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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:48 PM

JI7 (40,475 posts)

114. i think they should ban fried potatoes for school lunches

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128 replies	Author	Time	Post
What School Lunches Look Like In 20 Countries Around The World [View all]	marmar	Apr 2012	OP
Lunches have actually gotten better here in Florida.	trumad	Apr 2012	#1
looks like US covered three food groups - fries, dogs and 'za!	NRaleighLiberal	Apr 2012	#2
Don't forget the fourth ...	zbdent	Apr 2012	#7
What's that little thing in the upper right section of that USA styrofoam container?	MADem	Apr 2012	#8
It looks like the kid's chewing gum.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#17
It's either that or Soylent Green.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#37
Don't you mean...	FedUp_Queer	Apr 2012	#91
Wasabi ... or mucus n/t	VWolf	Apr 2012	#52
A lettuce spill	Alcibiades	Apr 2012	#62
That's what I was thinking--that salad was on the menu but the consumer either said	MADem	Apr 2012	#92
Might have been something that had just fallen off the ceiling?	KansDem	Apr 2012	#83
what is 'za?	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2012	#75
Probably short for 'pizza'	kentauros	Apr 2012	#76
lol. thanks.	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2012	#87
pizza! (it's what we called it years ago when I was in grad school!)	NRaleighLiberal	Apr 2012	#96
Kinda says it all.	Hepburn	Apr 2012	#3
If that's beef and not horse on the French menu, I'd love to be a kid in France!	MADem	Apr 2012	#4
When I spent a year at a French high school in the 1960s they served beer and wine in the cafeteria	aint_no_life_nowhere	Apr 2012	#36
OMG, I'd need a nap if I had wine at lunch! nt	MADem	Apr 2012	#94
That's nothing	aint_no_life_nowhere	Apr 2012	#102
When I lived in Spain (as a kid) we always had wine on the table at meals.	MADem	Apr 2012	#106
That's true	aint_no_life_nowhere	Apr 2012	#111
I went to school in Paris in the mid 80s	JackintheGreen	Apr 2012	#85
what's wrong with horse? nt	awoke_in_2003	Apr 2012	#108
I can't eat My Friend Flicka. I don't characterize those who do negatively--just my choice. nt	MADem	Apr 2012	#109
I can understand...	awoke_in_2003	Apr 2012	#124
USA! USA! USA!	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#5
lol We're number 65 We're number 65!!	grantcart	Apr 2012	#73
US = STFU and eat your cholesterol happy fat meal! n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#6
I want to go to school in Japan	mactime	Apr 2012	#9
It depends on how well "healthy" would go over...	kentauros	Apr 2012	#19
I had no idea Jamie Oliver was involved in this...	MrMickeysMom	Apr 2012	#72
I read later after that aired	kentauros	Apr 2012	#78
I don't.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#128
I know at least recently Idaho had done much better than neighboring	brewens	Apr 2012	#10
When was the last time anyone saw a food pic...	-..__...	Apr 2012	#11
As a person who has worked on food shoots....	AlbertCat	Apr 2012	#20
oh come on	NJCher	Apr 2012	#98
That isn't representative of schools around here...	Frustratedlady	Apr 2012	#12
Very true. Like almost all issues in education: it's about the parents. But...	MatthewStLouis	Apr 2012	#16
This one's hilarious	frazzled	Apr 2012	#13
Freedom fries with catsup AND a mayonnaise based sauce, it looks like! nt	MADem	Apr 2012	#95
Sad but true...	MatthewStLouis	Apr 2012	#14
If you watched Jamie Oliver's series in a US school cafeteria	Doremus	Apr 2012	#104
Unless you live in Berkeley	frazzled	Apr 2012	#15
What's the per capita income of Berkley? nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#21
$30,477	frazzled	Apr 2012	#26
Perhaps per capita wasn't a good measurement. Median seems to be more representative.	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#30
Also easily searchable	frazzled	Apr 2012	#35
And that was 2007. It's likely even higher now due to steady gentrification.	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#39
It doesn't have to cost more	frazzled	Apr 2012	#55
Unfortunately, chicken nuggets are cheap and easy. Require less prep and less sanitizing.	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#56
I see you didn't watch the video	frazzled	Apr 2012	#69
Can't watch video on this computer. Will watch later tonight. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#70
This post was hidden by jury decision.	tech_smythe	Apr 2012	#86
And that is the bottom line	zeemike	Apr 2012	#33
Isn't that number skewed by the fact that it's a college town?	RZM	Apr 2012	#47
Good grief, is this a decent school lunch or not?	frazzled	Apr 2012	#49
I'm sure they have great school lunches in Berkeley	RZM	Apr 2012	#57
I'd say your user name is appropriate	gateley	Apr 2012	#120
inspiring... if we keep working at it	Tumbulu	Apr 2012	#22
Again, as one who has worked of food shoots...	AlbertCat	Apr 2012	#24
There are districts that serve high	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#32
Wow!	spinbaby	Apr 2012	#44
Chinese school lunches are amazing. More food than you can eat.	Suji to Seoul	Apr 2012	#18
Americans could learn from that.	AlbertCat	Apr 2012	#29
Ummm. . .not really.	Suji to Seoul	Apr 2012	#41
i have a great friend in Nanjing!	AlecBGreen	Apr 2012	#103
What a disgrace. (nt)	PotatoChip	Apr 2012	#23
I wish every community could have a program like this...	MsPithy	Apr 2012	#25
My kid lost weight when she started taking her lunch.	davsand	Apr 2012	#27
According to this report, taking a lunch isn't allowed	kentauros	Apr 2012	#34
In my day there was no danger of obesity based on the intake from the tray	TheKentuckian	Apr 2012	#53
Frankly, my high school's food was so revolting we ate vending machine food by choice.	davsand	Apr 2012	#59
Grade school lunches are skimpy too, where I live	bread_and_roses	Apr 2012	#113
Minneapolis Public School lunches are even worse.	qb	Apr 2012	#28
I always took my lunch to school in JH and HS	geardaddy	Apr 2012	#60
Suffice I to say, veggies are icky	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#31
There is real reform in certain pockets of the USA	Arugula Latte	Apr 2012	#40
happily	NJCher	Apr 2012	#101
make vegetables taste good?	Scout	Apr 2012	#63
Well you could make them taste good	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#68
I love steamed Brussels sprouts drizzled with butter and	closeupready	Apr 2012	#79
Carbs are cheap	4th law of robotics	Apr 2012	#89
Our meals could use some work no doubt	4th law of robotics	Apr 2012	#38
What specifically leads you to believe they went out of their way...	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#65
Look at how it's shot	4th law of robotics	Apr 2012	#82
I question how representative some of these meals are	XemaSab	Apr 2012	#42
School lunches have changed over the years.	xmas74	Apr 2012	#116
This was in the 90s	XemaSab	Apr 2012	#117
So was mine.	xmas74	Apr 2012	#118
not all US lunches look like that....	Chakaconcarne	Apr 2012	#43
Brazil looks a lot like what I remember our lunches.	liberal N proud	Apr 2012	#45
Lunch does not look like that here in this area of CA.	IndyJones	Apr 2012	#46
Honestly, they all look unappealing with Italy being the exception	cabot	Apr 2012	#48
Those Durn Europeans and their healthy socialist meals!!!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#50
Propaganda.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#51
+1	Johnny Rico	Apr 2012	#58
The USA photo looks precisely as did the HS lunches served in the mid-eighties.	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#66
I don't dispute that.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#71
Ah come on, you mean American kids don't get their food thrown at their tray from	4th law of robotics	Apr 2012	#84
Thank you.....it's a stupid joke with a lame punch line.	Joe the Revelator	Apr 2012	#107
The fact that it is messily presented doesn't negate the fact that it's high fat, empty calories	Arugula Latte	Apr 2012	#122
I'm not disputing that.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#123
Embarrasing and disgusting.	Dawson Leery	Apr 2012	#54
Eat all your lunch, now. Children are starving in America.	nolabear	Apr 2012	#61
What the heck is that in the US one?	chrisa	Apr 2012	#64
Looks like the French get hamburger steak for lunch (at least in the photo).	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#67
kick	Liberal_in_LA	Apr 2012	#74
Just reading about school lunches takes me back to my high school lunches	OKNancy	Apr 2012	#77
When I went to HS in San Diego in the fifties,	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Apr 2012	#80
Those Kenyan kids eating sliced avocado for lunch	closeupready	Apr 2012	#81
The food at my HS was mostly home made	tech_smythe	Apr 2012	#88
SO much white rice/white bread/white noodles. Kids need whole grains.	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#90
Singapore and Italy are the winners in my opinion.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#93
A little clarity on Singapore....	drmjg	Apr 2012	#121
Thank you for that bit of clarity.	MADem	Apr 2012	#125
That may be what one kid would choose ...	spedtr90	Apr 2012	#97
We've sold nothing but cheese pizza w/ tater tots	Nevernose	Apr 2012	#99
In the D/FW area school district that I attended, most of the food we had was okay...........	AverageJoe90	Apr 2012	#100
Like this isn't absurdly biased.....give me a break.	Joe the Revelator	Apr 2012	#105
Here's a sample Boston Public School elementary school menu--doesn't look bad, really.	MADem	Apr 2012	#112
Is that ALL we have in US schools?	treestar	Apr 2012	#110
i think they should ban fried potatoes for school lunches	JI7	Apr 2012	#114
Almost everybody's else's school meals look healthier than ours.	Beacool	Apr 2012	#115
This might sound like a crazy question but HOW much Time do these students in other countries	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#119
At my high school in NJ...	TheCruces	Apr 2012	#126
GREAT & HIGHLY INFORMATIVE! As is this: "What Cars Look Like in 7 Countries, Around The World!!!"	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#127

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