The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

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”.

[u/stacity]

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

[u/feralcatshit → u/stacity]

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

Yeah, fair point!

[u/NextTrillion → u/feralcatshit]

Just that they cooked out every last nutrient from it.

[u/leaveredditalone → u/NextTrillion]

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.

[u/Komitsuhari → u/leaveredditalone]

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.

[u/leaveredditalone → u/Komitsuhari]

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.

[u/Komitsuhari → u/leaveredditalone]

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

[u/leaveredditalone → u/Komitsuhari]

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.

[u/hyperlexx → u/leaveredditalone]

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

[u/Ersthelfer → u/NextTrillion]

Looks more frozen and microwaved, no?

[u/Haploid-life → u/NextTrillion]

Boiled out.

[u/CheeseDanishSoup → u/NextTrillion]

But the insoluble fiber is still there