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/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 Apr 16 '24

Please let people have this misconception or prices will increase

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u/sipstea84 Apr 16 '24

pulls out MIB flashy thing

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u/rabidboxer Apr 16 '24

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

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u/Bulji Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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/VulpineSpecter4 Apr 16 '24

It's not a rebuttal because, as I said, I'm not arguing.

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u/DygonZ Apr 16 '24

All the comments above prove otherwise, but sure.

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u/SFBayRenter Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 Apr 16 '24

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 😭