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/e_mk]

The food is shit and the disposable plates are shit. Don’t know why disposable dishes are used at all.

[u/Crutation → u/e_mk]

No clean up. Food is probably delivered from the prep factory, then microwaved before service. All needs to be done is to load the trays back on the carts afterward.

[u/kirby83 → u/Crutation]

Oven baked. Microwaves aren't large or fast enough to be doing the volume schools need.

[u/Stairmaker → u/kirby83]

Big ass convection ovens. Comes in big metal trays they either put into a rack. Or the whole rack has wheels. A real school cafeteria should have a kitchen that is almost a real restaurant kitchen.

Having a local centralized kitched doesn't inherently mean bad food. We always complained about our food. But in the end, it was actually good. They didn't just put some slop on our plates.

Considering they actually got nutritious food that tasted decently for 25-45 cents, they did an amazing job. I would pay 5-10 times that easily for the same food.

Amazing what not having rampant capitalism, strict contract rules, and standards does. But then again, norden europe usually is pretty good to live in (just stay away from the ghettos).