Are you F’ing Kidding me? Mac and Cheese as a vegetable?

Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Keith Scott in Blog

Last weekend I met my grandparents, mom, dad and cousin at a local diner for some dinner. I love diners, especially the older ones in the New Jersey area. You can always find good food and there is just something cool about the atmosphere of an old diner.

After looking over the menu, the waitress, who looked a lot like “Flo” from the TV show “Alice” came over to take our order. After my father ordered, she asked him which two vegetables he would like with his order. Like most people, he asked what his choices were.

“Baked Potato, Apple Sauce, French Fries, and Macaroni and Cheese” the waitress said. “Macaroni and Cheese!!??” I blurted out, much louder than I wanted. The waitress shot me a weird look and just said “yes.” French Fries were at least a potato, and apple sauce comes from a fruit, but mac and cheese?

My dad was thrilled. He ordered his meal and got his mac and cheese as his “veggie!”

I looked around the diner and saw plates of fries, mac and cheese, applesauce, but not one baked potato.

I started to wonder if other people just accepted that mac and cheese was a vegetable and thought they were getting their intake of a veggie. Could people really be that stupid?

Its no wonder that we are the fattest country on the planet.

Macaroni and Cheese as a vegetable? Are you f’ing kidding me?