Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”

Carolina Journal ^ | 2/14/12 | Sara Burrows

[Cowman]

I say we all go down to this Little Red Shhoolhouse and have a picnic with about a hundred of these

The Infamous Twinkie Lasagna

1 Box Twinkies
1 Package cream cheese
1 Pint Sour cream
1 Pint Ricotta cheese
1 Cup sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla
1/8 Teaspoon Orange Liqueur
1 Cadbury’s chocolate bar w/almonds

Slice twinkies lengthwise and arrange the slices in a single layer in a medium baking dish. (at least 2” deep) combine all ingredients but the chocolate in a mixing bowl and pour enough over the twinkies to cover them. Shave the chocolate and sprinkle between layers. Continue to build the layers until the dish is full. Freeze over night and let thaw for at least 2 hours before serving

[Cowman]

I say we all go down to this Little Red Schoolhouse and have a picnic with about a hundred of these

The Infamous Twinkie Lasagna

1 Box Twinkies
1 Package cream cheese
1 Pint Sour cream
1 Pint Ricotta cheese
1 Cup sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla
1/8 Teaspoon Orange Liqueur
1 Cadbury’s chocolate bar w/almonds

Slice twinkies lengthwise and arrange the slices in a single layer in a medium baking dish. (at least 2” deep) combine all ingredients but the chocolate in a mixing bowl and pour enough over the twinkies to cover them. Shave the chocolate and sprinkle between layers. Continue to build the layers until the dish is full. Freeze over night and let thaw for at least 2 hours before serving

[SamAdams76]

Turkey and cheese covers protein and fat. The banana covers carbohydrates, potassium, etc. The chips were likely Lays or some such thing which don’t contain trans fats, so that’s poly- and monounsaturated fats plus the potato, a starch. And the apple juice is probably sugary but at least provides some nutrients and more carbs. This is a typical, relatively healthy lunch for a child, IMO....

You are playing right into the hands of the school/lunch nazis by trying to justify the nutritional value of the lunch the child brought from home. It doesn't matter what the nutritional value of the child's lunch is and it should never even enter the argument. What the parents pack for their child's lunch is none of our damn business.

[dsrtsage]

“The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.”

this has got to be satire...right???

[proud American in Canada]

What if the child was deathly allergic to chicken or something else on their plate?

A lot of times, these products contain traces of peanuts.

This is really outrageous.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Our family has been school-free (tm) since 1999. None of our children will have attended schools of any kind. Unfortunately, our oldest wants to go to college, ruining an otherwise perfect record.

[Girlene]

More of the story....State Inspectors Searching Children’s Lunch Boxes: “This Isn’t China, Is It?”

........"The mother, who lives in Fayetteville, sent a statement to state Rep. G.L. Pridgen (R-Robeson) detailing her complaint. Pridgen says he was shocked to hear it. Pridgen has since learned this is a nationwide practice based on federal guidelines.

An assistant to Pridgen says the girl’s grandmother was also upset and asked, “This isn’t China, is it?”

The government inspector was from the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised program at the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program gives schools a grade based on standards that include USDA meal guidelines enforced by the N.C. Division of Early Childhood Development. "..........

[Buckeye McFrog]

if anyone else were the President I would assume this story had come from The Onion

[riri]

Well, they need payers to actually pay for the lunch program so all the “reduced” lunch kids can eat. $1.25? I doubt it. My kid’s school is $2 for the entrée and then all the extras are ala carte. So, they payers kids can end up paying $3-4 for lunch. The free riders, they get reduced lunch for .40 and breakfast for .20.

Sure looks like our experiment in self governance is over. We failed.

[par4]

Did the inspector wear gloves when handling each child's lunch? Were those gloves changed after each inspection to prevent any possible cross contamination should one of the lunches have bacteria, pet dander or peanut residue on it from home? If not, then this is a serious violation of safe food handling requirements and the instpector should be fined and retrained in proper food handling techniques.

Someone could have been seriously injured or killed. (/sarc)

[thesearethetimes...]

Ohhhhh my..... breathe, Tatt. Breathe, and think calm thoughts.

Now. Read over the article again, and the thread just to be certain.

Breathe.

I will choose what is healthy for myself, thank you very much. And when my children have children of their own, and I am taking care of them, I will choose just as I did when mine own were young.

