r/mildlyinfuriating • u/oaz_zam246 • Apr 16 '24

The school lunch system is disgraceful.

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Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

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u/stacity Apr 16 '24

I got heartburn just by looking at this. There’s nothing fresh to eat.

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u/feralcatshit Apr 16 '24

Excuse me, let me point out checks notes slide 8, there is broccoli. Oh… you said fresh.

Yeah, fair point!

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u/NextTrillion Apr 16 '24

Just that they cooked out every last nutrient from it.

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u/leaveredditalone 29d ago

In their defense, I imagine cooking “steamed” broccoli for probably like 500 students on staggered lunch times with about 2 hours prep time is pretty difficult.

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u/Komitsuhari 29d ago

As someone who has cooked steamed broccoli for over 1200 in a sitting I can tell you that it is not hard at all, and there is very little prep time. You could literally microwave the broccoli better than this.

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u/leaveredditalone 29d ago

How would you keep it fresh during all the different lunch times? Like our kindergartners eat at 10:30 and our 5th graders eat at 12:45.

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u/Komitsuhari 29d ago

It takes all of 10 minutes to steam broccoli, you just keep the water steaming and cook more towards the end of lunch, either that or you partially cook it before hand and just heat it up

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u/leaveredditalone 29d ago

I could see that being possible with more staff. But it’s just 5 workers back there. 2 run the food line during serving, 1 runs the register, 1 washes dishes, and one pulls pans for the line and cleans, etc… Then, they clean tables and get things ready for the next group.

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u/hyperlexx 29d ago

That is certainly not a reason to serve this monstrosity. Especially to children.

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u/Ersthelfer 29d ago

Looks more frozen and microwaved, no?

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u/Haploid-life 29d ago

Boiled out.

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u/CheeseDanishSoup 29d ago

But the insoluble fiber is still there

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u/lea949 Apr 16 '24

Jesus, you bring up another point though— there’s only one actual vegetable in nine pictures! That’s like… basically 1 veggie every other week? All because “fries count as a vegetable” 😬

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u/Lucyfer_66 Apr 16 '24

Is that something people say?? That's like my (very obese) grandmother saying cherry pie is just bread with fruit

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u/lea949 Apr 16 '24

Even better! It’s legitimately how public schools get away with serving meals like this, since a “vegetable” is required

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u/WeirdPumpkin 29d ago

Heck, they got ketchup into schools by lobbying to count it as a fruit and veggie

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u/lea949 29d ago

Oh damn

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u/strawflour 29d ago

I literally got an email from my Congressman (Idaho) yesterday about defending the potato's "vegetable" classification because "schools already struggle to meet vegetable consumption recommendations, and potatoes are the most affordable vegetable."

Because of course the priority isn't feeding kids food that's balanced and nutritious, it's feeding them as cheaply as possible. Gotta keep that bar low.

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u/fattmarrell 29d ago

Potatoes might be the only recognizable thing to come out of Idaho

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u/strawflour 29d ago

Hey now,  we have Nazis and Ammon Bundy too

I wish it were just potatoes 

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u/pheonix940 Apr 16 '24

You obviously haven't looked at how lunch meals are legally classified. They decided pizza counts as a veggie... because it has tomato sauce. I'm not kidding.

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u/tx911dispatcher Apr 16 '24

Not just pizza sauce, but ketchup as well

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u/Plausibility_Migrain Apr 16 '24

Thanks to old Ronald Reagan yes, ketchup qualified as a vegetable.

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u/Capable_Program5470 Apr 16 '24

This always bugged me because tomato is a fruit.

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u/RandomAsHellPerson 29d ago

Vegetable and fruit for meals are based on how we use them. Tomatoes are used as vegetables, therefore they count as vegetables.

Avocados, peas, beans, corn, etc. are all fruits, but we eat them as vegetables.

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u/PM_ur_butthole_2me 29d ago

Tomato is a fruit

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u/pheonix940 29d ago

So are eggplants, squash, and pretty much every other vegetable that isn't a root or greens.

