A really cool article by Associate Justice William W. Bedsworth of California's Fourth District Court of Appeal was on How Appealing this morning, dealing with how the USDA standards can allow batter-coated french fries to be considered a vegetable, while their non-battered cousins cannot be. An excerpt:



"But I’m confident the USDA didn’t come to this conclusion rashly. After all, they studied it for three years before handing down the 'Batter-Coating Rule.' 9 And, as their lawyers argued to Judge Schell, 'It is still considered "fresh" because it is not preserved. It retains its perishable quality.'



To which I say, as, apparently, did Judge Schell, 'Huh? Oh. Sure, sure. Whatever. That sounds fine to me. Now, can you please hand me some of those onion rings?'"