Posted on 07/03/2015 6:05:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Forget hamburgers and hot dogs—the U.S. Department of Agriculture is pushing people to grill up pineapple slices, peaches, nectarines and other fruit for their big July 4th feast.
“Throw some grilled pineapple on the grill & get ready to enjoy nature’s candy,” USDA’s “MyPlate” website tweeted out this week. […]
If you must grill meat, USDA is suggesting things like a “low-sodium & tasty recipe for grilled steak with Criolla sauce.”
But there’s not much information on how to make a good burger. When a search for the word “hamburger” is run on the MyPlate site, the first three items that show up are “Tips for Vegetarians,” “healthy eating for vegetarians,” and again, “Tips for Vegetarians.” …
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Nothing about Weygu beef?
I grill and barbeque all sorts of stuff.
Hamburgers and brats, for example.
USDA can pound sand.
We will be smoking a brisket and pork ribs under a confederate flag, the USDA is welcome to come by and have a plate.
ROFL Awesome!
We do both (burgers and fruit). Quite good actually.
I will be quietly mourning the Forth of July this year.
And until America is made great again.
The country is gorging now on sugar and they want people to increase that intake?
I would love to grill some fruits, except the government won’t allow me to do that.
At least you do that of your own volition, and long before the USDA thought of it.
Ribs! Enough to fill my Weber.
Grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream and raspberries!! Delicious!!!!
YEAH! PASS THAT BARBECUED ARUGULA!
The government wants you to grill fruit for the Fourth of July
Yeah, and I want the government to piss up a rope.
Hey, I’ve got a better idea, why don’t we grill some government butthole who thinks he knows what I should eat more than I do.
I tried to get Al F. from here in MN to come over and enjoy my grill and now I am considered a security risk!
Come on! The Resident said grilling fruit is preferred and I’d like to stick to locally sourced produce!
Ha! So true!
Grilled pineapple is best served with pork!
Same goes for peaches and apricots...
“We will be smoking a brisket and pork ribs,the USDA is welcome to come by and have a plate.”
That really is casting your pearls before swine.
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