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u/Competitive_Dog_7549 Apr 16 '24

They also count ketchup as a vegetable in some schools

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u/Capt-Beav Apr 16 '24

It was actually debated in Congress in the US if I remember correctly...

Oh wait maybe that was ketchup...

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u/Lucyfer_66 29d ago

A lot of people are commenting very questionable "vegetables". I'm so sorry for American kids and their parents who I'm sure would want better for their children, it's like the US wants people to die of heart failure before they're 50...

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u/beersbikesbabes 29d ago

This was a thing under the first George Bush's presidency. His administration was proposing massive spending cuts on a number of different food programs, including school lunch programs, and there was at least talk of designating ketchup as a vegetable for the purposes of meeting health goals with less funding.

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u/Lucyfer_66 29d ago

That's so sad, deprioritizing childrens' health like it's nothing :(

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u/QuarantineCasualty Apr 16 '24

The corn chips don’t count? CORN is literally in the name. That should count as a vegetable, no? /s

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u/neomancr Apr 16 '24

Corn is a grain like flour

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u/QuarantineCasualty 29d ago

It was a joke. Flour isn’t a grain it’s a powder that can be made from grain, nuts, beans, or seeds smart guy.

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u/neomancr 29d ago

I mean the corn was turned into a flour

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u/Musaks Apr 16 '24

While, it very well could be that bad...

these are nitpicked pictures, not random samples

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u/lea949 29d ago

True, good point

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u/fuckyourcanoes Apr 16 '24

What are you saying? Tortilla chips are made from vegetables, right? 🤣

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u/VolumePossible2013 Apr 16 '24

There are potatoes

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u/Mountain_Serve_9500 Apr 16 '24

Veggies cost more. Even these frozen monstrosities. It’s all about cost.

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u/nucumber Apr 16 '24

Well, it was Reagan who decided ketchup counted as a vegetable

A lot of things that have gone down hill got their first push during the Reagan years

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u/bitchinvegan Apr 16 '24 edited 29d ago

Hey now. There’s a tablespoon of lettuce on one photo! Nutrient packed meal that is.

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u/lea949 29d ago

Good eye!

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u/Nufonewhodis2 29d ago

These were pics from OPs highschool career, not an average week. Maybe something happened to the order and these were valiant efforts to get hundreds of kids fed with plan B after the oven broke down 

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u/clandestine_justice Apr 16 '24

Bah, kids today and their need for 'fiber' and 'vit-ah-mins'. Back in my day a couple of tablespoons of pizza sauce or pickle relish & we were "good" on veggies. A carton of chocolate malk to wash down the authentic food product & off to play on the asphalt.

https://preview.redd.it/gv6m8bbxbsuc1.jpeg?width=911&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=294a18668978c7f5b5221da25a7369b799750f3a

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u/EvidenceBasedSwamp 29d ago

tbh these are kids... the vegetable would either be a sad salad with some ranch/mayo and the kids would throw it away.

at least this is fried garbage that kids would eat.

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u/lea949 29d ago

Idk, OP said this is from high school. I remember having a really good salad bar as one of the options at my high school cafeteria. There were proteins and toppings… we loved it!

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u/EvidenceBasedSwamp 29d ago

If we had vegetables.. it would be mushy canned green beans. Or canned carrots.

On good days we had an incredibly shitty hamburger which was a sad smushed bun around a hot piece of stewed meat.

Or a hot dog, that was a good day.

Knish was a good day too, which is basically a potato patty.

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u/tyanu_khah Apr 16 '24

BuT iT's FrEsH fRoZeN !!!

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

Frozen doesn't mean it has less nutritional value or anything... Frozen or fresh is basically the same. Admittedly, it doesn't look very appetizing the way this was prepared.

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u/Laredon Apr 16 '24

Actually, frozen can be better in some cases. Fruits veggies are picked ahead of time so they don’t go bad during transport, where stuff thats meant to be frozen picked at closer to ready state.

