School Lunch - Can We Talk About Improving Nutrition for Kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that poor Americans have to eat fast food at home is all the more reason to make school meals healthier. And healthier doesn’t mean cabbage and organic puréed leeks. There are plenty of foods that are much healthier than burgers and hot dogs and fruit in syrup. Kids all around the world manage to eat decent food, I think Americans should be able to “endure” healthy food as well.

[Anonymous]

Hunger is the best appetizer. Schedule healthier lunches later in the school day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that poor Americans have to eat fast food at home is all the more reason to make school meals healthier. And healthier doesn’t mean cabbage and organic puréed leeks. There are plenty of foods that are much healthier than burgers and hot dogs and fruit in syrup. Kids all around the world manage to eat decent food, I think Americans should be able to “endure” healthy food as well.

Yep apparently PP thinks that healthy food means sophisticated and expensive. Healthy food can be simple, delicious and it doesn’t have to be organic. I think PP and others like her are getting defensive since they like eating crap so they feel like this is a personal assault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hunger is the best appetizer. Schedule healthier lunches later in the school day.

This too. Not sure how it would work though because of capacity issues. But my now third grader used to have lunch at 10:30 am. That’s not lunch. That’s a snack. Of course she wasn’t hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

I like sauerkraut but most people don't, if they weren't raised on it. Since DH doesn't like it, my kids don't like it either.

How many of your kid's friends would eat it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

Cabbage rolls are delicious. My kids love them. That being said healthy food isn’t just beets, cabbage, broccoli and organic leeks. PP has a very limited idea of what healthy is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

I like sauerkraut but most people don't, if they weren't raised on it. Since DH doesn't like it, my kids don't like it either.

How many of your kid's friends would eat it?

I don't think i ate cabbage aside from possibly coleslaw until high school. I still love sauerkraut.

My daughter's best friends aren't picky eaters and are used to eating a wide variety of ethnic foods so I'm sure they'd eat it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that poor Americans have to eat fast food at home is all the more reason to make school meals healthier. And healthier doesn’t mean cabbage and organic puréed leeks. There are plenty of foods that are much healthier than burgers and hot dogs and fruit in syrup. Kids all around the world manage to eat decent food, I think Americans should be able to “endure” healthy food as well.

Yep apparently PP thinks that healthy food means sophisticated and expensive. Healthy food can be simple, delicious and it doesn’t have to be organic. I think PP and others like her are getting defensive since they like eating crap so they feel like this is a personal assault.

processed means shelf stable and that's what makes unhealthy food cheaper than health food. A portion of fresh veggies may be cheap, but if you're losing a large portion to spoilage, it is no longer cheaper

[Anonymous]

Are non-poor people going to pick up free school food now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

Cabbage rolls are delicious. My kids love them. That being said healthy food isn’t just beets, cabbage, broccoli and organic leeks. PP has a very limited idea of what healthy is.

Do you have experience with the local school lunches? All this criticism when they're not bad, not unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

Cabbage rolls are delicious. My kids love them. That being said healthy food isn’t just beets, cabbage, broccoli and organic leeks. PP has a very limited idea of what healthy is.

Oh Lord I would give anything for Romanian cabbage rolls right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue here is it doesn't matter what you think. School lunches are based on what most kids eat, not what the kids of over achieving DCUM members eat.

I grew up in a poor home, we had fast food every night except when there was no food.

I loved school lunch. Still do. It was the one meal we could count on. I loved the cut up veggies and the chocolate milk and the frosted flakes.

Maybe your kids grew up with pureed organic leeks but most kids don't. And won't eat beets or cabbage in any form.

The fact that you think it’s ok to feed kids this stuff is insane. No one said to give kids puréed organic leeks. You realize that it isn’t either/or right?

DP. That PP was right. Kids won't eat cabbage, no matter how long its shelf life is.

The meals from FCPS vary from good to a bit strange (whole wheat cinnamon rolls?). But not bad. I wonder who is complaining.

Speak for yourself. My child loves cabbage. She'll eat a whole jar of rotkraut.

I like sauerkraut but most people don't, if they weren't raised on it. Since DH doesn't like it, my kids don't like it either.

How many of your kid's friends would eat it?

Yes most people don’t eat it. But we are not talking about serving sauerkraut. We are talking about feeding children healthier food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are non-poor people going to pick up free school food now?

I was thinking about it, but I'm not sure after someone commented that they ran out in some places. We're in an area with a lot of low-income families. I'd feel terrible if I took food and then there wasn't enough for someone who lost their job.