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BiologicalMe (
talk) 00:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks; I was actually just using StateSymbols's cited sources after verification.
Be careful, aggregators may pick up rumors. One source says something, another uses it and it might even sneak into a state published coloring book. I think that's the case for beignet.
This coloring book from the current Secretary of State doesn't include beignet, nor does
this brochure. That's why I like to get as close to official sources as I can. I don't want Wikipedia to be part of the rumor cycle (see
WP:CIRCULAR or
xkcd for why).
BiologicalMe (
talk) 19:54, 19 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Oh, oops! I guess I still have a lot to learn. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your help!
But why does a vegetable plant not count as a food? Is it because it refers to the whole plant, and the whole plant is not food?
We're all learning. I've been agonizing over these
edge cases. I added the section
Talk:List of U.S. state foods#What constitutes food? because even if the states are not uniform in their assignment of symbols, Wikipedia can try to be consistent. I put a bunch of them in notes at the end. Maybe a note on "state vegetable" to the effect that the same statute,
RS 49:170.11, also declared the Creole Tomato as state vegetable plant.
BiologicalMe (
talk) 21:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)reply