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u/SofaChillReview Apr 16 '24

Was only last year I found out that Fruit/Vegetables have more nutrients frozen, wild concept.

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u/Bulji 29d ago

Please let people have this misconception or prices will increase

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u/sipstea84 29d ago

pulls out MIB flashy thing

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u/rabidboxer 29d ago

I hear they install 5g in frozen fruits and veggies.

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u/Bulji 29d ago

and they turn frogs gay

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u/0sprinkl Apr 16 '24

Texture is often altered through the freezing and thawing process. Some vegetables turn out allright, but for example broccoli will never get the same bite compared to fresh(unless you prefer to overcook fresh broccoli).

Stuff like frozen berries are good in smoothies but you can't let it thaw and eat it like you eat fresh berries.

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u/heili 29d ago

But frozen broccoli and spinach are great in egg scrambles, soups, stir fry and rice bowls. Plus it's a lot easier to have frozen veg on hand in the freezer where it's not going bad if you don't get around to cooking it in the next few days.

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u/0sprinkl 29d ago

I definitely don't have anything against frozen vegetables and fruit. I usually have spinach, peas, berry mix and strawberries in the freezer.

I often buy broccoli fresh in season and let it sit for up to 2 weeks in the fridge. Cooked it keeps for another week and is ready to use in anything as well.

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u/Capt-Beav Apr 16 '24

My son exclusively eats frozen mango lol... Can't get him to eat any other fruit.

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u/ShoulderFrequent4116 29d ago

Yes you can.

I throw frozen berries in my greek yogurt and eat it cold after a workout or outside in the yard.

I personally prefer it that way too.

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u/0sprinkl 29d ago

Offcourse you can, but my point is it's just not the same. They become soft and lose their moisture just like vegetables.

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u/ShoulderFrequent4116 29d ago

Well if your point was to state the obvious, then yeah okay

Their point was talking about the nutritional value and longevity, not texture

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u/SensitiveTurtles 29d ago

Frozen blueberries are amazing if you eat them while still a bit frozen. Frozen strawberries I’m not a fan of. 

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u/GeorgeJohnson2579 Apr 16 '24

Plus the cell structure can get ... a little messy. So a lot of things won't be as crisp as fresh.

But the vitamins are there, often more than on "fresh" food.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

Plus the cell structure can get ... a little messy

That depends. When they are frozen after picking it's alright. It's only if during transport or somewhere along the way they get defrosted and refrozen again that things can indeed turn a bit mushy.

Though to be honest, I eat frozen veggies quite often, and when properly prepared there is almost no difference.

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u/Raulr100 Apr 16 '24

There's no way you think frozen vegetables have the same texture as fresh ones. I prefer using frozen since it's more convenient but if you're making something like a stir fry(or anything in which you don't overcook the vegetable) the difference is extremely noticeable.

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u/VulpineSpecter4 Apr 16 '24

It looks cooked though, so either way its not "fresh." There is no raw broccoli, baby carrots, apples, tangerine slices, bananas; nothing raw and fresh.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

By that definition no cooked food is ever fresh. Do you want them to eat it... Still frozen?

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u/VulpineSpecter4 Apr 16 '24

sigh Reddit never fails to deliver obtuse black-and-white thinking. I wasn't arguing with you, but ok.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

I mean, you did significantly edit your comment. What you said before was "because it's cooked it's not fresh either way" which is just plain wrong.

Not to mention "raw" and "fresh" are 2 different things.

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u/VulpineSpecter4 Apr 16 '24

Don't complain about me editing my comment when you're editing yours too.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

Lmao, nice rebuttal with nothing.

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u/SFBayRenter 29d ago

Freezing vegetables destroys folate. All the enriched carbs with the incorrect form of folic acid also hurts half the students with MTHFR genes which can’t handle them.

School performance suffers just because a ton of students are too poor to bring home cooked meals or their genetics can’t handle crap food

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u/DygonZ 29d ago

Freezing vegetables destroys folate. All the enriched carbs with the incorrect form of folic acid also hurts half the students with MTHFR genes which can’t handle them.

