My aunt spent 20 minutes arguing that ketchup is a vegetable at Thanksgiving

Last Thursday my aunt brought up school lunch rules from the 80s and insisted ketchup counted as a serving of vegetables. My cousin fired back with the actual FDA guidelines from that era. It turned into a 20 minute shouting match over the turkey. Has anyone else had a family member die on a weird hill like this at dinner?

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elliot4510d ago

My buddy had a similar thing happen at his family Christmas where his uncle tried to argue that a hot dog is a sandwich because of how the bun folds. His dad got so mad he started looking up sandwich definitions on his phone for like 25 minutes.

danielhenderson10d ago

Man, I've been there. My best advice is to just let them have their weird hill and change the subject. You can't reason with someone who's already decided that a condiment is a vegetable. Next time your aunt brings it up, just nod and say "that's interesting, pass the gravy." It saves everyone 20 minutes and keeps the peace.