
Yes. Approved by me.