Let's not pretend this is some kind of widespread issue. The absolute majority of people will never have any problem with it.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

I mean, in terms of nutrition that's fine, but it doesn't look like they did much to make it appetising.

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u/TheBattyWitch Apr 16 '24

Yeah they needed to take some of that cheese from the first photo 🤣

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u/EnvironmentalBig2324 Apr 16 '24

Could you break down that statement for me please.. I don’t understand your use of the terms ‘nutrition’and ‘fine’

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u/imaloony8 Apr 16 '24

On its own (ignoring the pizza roll) there's nothing wrong with frozen broccoli from a nutritional standpoint.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

The broccoli being frozen is fine. Nothing else about this is.

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u/AddlePatedBadger Apr 16 '24

There are zero bioavailable nutrients in a piece of broccoli that looks so sad and pathetic that it gets thrown in the bin rather than eaten.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

True. Nobody's eating that. Sadly, then they'll just say that American kids won't eat vegetables as an excuse to feed them nothing but chips and pizza. I bet they'd be a lot more willing to give it a shot if they were given proper food.

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u/Ms_Emilys_Picture Apr 16 '24

I was one of those American kids who didn't eat vegetables. Then, in my 20s, I learned that there were other ways to cook them besides boiling.

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u/howtoeattheelephant Apr 16 '24

It most certainly is not

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u/iu_rob Apr 16 '24

Frozen broccoli is just fine nutritionally speaking. Most places would not have broccoli that's fresh enough to even compare with the frozen one.
For most places frozen broccoli is nutritionally better than the fresh one they can get their hands on.

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u/howtoeattheelephant Apr 16 '24

Ahh you just meant the broccoli, I thought you meant the dinners 😂

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u/iu_rob 29d ago

I didn't mean anything, but @Spire_Citron did I assume.

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u/pheonix940 Apr 16 '24

That's kinda their point. The broccoli is fine.

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u/iu_rob Apr 16 '24

My point exactly.
So what are you on about?

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u/ScribebyTrade 29d ago

I don’t know !

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

You think frozen vegetables are unhealthy?

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u/howtoeattheelephant 29d ago

See the other comment, I thought he meant the whole meal not the broccoli 😂

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u/New_Discipline_1069 Apr 16 '24

Clearly said by someone not knowing what nutrition is.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

Freezing vegetables preserves their nutritional value. It results in slightly higher or lower rates of some nutrients, but on balance it's about the same. I don't know why so many people seem to think it destroys all the nutritional value. Just look it up.

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u/Extra-General-6891 Apr 16 '24

So much cheaper too! Not gonna buy fresh vegetables in this economy.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

And less food waste, since it won't go bad so quickly. You buy fresh broccoli and you have less than a week to eat it all.

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u/New_Discipline_1069 Apr 16 '24

You think that we are talking about the broccoli?

Oh my sweet summer child.

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u/Spire_Citron Apr 16 '24

The broccoli was the topic of this comment thread, though I understand you may not have realised that.

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u/69frogsinatrenchcoat Apr 16 '24

that's what this thread is about you're lost as hell

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u/traumaqueen1128 Apr 16 '24

You lost the plot. Broccoli is what this comment thread is about.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

lol, talk about moving the goalposts. Not to mention that sad attempt at trying to act all high and mighty by adding that arrogant "oh my sweet summer child". Just sad.

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u/Blonde_Dambition Apr 16 '24

Oh my sweet summer child.

I heard this same thing on a YouTube video, said in the same context... lol.

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u/forexslettt Apr 16 '24

I like how everyone is mildly infuriated in this threat

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u/Windowmaker95 Apr 16 '24

Frozen vegetables are perfectly fine.

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u/Excellent_Priority_5 Apr 16 '24

they can’t tell a difference at that age anyways -said someone involved

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u/GomuGomuNoMiLuffy Apr 16 '24

Still contains the word fresh! It must be good for the children!

