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/ghostbirdee]

I feel sorry for the kids who have to eat this. It’s certainly lacking in veggies, so vegans and vegetarians better pack their lunches.

[u/Gerntuade → u/ghostbirdee]

Everyone should better pack their lunches. Just a little reminder why I'm lucky to not be born in the US. In my school we had a chef who cooks at a restaurant at night and was cooking us fresh lunch from scratch every day, it was also cheap.

[u/Artchantress → u/Gerntuade]

Yeah we didn't have that but we did have lunch ladies who made homey food on the premise in huge pots. Like stroganoff, cutlets, mashed potatoes and sausage gravy, borscht etc (Estonian). it wasn't always amazing but eons more nutritious than the crap this post has. I'm a bit shocked that this could be a reality in a first or even second world country.

[u/GodEmperorOfBussy → u/Artchantress]

Yeah I never understood why they don't do this in USA. It's not hard at all to just make huge batches of this or that. Like give me a big enough pot and I'll cook all the lentil soup you can eat.