When does a potato become Not a vegatable?

I consider French Fries, Chocolate Bars, and Mocha Lattes all vegetables. The Mocha Latte even has some dairy involved, so there are two food groups. And if I have a cookie with it, isn't there flour in that cookie? That's a grain products The perfect vegetarian diet? No wait, the cookie has eggs in it, and maybe it's a peanut butter cookie, so that includes meat and meat alternatives. So my coffee and my cookie include all four foodgroups! :)

No, I don't follow every new "Good For You" idea when I hear it. I wonder the same thing too, how can a vegetable just lose its identity by the way that it is cooked?? It is still a vegetable to me even though it is now french fries. I wonder what made them think this?

That's called being "politically correct" and trying to make french fries an "unhealthy" food cause its fried. Granted it is, but still.. doesn't mean the potato is bad! I get tired of them always destroying things like this. Good grief, is that all they have to do with their time is to critize a potatoe?

I would think when it becomes a tater tot..but I still let my kids eat fries and tell the little one he does like veggies as long as he will eat fries..I use what I have to. I follow alot of what I know is tried and true healthy, the new fads and temporary warnings I tend to take with a grain of salt (from the fries). For years they tried to tell me that the amount of coffee I drink was bad for me now they say it's going to keep me alive longer and I won't have a big risk of getting diabetes or alzheimers. I tend to not jump on band wagons of any kind.