Posted on 05/02/2019 5:46:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Is white bread about to make a comeback on school lunch menus?
After complaints about taste and costs, the Trump administration rolled back a rule that required foods like pasta and bread be made with whole grains. The cafeteria directors who lobbied for the change say they just want greater flexibility to serve foods like white bread which are more processed and have less fiber when whole grains dont work.
In Vermont, the relaxed rule means white rice will be served with beans again. In Oregon, macaroni and cheese may return. And in South Dakota, students may notice a change with their soup.
The staff asked right away, Oh my God, can we go back to the other saltines? said Gay Anderson, a school lunch director and president of the School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria operators and suppliers like Dominos and Kellogg.
The rollback addresses rules on grains, milk and salt championed by former first lady Michelle Obama.
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I Like Brownberry Oat/Nut Bread for sandwhiches....it’s heavy like homemade use to be. Has a lot of body.
Otherwise I like Italian bread with meals if I eat bread at all.
For the kids who eat breakfast, there are lots of high fiber cereals that taste good. There are high fiber cookies, etc., too. You don’t have to do away with white bread. Just add in some fruit and high fiber goodies. Besides, white bread has 1 gram of fiber, while wheat bread has 2 grams. Big deal. If they won’t eat it, they get zero grams.
Just hand out a multivitamin with every lunch.
White bread with a side order of water for dipping please.
“Why not Rye?”
To Jewish! LOL! ;) (I’m a Jew!)
These Food Nazi people are BEYOND the pale!
Not “everyone”, but I get your drift. :-)
Ha!
“...but tan pasta just isnt right.”
In an effort to be more ‘health conscious,’ I TRIED wheat-pasta for one meal.
One, and DONE! Blech!
Pastrami is actually a Romanian dish.
Yes, I know. I’m a German Jew. My Great Grandpa and his brother did the trek across the Alps to get AWAY from Socialism.
I’ve been fighting the PLAGUE of Socialism in America ever since! ;)
Nutritionists are now saying that if you eat bread, it really doesnt matter much if its whole wheat or white. Both are fine, in moderation.
Cobblestone Million Dollar White Bread is very tasty. It makes great grilled sandwiches.
Are you British?
School lunch early 60s
2 slices of white
No mayo because it might go bad
A smear of yellow mustard on the bread
1 slice of bologna
1 slice of american cheese
Stick em together
Wrap with wax paper
Stick in a brown paper bag with 1 small apple, a napkin, and maybe a small box of raisens.
If it was just after Halloween... 1 ration of candy.
3 cents for your carton of milk.
Or pb&j
Or if mom made meatloaf for dinner the night before... a cold meatloaf sandwich!
And there you have it.
BTW dad got the same lunch too.
More iron in school lunches!
5-sec quick video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KSLK2XwxY
I wonder what prison that kid ended up in,
What about school choice?
The best thing in the world on toasted rye bread is a Reuben.
BRING BACK THE HONEY BUN
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