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So, when you were a kid and in school, if your school taught the Four Basic Food Groups (Meat, Dairy, Veg, Grains, or something like that), into which group did eggs fall?

I was taught eggs went into the Meat category (which was basically Protein, and they sort-of handwaved beans). I have more than once run into people who were taught eggs were Dairy. For no reason I can figure. I once, in seventh grade, got into an argument with a girl who lived near my grandparents' house over this very subject: she did not respond well to my clearly correct argument that Dairy came from cows, so eggs weren't Dairy.

Nowadays, I point out that if it didn't start out with lactose, it's not dairy, but I did have a husband who shall remain unidentified once offer me Lactaid with eggs, as he was reverting back to his primary-school programming that eggs went into the dairy category.





Hey, he made me the eggs! I am not complaining!

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[lrodell.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was taught that eggs were in the Meat group; I don't know where that 'dairy' thing came from, except I half-recall a commercial about being sure to get your eggs and dairy, and maybe that got horribly chopped and mixed into that? I bet there's a Schoolhouse Rock episode that deals with it!^^

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Schoolhouse Rock and nutrition, does anyone remember Timer?

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

"While I'm waiting, can you make me a banana?" "Okay, you're a banana!"