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Igel

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4. There's a backstory to that.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 19, 2022, 08:36 PM

Jan 2022

Ketchup wasn't an approved food.

On food stamps, you don't get ketchup. Not something that could be paid for with food stamps. Ketchup and filet were in the same category, "not covered."

To enable food stamps to cover ketchup, it was classed a vegetable. Suddenly if you were poor, ketchup wasn't a luxury item. And you didn't grab extra ketchup from fast food places to provide the ketchup for your hot dogs, burgers, or whatever else you put ketchup on.

Given unreasonable regs, it was a kludge.

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school lunches [View all] ShepKat Jan 2022 OP

One of the greatest contributions by the Reagan Administration Turbineguy Jan 2022 #1

And thank God for Michelle Obama giving fresh healthy lunches jimfields33 Jan 2022 #3

There's a backstory to that. Igel Jan 2022 #4

IMO, we should provide breakfast & a hot lunch to every school kid in America. CrispyQ Jan 2022 #2