• finitebanjodeleted by creator
      6·
      2 years ago

      I just wish it were nutritionally any good for us.

      Corn is:

      • Liquid Sugar Replacement (worse than sugar)
      • Starch (higher calorie, difficult to digest)
      • Cattle Feed (they also can’t digest it, leading to gut rott)
      • Fuel (can’t eat fuel)

      But I can down several bags of Frito Lays Cornchips. Honey BBQ Twists are the bomb. If they sold those in family or party size I’d probably have fatty liver disease.

      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        (worse than sugar)

        Eh, that’s not settled science. It’s terribly complex and we don’t really know.

        There’s some research that seems to suggest all sugars are really bad for you, even those from fruits.

        I’m any case, any added sugar is for sure bad for you.

        • Valmond
          1·
          2 years ago

          Added or not, sugar is bad for you. You can get liver disease by eating fruit.

          That said, processed sugar is worse because it is more easily taken up by the body and makes the insuline response worse.

          Also, processed food is bad for you on top of sugars.

      • SkunkWorkz
        5·
        2 years ago

        Yep basically no nutritional value besides providing glucose. It’s why people in South America whose diet has been mostly corn and corn based products are super short.

  • ryedaft@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Making vodka from potatoes (instead of grain) was so awesome that the woman who did it became the first female university professor in Sweden.

    Edit: no it wasn’t Martha Stewart you fucking idiot

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
      131·
      2 years ago

      the definition of vegetable is very vague. anything from a plant can be vegetable.

      i personally prefer using words like root, leaves, fruits and nuts, but strawberries put that to the test

        • kerrigan778
          131·
          2 years ago

          You’re also dumb and wrong from the very loose culinary definition btw, potatoes aren’t a grain, they fall under the “root VEGETABLE” category along with beets, carrots, onions etc…

            • kerrigan778
              14·
              2 years ago

              So you might be arguing with the wrong person if you want to pull culinary technicalities. When I open my copy of Escoffier Le Guide Culinaire to page 498 I find Potatoes listed in the vegetables section

              But wait, let me check my copy of Jaques Pepins Complete Techniques ah, okay, on page 323 he describes potatoes as “a versatile vegetable”. Maybe The Joy of Cooking? Ah, here, on page 245, under vegetables, and a root vegetable puree recipe featuring potatoes. Fascinating…

              I’m afraid I don’t have a copy of the CIA textbook currently though I’m fixing that soon, and my Japanese cooking technique textbooks don’t specifically categorize potatoes. Want me to get back to you when I can borrow a copy of Modernist Cuisine from my chef friend?

            • Alexstarfire
              8·
              2 years ago

              I am curious what your define it as, because you’ve ruled out vegetable and grain.

                • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
                  9·
                  2 years ago

                  “Starch” isn’t a plant categorization at all, stupid. In fact, pretty much any source you can find will tell you potatoes are classified as a vegetable, and while most veggies are lower in starch, a great many are considered starchy vegetables, Including peas. A vegetable having starch in it doesn’t make it a starch. That’s like calling Cabbage a fiber instead of a vegetable, because it has a bunch in it.

        • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
          7·
          2 years ago

          Tell that to the National Potato Council. Potatoes may take the place of grains in some dishes, but that doesn’t make them a grain. Radishes, beets, turnips, and other tubers may also be used as a starchy base for a dish, but I doubt you’d question the legitimacy of them as vegetables