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Thu Apr 26, 2012, 03:51 AM

126. At my high school in NJ...

The staples were pretty gross usually...but the salad bar and deli was pretty good. Yeah, we were able to get sub sandwiches with freshly sliced meats and cheeses. Just like ordering at a regular deli.

Breakfast was also basically bagels or taylor ham, egg and cheese on a hard roll. Perhaps not the healthiest, but my school knew how to do good NJ food. It was pretty cool being able to go through the line and order a sandwich just like you would at a sub shop.

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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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