The Devil which is school food

[estrickland89]

I always liked eating lunch at school. Too bad for the other guys...

I think it's funny cause this was also posted on MyFitnessPal

[Kemal Rondal]

The lunch food at my school is delicious, but its DAMN well overpriced...

[gottibabe1]

yea forgot that you paid for lunch lol. graduated a while ago lol.

but yea if you have to pay then you still have a choise. buy school lunch or buy somewhere else. Many schools let you leave to buy lunch at a near buy spot. Others dont. But if you cant then you can bring your own or buy on your way to school.

gotti i live in queens

edit: and yes, it really is a good thing to cut food portions. damn many people in america are over weight.

Cool!

Might not be. If you are the average kid, think you need more proportions in 8th grade then 5 chicken nuggets, or in 12th grade, about 8-10 chicken nuggets.

Seriously, I come home hungry every day I come back lol.

And they dont let us get food from somewhere else.

Cutting portions that are already questionably small is not the answer. I used to get so hungry because I didn't eat enough food at school, and I would actually go home and practically binge on food as far as eating is concerned. Many people are like this, with eating, drinking, drugs, exercise, etc. It's a pattern. Smaller portions isn't the answer, efficiently making food that is healthy, and reasonable filling, is the answer.


Some children don't have the opportunity to bring lunch, necessarily, so don't expect that all kids have a choice.

And for the kids who do qualify for free lunch, there is a reason they need free lunch, so it's safe to presume in many cases that there may not be enough food at home, at least not sufficient enough to bring to school. These kids don't even have the choice to purchase second helpings or extra sides, or even a drink, like other kids with money and/or home brought lunches. I used to bring parts of a lunch and eat parts of the school lunch as well. For health reasons as well as trying to keep my appetite satisfied. I'm not overweight at all.

I think it's ok to make the portions smaller, but they need to allow kids to take as much fruits and veggies as they want. I think this is where the whole law passing might have stemmed from. If you're eating the small entree and filling yourself up with either salad or fruits then you shouldn't have a problem with being hungry.

But, the main problem is, most kids don't eat the fruit and veggies that come with their lunch. So it's kind of a lose/lose situation.

[acer5200]

But, the main problem is, most kids don't eat the fruit and veggies that come with their lunch. So it's kind of a lose/lose situation.

I don't know about other schools, but half the time the fruit and veggies that are served with the school lunch down here are usually bad or simply taste/look funny.

[gottibabe1]

I don't know about other schools, but half the time the fruit and veggies that are served with the school lunch down here are usually bad or simply taste/look funny.

Yea Veggies usually look pretty weird lol

Fruit is fruit so you can't really mess up fruit. My school used to hand out packets of apple slice.. THEY WERE SO DARN GOOD!

[Synful]

My school has a salad/fruit bar, all pretty much fresh fruit. Looking at this thread makes me thankful for my lunch at my highschool cause we get ALOT of chocies: Tacos, Pizza, Nachos, Chicken patties, Chicken nuggets. etc. and its all for only 2 bucks and the food is actually good, though sometimes you get hard tater tots but nothing a little BBQ sauce cant fix.

[Rodri]

i don't know if you saw the program in the USA but jamie oliver did a whole series on the school lunch program
it really all has to do with the local government and school board
as long as the tomato sauce on the pizza is considered a vegetable i think you'll have a problem
more info

I didn't know if I should laugh or weep when I read that the US Congress was debating whether pizza was a vegetable. Is it just me or is that insanity personified?

I saw the Jamie Olliver series on school lunches and that highlighted the basic apathy on the parts of governments, schools, parents and canteen staff on this subject.
Jamie also showed how tasty and nutritious food can be prepared for less cost than the processed gunk they were serving up and that the children would eat it quite happily.

I would go even further. I would like to see schools grow (organically) a large portion of the food they serve for themselves, with student participation at all levels including preparing the meals. We learn many things in school and many of the things we learn are not part of the curriculum. If you teach children poor eating habits when they are in school then is it any wonder they will continue to eat the same rubbish in later life?

[EDIT] Children who are involved in growing fruit and vegetables tend to lose the resistance they may have had to eating these foods because they are invested in the produce and proud of what they have achieved.[/EDIT]

[MrHyde]

School salad is suspicious.

I mean, Ive been in 2 different regions.

One was a rich city with the average earning of 150k dollars. School food was very good and some were famous brands.

Then there was Durham-Raleigh-Chapel Hill Region, where people made considerably less then that rich city. School food was sodexo based and not very good.

And gotti, Queens is a very rich part of NY. Let's not forget that.

PS. I can pack my lunch, just lazy lol.

PPS. Looked through the Jamie Oliver thing, very informative

[gottibabe1]

School salad is suspicious.

I mean, Ive been in 2 different regions.

One was a rich city with the average earning of 150k dollars. School food was very good and some were famous brands.

Then there was Durham-Raleigh-Chapel Hill Region, where people made considerably less then that rich city. School food was sodexo based and not very good.

And gotti, Queens is a very rich part of NY. Let's not forget that.

PS. I can pack my lunch, just lazy lol.

PPS. Looked through the Jamie Oliver thing, very informative

That's a joke right?

There is maybe a few neighborhoods that are considerably above average. Everything else is below average... Jackson heights? Jamaica? Corona? ... more than I can name...

I've lived in different parts of queens and they all serve pretty much the same food. The department of education doesn't give queens a higher budget in food than other borough's.

[DoubleM]

I am posting this on the evony forums as well as yahoo answers, as I want to know what a variety of people think.


Ok, US school cafeteria food is disgusting. I thought the food would get slightly better in high school, but boy I was wrong.

First of all, there's the diversity problem. When I was in elementary and middle school, I lived in an affluent city, Pleasanton, California. We were served known brand foods, as well as a variety of salads and such. So pretty good, right?

When I was in 7th grade, I moved to a bigger city in NC.

Needless to say, the food there was horrible. Maybe it's the bigger city or the fact the median salary is less. I don't know.

But thing was, I was served 5 chicken nuggets or one slice of pizza per lunch pretty much everyday (that ration was pretty much same for 5th-8th grade). The cheese was disgusting (like rubber tires), and some turkey thing they made once in a while seemed like it was partly rotten.

So how are growing teens supposed to get their nutrition?

In high school now, we are more underfed, and for the first time, I am packing my lunch more then buying.

At least I will have better choices and a bit more taste in my drink.

So community, what's your thoughts?

Any experiences yourself?

I live in North carolina. I never really ate school lunch. Too many foods I am allergic to. The food I did it was not the best. It wasn't the worst neither. The school I go to now has a snack line. The food in the snack is good. So I eat there and I get full.