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Trump Must Go

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7. I don't know

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 07:53 PM

Dec 2018

I am a 71-year-old man who has always found processed foods taste better than foods that are "good for me." But I can understand wanting children to eat healthy meals in school. But once a person is over 18, the food police must go away.

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School lunch rules OK refined grains, low-fat chocolate milk [View all] Eugene Dec 2018 OP

By "refined" do they mean Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2018 #1

Yes, milled with the bran and the germ removed. Eugene Dec 2018 #2

Can we bring back Reagan's 'ketchup as a vegetable' again? keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #3

Hey, I love ketchup.... pangaia Dec 2018 #8

Except ketchup is a fruit juice. Snellius Dec 2018 #19

Full of Round Up, pesticides and chemical fertilizers along with those insulin exploding carbs Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #4

Well, half the grains still have to be whole grain. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #6

Interesting about kids being active. pangaia Dec 2018 #10

I guess so. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #13

That all sounds so familiar, even though I was a boy. (still am, actually) pangaia Dec 2018 #14

I can't walk because it's too dangerous. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #20

You may get stuck, the housing market is cooling off if you don't live in a hot area. Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #31

Yes, with rising interest rates, house buyers are a lot less, now. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #35

Even the whole grains have Round Up and other chemicals Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #24

Yeah, I can't do anything about the pesticides & chemicals. As for carbs... Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #25

I cut my carbs to no more than 50 a day and it made me feel like a new man Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #30

LOL! Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #33

Half still have to be whole grain. That seems reasonable. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #5

I don't know Trump Must Go Dec 2018 #7

Why do you think they taste better? Serious question. pangaia Dec 2018 #11

I do not know why white bread tastes better then whole wheat Trump Must Go Dec 2018 #15

Good points, I tagree,,, pangaia Dec 2018 #16

Not to me. I prefer the nutty taste of whole grain. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #21

Really? I prefer foods that are close to nature. My favorite foods are fruits... Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #22

School lunch certainly has changed The Genealogist Dec 2018 #9

I don;t even remember what was served in school.....umm.. ill bet fried fish on friday,, pangaia Dec 2018 #12

I remember tuna pea wiggle. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #17

Oh jesus you're right. pangaia Dec 2018 #18

Went to a PA elementary school where the Pennsylvania Dutch were cooking Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #26

Chicken corn chowder sounds WAY exotic for school lunch, to me The Genealogist Dec 2018 #28

Yeah, I overheard the lunch ladies arguing about it Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #32

Oooo... next time I make some corn chowder, I'll add some saffron. BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #34

Skim/low-fat milk are processed products. They are unhealthy. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #23

I love skim milk. Yes, it's processed. So is organic milk. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #27

Wow. You eat better than me. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #29