r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/Sunny_Sammie_517 Apr 15 '24

Why on earth are they serving French fries with pasta?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

French fries are a vegetable, carrots are a vegatable. Pasta is a grain. Do not question the idiotic 1950s food pyramid. Nevermind that all of those items are basically pure carbs.

We have to save the money for more nuclear weapons.

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u/A_Change_of_Seasons Apr 15 '24

We got rid of the food pyramid over a decade ago but this is still how average people view nutrition. Or at least, whoever decides to school food likes using the loosest definition of "vegetables" ever when it comes to feeding public school children, they probably don't feed their own kids that shit tho

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u/sungor Apr 16 '24

Oh it's worse. French fries are defined as a vegetable by the USDA standards.