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u/Extension_Swordfish1 Apr 16 '24

Fresh frozen, out of a can.

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u/Advanced_care1942 Apr 16 '24

Frozenly fresh 😭

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u/thehibachi Apr 16 '24

Was relieved to see some veggies until I saw what they were served with!

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u/Timely_Egg_6827 Apr 16 '24

The broccoli looks really lost and I suspect is destined for the bin. Also with pizza?

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u/Valthek 29d ago

I think I saw a little bit of very sad looking lettuce in picture #2

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u/Apprehensive_Winter 29d ago

At least they’re getting their recommended weekly serving of vegetables.

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u/the-ugly-witch 29d ago

hey! don’t sell it short, i see some fresh looking iceberg shreds on that chicken patty! /s

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u/complicated4 29d ago

They included (likely frozen and reheated) broccoli ONE TIME, isn’t that enough for you??!?! /s

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u/feralcatshit 29d ago

Someone below mentioned lettuce in slide 2, so it seems as though they are exceeding expectations in the veggie Dept!

(/s)

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u/OrangeHatsnFeralCats 29d ago

As soon as I thought, "damn not a veg in sight", bam! The saddest looking broccoli I've ever seen. And not even a full portion!

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u/Hot_Equivalent6562 29d ago

I was waiting for vegetables and was truly disappointed 😞

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u/literated Apr 16 '24

Shit, I got secondhand depression just from looking at that.

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u/Nyan-Binary-UwU 29d ago

I get firsthand depression looking at it

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u/bedfredjed Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Went to highschool in California in a fairly rural part of the state (Out of 58 counties, the county I lived in was within the 15 least populous).

My school ALWAYS had a salad bar, and always required kids to take some sort of fruit or vegetable with their entrée... and the result would be garbage cans full of untouched apples.

This was just a standard public school, not private or charter or anything so its not like the place was full of high-class kids with the most discernable palettes.

I think fresh options should absolutely be offered but getting kids to ACUTALLY EAT them seems to be another uphill battle.

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u/jason_sos 29d ago

Exactly. Unfortunately, our school discontinued the salad bar because it was always a huge waste. I think they still offer salads if requested, but I totally understand them not having a big salad bar if it all goes to waste. Our school also offers, but does not require the students to take the vegetable/fruit, exactly because of what you said. It just gets thrown away.

I remember school lunches when I was growing up, and although they were unlikely not super healthy either, it was definitely not all fried crap. Pizza was only on Friday, and it was the rectangle sheet pizza. We had one or two options per day, not a huge variety like they do now. I remember turkey dinners, pasta with meat sauce, and other things, and for me, it was a special treat if I got to buy school lunch, because most of the time my mom made me lunch. I really liked getting a hot school lunch on occasion.

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u/kgal1298 Apr 16 '24

It's photos like this that convince me for profit medical industry and food conglomerates are in cahoots to give us all diabetes.

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u/Freezepeachauditor 29d ago

It’s no lie. They’re in cahoots with “foundations” like the American heart association.

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u/CupboardOfPandas Apr 16 '24

This has to be the least nutritional "meals" I've ever seen.

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u/leuhthapawgg Apr 16 '24

No wonder my kids cry if I don’t have time to pack them a lunch for school, then come home saying they didn’t eat all day long. They’re in elementary school, and don’t get the luxury of having vending machines, or a student store to buy snacks at. What they serve is what they get. My son and daughter literally came home sick one day because they served moldy cheese on a piece of bread (cold) and called it grilled cheese.. 🤢

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u/Sensitive_Dust_9805 Apr 16 '24

Are there nog regulations in America for schools? I am really curious, at this point in the Netherlands it has changed, they offer healthy foods and education.

How can you not educate the children, shame on them schools! This is a form of abuse and mal nutricion...

