Does your 6 year old know what these are?

Are these potatoes or tomatoes*?

WOW! This is scary stuff. None of the first grader's asked on the hit TV show Food Revolution (Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution) knew that these were tomatoes but they all knew ketchup.**  Is ketchup food?

What types of children are we raising that eat only finger foods and high fructose corn syrup?

Here's something to chew on: a Spanish exchange student's impression of America - "they eat with their fingers and drink with straws."  And she was talking about the high school students.  Think about it!   Cheesburgers and french fries while sipping their frozen coffee concoctions.  Is a french fry a vegetable?

*Tomatoes from our garden. No fertilizer, bug spray or other nonsense.  Can't wait for this year's garden.

**Ingredients of (the King of Ketchup - oh yeah! You know the one I mean): TOMATO CONCENTRATE FROM RED RIPE TOMATOES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SALT, SPICE, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORINGS

p.s. Even a one year old can use a fork and they love it!