Ketchup as a vegetable a bill that barred the USDA from changing its nutritional guidelines for school lunches. The proposed changes would have limited the amount of potatoes allowed in lunches, required more green vegetables, and declared a half-cup of tomato paste to count as a serving of vegetables, rather than the current standard of 2 tablespoons. The blocking of these proposed higher standards meant that the smaller amount of tomato paste in pizza could continue to be counted as a vegetable in school lunches. The move resulted in widespread mockery, with headlines saying Congress had declared pizza to be a vegetable. The blocking
Culture of the Philippines (roasted pig) are served on plates. Other popular dishes brought from Southeast Asian, and Spanish influences include afritada, asado, chorizo, empanadas, "mani" (roasted peanuts), "paksiw" (fish or pork, cooked in vinegar and water with some spices like garlic and pepper), "pan de sal" (bread of salt), pescado frito (fried or grilled fish), "sisig", "torta" (omelette), kare-kare (ox-tail stew), "kilawen", pinakbet (vegetable stew), pinapaitan, and "sinigang" (tamarind soup with a variety of pork, fish, or prawns). Some delicacies eaten by some Filipinos may seem unappetizing to the Western palate include "balut" (boiled egg with a fertilized duckling inside), longanisa (sweet sausage),