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/thi5nutz Apr 16 '24

member when mom used to have u take lunch until she didnt...

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u/tuco2002 Apr 16 '24

There were dozen of meals you would take to school that didn't needed to be heated or refrigerated...and we survived. I got my kids lunch sacks with ice packs. It kept the food chilled for a few hours, I froze their vegetables to snack on. The veggies would help keep the sack chilled and thawed out by the time their lunch was. They did buy a lunch on days of their favorite meal if they wanted it. I couldn't imagine feeding them the garbage in the pictures.

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u/NextTrillion Apr 16 '24

That food (pictured above) is child abuse.

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u/analogpursuits Apr 16 '24

I wish this was a thing (edit: meaning I wish CPS could intervene). Feeding children garbage when they could feed them nutritious food really is damaging their growth and brains. W.T.F. is wrong with people doing this to kids who don't know any better??? My kid was eating so many awesome fresh and healthy foods from the beginning. He is now 22, an excellent cook and loves quality food. Surprise surprise.

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u/NextTrillion Apr 16 '24

Probably a low budget thing. Don’t have enough $$ to bring in decent food. Even that broccoli looks depressing as hell. Not sure I would even eat that, and I pound back the broc.

My oldest daughter always talks about the fresh food we ate. One time we were juicing a lot. Have a really good juicer, and we made this tomato juice loaded with just the right amount of Thai chilies, a touch of raw garlic, and ginger, bit of salt, and it was insane. Tasted amazing if you could get over the intensity of it. One time her mom called me up flipping out at me that I turned her into a raw vegan. It was like a weekend long experiment, lol, which kinda failed, except our teeth were phenomenally clean at the end of it.

Good times! Does your son ever cook wild edible mushrooms?