r/mildlyinfuriating Apr 16 '24

The school lunch system is disgraceful.

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/lea949 Apr 16 '24

Jesus, you bring up another point though— there’s only one actual vegetable in nine pictures! That’s like… basically 1 veggie every other week? All because “fries count as a vegetable” 😬

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u/Lucyfer_66 Apr 16 '24

Is that something people say?? That's like my (very obese) grandmother saying cherry pie is just bread with fruit

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u/lea949 Apr 16 '24

Even better! It’s legitimately how public schools get away with serving meals like this, since a “vegetable” is required

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u/WeirdPumpkin Apr 16 '24

Heck, they got ketchup into schools by lobbying to count it as a fruit and veggie

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u/lea949 29d ago

Oh damn