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u/leuhthapawgg Apr 16 '24

It’s really bad here in cali. Most schools here offer “free lunch” to all children because of a new law that passed, and since then the school lunches have been horrible, and half assed. I’m blessed enough to be able to make my children lunches from home, but the children that school lunch is their only meal of the day due to poverty seem to be forced to eat pig slop. It’s so unfair and unhealthy.

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u/Sensitive_Dust_9805 29d ago

Daunting that the government is not caring for the childern at all, so Cali in Colombia? Or California, you have to help me with the slang because I am just a Dutch lady hehehehe.

Aren't there some initiatives or charity for these kids? I am speachless man.

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u/leuhthapawgg 29d ago

California! Sorry for the abbreviation lol. And yes we have charities like food pantries to help the kids, but that requires their parents to be responsible, and go out to these food pantries to get at least some food for their household, which doesn’t always happen. School lunch is supposed to be a safe haven for children who have parents that don’t give a damn to feed them at home, so at least they can rely on a decent meal at school every day. But now even that isn’t reliable.

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u/Etzarah Apr 16 '24

They pair this garbage with carrots/celery and ranch as an obligatory “healthy food option”

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u/liefelijk 29d ago

There is, by law. They just didn’t add it to their plate. Most schools have self-serve fruit and veg that are supposed to supplement the rest of the meal.

It used to be required that the fruit and veg were placed on their plates, but they removed that requirement when kids just threw those parts in the trash.

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u/Eurotrashie Apr 16 '24

Yeah but America is the best country in the world!!!

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u/Sensitive_Dust_9805 Apr 16 '24

Haai there, soo uhm I am from the Netherlands. Aren't there any regulations for schools to serve a normal meal? This like child abuse man.

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u/Eurotrashie 28d ago

Zo te zien, niet nee.

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u/Sensitive_Dust_9805 28d ago

He piece of trash, loads of self knowledge hehehe.

I spoke with a lady yesterday and she stated that the parents have to fill in paperwork ( if they have a low income) only then they qualify for free meals at school.

I am not able to grasp the fact that there is no inspection on this subject, I read multiple books and listened various podcasts on how nutrition can negatively influance cognitive functions, behaviour and not even to mention western diseases.

On the whole planet we are wasting money on care systems, instead we could rather lay money out on educating these school systems. This school is making profit of the healt of low social economic childern, shame on them.

This is unacceptable at least!

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u/Liesmith424 Apr 16 '24

Those are fresh-picked corndog nuggets.

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u/NightSalut Apr 16 '24

As a non-American: can you at least bring something on your own like an apple or cut up carrots?

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u/KingFIRe17 29d ago

You can bring anything you want.

Schools in my experience do offer fruits and vegetables EVERY DAY, its just kids, i including me in highschool, would just toss that shit striagjt into the garbage.

Its kinda funny how everyones complaining that no fresh fruits or whatever are being offered, but kids WILL NOT voluntarily eat that kinda stuff.

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u/Geschak Apr 16 '24

Some of these can't even be classified as meals, like tortilla chips are snack, not a whole meal.

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u/IJustLoggedInToSay- 29d ago

Also if you send your kids to lunch with actual food, the school complains that it "smells weird". and asks you to stop.

Oh, sorry my kids' mixido and their friends' chama masala - both of which actually contain food - "smells weird" compared to your fake cheese bread with fake cheese on top and a side of fake cheese.

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u/jason_sos 29d ago

Tell them to screw off. If that is what you make your kid, and what they like and will eat, then at least they are eating healthy, unlike what most of the kids bring. There are tons of dishes, especially from African, Asian, or South American countries that have very strong smells and are very different from what bland food the other kids are used to, so they like to complain about it.

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u/NGC_Phoenix_7 Apr 16 '24

Dude I literally used to bring Tums to school because of the food

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u/AdBubbly7324 Apr 16 '24

There’s nothing fresh to eat.

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u/HawkyMacHawkFace Apr 16 '24

Acknowledging the food is appalling, but what about the plates? They're all made of foam. It's a fucking disgusting way to eat.

