Posted on 11/18/2014 11:38:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
I missed that first time I read your post….I'm trying to think of a reason the gubmint might do that….food shortages ahead?
I recently left a job in a public high school. NONE of the teachers ate in the cafeteria. It was disgusting.
I don't want to highjack the thread with a discussion of "free" lunches, but for many of my students, school meals were the only reliable source of nutrition they might get that didn't come from a wrapper (chips, candy, etc). It always hurt me that their only meal of the day was so poor.
Fridays were the worst, because they served "Manager's Special" which was poorly disguised leftovers of whatever wasn't eaten during the week. From Friday to Monday is a long time for a child who may not get anything decent to eat in between.
Back in the day, we had lunch ladies who actually cooked. We had good food, and we could always get seconds for veggies. In the mornings, they would actually snap the beans we'd have for lunch. They'd make our rolls from scratch... no seconds on those, though, we'd have eaten them out of whatever budget they had... they were delicious, a treat!
Now, school lunch is "heat and serve." I'm sure it's driven by budget constraints and strict nutritional boundaries, but didn't our lunch ladies back in the day have the same constraints?
Yeah, I remember those big ladies in grade school. Boot camp was the same way. We were told to get all we wanted, but eat everything we got. That was no problem for me.
Our local high school students went on strike over having getting served Moochelle’s meals.
If the healthy food was also deliciously prepared, then there wouldn’t be as much of a problem. But when the food has all the taste and appeal of tree bark, grass clippings and calking compound, what do you expect? You wouldn’t eat that crap either!
They get scrambled as they run around trying to pick them up!
“They’d make our rolls from scratch... no seconds on those, though, we’d have eaten them out of whatever budget they had... they were delicious, a treat!”
You’re telling me! I’ve NEVER had yeast rolls since then that were that incredibly delicious! NEVER.
If they don’t eat it, it’s not healthy. Marxists are fools.
The ladies in that little country school did a wonderful job. I'm sure they weren't paid very much, but they were so kind to us.
Back then, there was a stigma attached to a free lunch card. My friend had one, and they were always so discreet in the way they dealt with him, sparing him as much embarrassment as they could. Now that I think about it, his portions always seemed a little bit bigger.
I like liver sautéed with onions, but the cub took the habit of her dad, who hated it. The only veggies I don’t care for are green beans-they are edible sautéed with crumbled bacon, onion, pepper and tarragon, but no other way. All other veggies are fine.
Yep.. they are giving the kids that play sports the same amount that kids that don’t play. And they don’t allow them to buy extra portions.
Some schools won’t even allow lunches brought from home.
I just read earlier today an article on the starvation diet study they did 70 years ago in MN, it was very interesting.
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