No government or school employee has any business inspecting anyone’s homemade food.
Allow me to paraphrase a most excellent comment I read on another FoodNazi thread, (apologies that the original poster’s name escapes me) - “”Does the phrase, “My body - My choice” sound at all familiar Libs?””

Ours went through public school, but in the words of my youngest on graduation night, “Nick of time, Mom. Nick of time.”

Dear Lord, please, give us the strength to take our country back. Our children, and our very lives.
Tatt

[Stosh]

I’ll see your lasagna and raise you one deep-frier:

“Deep-Fried Twinkies”

From Good Morning America and Janet K. Keeler, St. Petersburg Times food editor

6 Twinkies
Popsicle sticks
4 cups vegetable oil
Flour for dusting
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 Tablespoon oil
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Chill or freeze Twinkies for several hours or overnight.

2. Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in deep fryer to about 375 degrees.

3. Mix together milk, vinegar and oil.

4. In another bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt.

5. Whisk wet ingredients into dry and continue mixing until smooth. Refrigerate while oil heats.

6. Push stick into Twinkie lengthwise, leaving about 2 inches to use as a handle, dust with flour and dip into the batter. Rotate Twinkie until batter covers entire cake.

7. Place carefully in hot oil. The Twinkie will float, so hold it under with a utensil to ensure even browning. It should turn golden in 3 to 4 minutes. Depending on the size of your deep fryer, you might be able to fry only one at a time, two at the most.

8. Remove Twinkie to paper towel and let drain. Remove stick and allow Twinkie to sit for about 5 minutes before serving.

[Nachum]

I went to bed one night in America. I woke up in the morning to find myself living in Nazi Germany.

Actually it seems to me like it is closer to the old soviet union. Complete with a state run mish-mosh of agencies that are run like the KGB. The DHS, Attack Watch, "Truth Team", Food police, EPA police, FDA police, Agenda 21 land use police, TSA police, and goon squads (ACORN) who take their orders from the "Won": Mmmmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama.

[metmom]

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[SpaceBar]

There was a news story some months back regarding the vile concoction that goes into chicken nuggets, complete with photos prior to breading and cooking. Picture creamy smooth pink self serve ice cream. Absolutely nausea inducing.

[silverleaf]

“If you can’t make it in the TSA, the regime will get you a gig with the Department of Agriculture, passing judgment on the nutritional value of schoolkids’ lunches”

And if you fail both of those, you can look forward to a job with HHS reviewing which healthcare procedures citizens are allowed to obtain.

You need a hip replacment? Sorry comrade, you are too old, smoked when you were a teenager, drank a glass of wine in the past 6 months and are 20 pounds overweight. DENIED! STAMP STAMP

[duckman]

It's a good thing the food police weren't around during the 50’s. Occasionally my Italian Mom would make me, peppers and scrambled eggs fried in canola oil for lunch. She would wrap the sandwich in wax paper and place it in a paper bag. By lunch time the lunch bag would be completely soiled with oil. The kids in class, after viewing the lunch bag would say ‘Hey DUCKKID, you got peppers and eggs today huh?’

[silverleaf]

after reading about pink slime, I can no longer even stomach the smell of a McDonalds hamburger.

Sadly.

[hoosierham]

You just might be shocked if youi ever saw how food,especially meat,and especially chicken is “processed”.Keep in mind much of the work is done by [probaly illegal Mexican immigrants and Muslims “refugees” because they work cheap compared to American citizens.

You do realize there are federal standards for the percentage of foreign materials in food,not the absolute prohibition of such materials.But if cooked at high enough heat and for sufficient time, even rat hair and insect parts are rendered “safe”

Bon appetit!

[thesearethetimes...]

momtothree posts - “”This is all about control (IMHO) than nutrition.””

Exactly. Raise the child to do what the non parental authority figure tells her, AND clearly, the mom is already subservient, since she is afraid to say anything!!

Got to say that we raised no sheep. We learned quite early on that the public schools were intent upon training children AWAY from their parents, and so set about the business of raising goats, extraordinarily polite goats, mind you, but hardheaded and determined to think for themselves, and DECIDE for themselves.

UNBELIEVABLE.

God help us.
Tatt