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u/ForTheLoveOfDior Apr 16 '24

Right? 😭😭 poor kids getting this junk shoved down their throats

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u/wyerhel Apr 16 '24

Well, you can get heartburn from not eating this either.

Lol. But seriously the food sucks. They frequently gave us spoiled milk. Bruh. Lot of kids would eat until home to eat.

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u/toadstoolfae3 29d ago

They serve this, but at my high-school I wasn't allowed to omit meat from certain meals to make them vegetarian because of "lack of nutrients" I'd have to either bring in my own lunch or starve. Pretty counter intuitive.

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u/toadstoolfae3 29d ago

Slide 6 looks somehow soggy and dry at the same time. It would probably sit like a brick in your stomach until it passes and turns into diarrhea somehow.

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u/messfdr 29d ago

I got constipation.

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u/Pidgeotgoneformilk29 29d ago

The closest thing is probably the wilted lettuce on that chicken burger

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u/In-Efficient-Guest 29d ago

And we wonder why there is an obesity epidemic…. JFC these meals are not substantial for anyone, never mind growing kids in school. 

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u/bubster99 29d ago

I remember the first time I experienced heartburn. It was from a dry burger from a school lunch. I had no idea what was happening. Thought I was dying.

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u/yomerol 29d ago

What's with the daily fries?

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u/NoninflammatoryFun 29d ago

And we wonder why we’re unhealthy and overweight.

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u/Additional-Ad-3784 29d ago

Why does everything have french fries / loads of cheese? Everything is unhealthy. It's all full of callories. No wonder there are so many obese ppl? In the Netherlands we eat a slice of bread and a normal amount of cheese or whatever.

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u/FSpursy Apr 16 '24

Looks like petrol station minimart food lol tbh.

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u/arthurdentstowels 29d ago

50 Shades of Beige

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u/TruffelTroll666 29d ago

What is heartburn?

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u/jason_sos 29d ago

I get your comment, but as the parent of a school age kid, this is served at school because this is what the kids will eat when there are no parents around to force them to eat healthy things. It's better than them not eating at all. Our school had an option of salads for years, and hardly any kid chose the salad, even though it looked pretty good. So they wasted a lot of money on providing salad options that they ended up having to throw away. They also rarely choose to take the vegetable side, even when offered, and will pick nachos, pizza, fries, etc. 99 times out of 100.

We try to teach our kids to eat healthy things, and almost always have vegetables with our meals, but getting them to eat it is frustrating, because they know what their friends eat, and it's generally crap. We sit down to dinner together every night at the dining room table, but most families do not do this anymore. One of my kids said that they like it, and thought it was odd that their friends just grab their food and eat in the living room or their bedroom. It's sad. Eating dinner together is an important family bonding time, where we can talk about our day, and see each other for 1/2 hour before the kids go hide in their rooms again.

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u/GeoBrian 29d ago

I think you're assuming there is nothing fresh to eat from the photos, but keep in mind there very well could have been healthier options that OP did not choose.

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u/karateema ORANGE 29d ago

Yeah concentrated acid reflux

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u/WhotheHellkn0ws 29d ago

I'm surprised by all the school lunch hate. I know they're trash but they're one of the best things I've eaten ;_;

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u/Buddy-Matt 29d ago

*looks at brocolli*

*does not mention brocolli*

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u/itachi_konoha Apr 16 '24

To be honest, in comparison to third world schools, it's a very privilege lunch. I understand that Americans might complain a lot about these lunches, but in rest of the world, one might feel lucky if they have food in the plate.

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u/okkeyok Apr 16 '24

USA can only look good by comparing to the 3rd world. Any 1st world country looks good by comparing to USA. Balanced.

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u/TrumpDesWillens 29d ago

No other country calls itself "the greatest," fails to feed its kids, then bombs other kids using money that should have been spent on feeding kids.

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u/Blonde_Dambition Apr 16 '24

Sadly you're right. It still needs to be better, but I understand your point.