2006-09-14 14:24:49 · 14 answers · asked by mommydancer 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
While potatoes are considered root vegetables, they are largely water and starch in makeup. When fried in oil, the qualities of vegetables as we usually think of them, such as juicy crunch, fiber and relatively low fat content are lost, and the result is a thin layer of starch soaked in oil and flavored primarily with salt. It's tasty, to be sure, but a bowl of chips is not a salad.
2006-09-14 15:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by Babs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always considered them a vegetable, and therefore one of the 4 basic food groups. Of course, my cholesterol is 12,540, and I've gained 150 pounds in the last 3 years.
2006-09-14 21:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are a vegetable, but are servfed as a ancks. All that oil they fry the potato slices in. Whew!
2006-09-14 21:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because once they're fried crispy in oil then there's nothing good in them anymore....anything healthy about a potato has been cooked out of it & all you're left with is a terribly unhealthy, oily & salty junk food.
2006-09-14 21:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by §uper ®ose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Potatos are not considered a vegetable, they're a starch.
2006-09-14 21:28:02 · answer #5 · answered by siamcatp 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think doofus is correct. They are a vegetable.
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2006-09-14 22:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
potato is a starch. Starch belongs in the carbohydrate category
2006-09-14 21:32:16 · answer #7 · answered by *Ginelle* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All chips are not healthy
2006-09-14 22:03:21 · answer #8 · answered by wildcat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i considered it as vegetables coz' they come from vegetables although they are manufactured products or processed food.
2006-09-14 21:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by lovely 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are deep fried and bad for you.
2006-09-14 21:27:46 · answer #10 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