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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And we work much longer hours than most European countries. And in most South American countries, household help is the norm for even middle class families. So they do rely less on convenience foods. Convenience foods are ubiquitous here because they are cheap and fast and our work/life balance is out of alignment.   [/quote]

As someone from Latin America I would just caution you against romanticizing a system based on extreme income inequality. There is a reason the tiny middle class can afford household help. It's not something you want to replicate here.[/quote]

This is a good point and many countries can afford these lunch ladies who cook fresh lunches because the wage rates are so depressed for service workers.  In other countries, it’s because people pay very high tax rates.  Either would require a major shift in American culture and policy.  It would also require major physical plant renovations in most schools which is unrealistic considering taxpayers won’t even pay for functioning a/c in public schools.  
If it’s still available, the Jamie Oliver show where he tried to reform school lunches in a West Virginia community was really interesting.  That was maybe 15 years ago.  He did something similar in Britain with some success but was not very successful here.  There are articles about it, but the cost was one major problem.  
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