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What is it you don't understand, or are you being deliberately obtuse?
I agree with someone who said upthread that for all that many conservatives, and more than a few liberals as well, want to restrict what adults can buy with foodstamps, in some cases very draconianly to dried beans, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, etc, they want the school lunch program to serve any old crap.
The RW has made a mockery of the term "personal responsibility".
Kids have to be taught what's good for them. What would you rather do? Serve them pizzas so they can get fat? They'll get used to fresh fruit and vitamins. My mother always made me eat my veggies and fresh fruit. Looking back now I am grateful for it, even though I hated it then.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
I've posted that I'm in school and I do lunch duty.
Yesterday it was fruit cups and oranges that got thrown out uneaten.
I'm all for healthy foods but the kids don't get to choose if they don't want it.
One or the other is put on their tray regardless.
I've posted that I'm in school and I do lunch duty.
Yesterday it was fruit cups and oranges that got thrown out uneaten.
I'm all for healthy foods but the kids don't get to choose if they don't want it.
One or the other is put on their tray regardless.
I don't know if it is true but my neighbor told me (before the news came out) that her son got in trouble for trying to bring his apple home. He was told if you don't want it throw it away.
Kids have to be taught what's good for them. What would you rather do? Serve them pizzas so they can get fat? They'll get used to fresh fruit and vitamins.
There's no teaching being done on the cafeteria line.
The food is put on the trays.
I spoke to some students yesterday and they have never had an orange.
12 year olds that have never had an orange.
I would have thrown out that fruit cup myself.
It's nothing like the fruit cups you see in the supermarket.
Kids have to be taught what's good for them. What would you rather do? Serve them pizzas so they can get fat? They'll get used to fresh fruit and vitamins.
Actually, a good pizza can be quite nutritious. I could swear I posted some nutrition facts from Pizza Hut on this thread, or some other thread recently. A homemade pizza, such as can be made in a school kitchen can be even better. You can watch the fat content by avoiding pepperoni, sausage and other fatty meats, using low or lower-fat cheeses (and limiting the amount). You can load it up with veggies.
I work at a facility that has a vegetarian cafeteria. They have pizza every day, with lots of veggies. I don't often get it, but it's good.
I don't know if it is true but my neighbor told me (before the news came out) that her son got in trouble for trying to bring his apple home. He was told if you don't want it throw it away.
It's more about letting food go outside the cafeteria than letting him bring it home.
About what?
Actually, a good pizza can be quite nutritious. I could swear I posted some nutrition facts from Pizza Hut on this thread, or some other thread recently. A homemade pizza, such as can be made in a school kitchen can be even better. You can watch the fat content by avoiding pepperoni, sausage and other fatty meats, using low or lower-fat cheeses (and limiting the amount). You can load it up with veggies.
Two pounds of beef are very nutritious, too. Pizza, especially the cheese on it is pretty bad. I love pizza but my 10 yo gets pizza only sporadically. At home. The school should give kids a nutritious and balanced diet. Spoiling kids with sweets, pizzas and burgers should be left to parents.
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Originally Posted by Katiana
I work at a facility that has a vegetarian cafeteria. They have pizza every day, with lots of veggies. I don't often get it, but it's good.
Just because a dish is vegetarian doesn't mean it's automatically healthy.... Try drinking a bottle of canola oil.
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