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LiberalFighter

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42. I see meat, green beans on the plate. What is the other item?

Reply to marmar (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 03:13 PM

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Expired milk, frozen sandwiches and undercooked burgers for school lunches anger parents [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP

Meanwhile, in France..... marmar Sep 2021 #1

The best school meals ever! burrowowl Sep 2021 #4

We took our lunches to school all 12 years jimfields33 Sep 2021 #14

Many students are unable to LanternWaste Sep 2021 #24

Brava!!!! jimfields33 Sep 2021 #32

I wonder if the poor students in your school felt that way dsc Sep 2021 #28

Nope. Not at all. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #33

Article on French lunches makes a good point - that spooky3 Sep 2021 #29

Damn! LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #34

I see meat, green beans on the plate. What is the other item? LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #42

Wow! Treefrog Sep 2021 #44

I remember the school cafeteria at my high school in the early 1960s. MineralMan Sep 2021 #2

Same here. They made what most of us ate at home. Same recipe, from scratch. Budi Sep 2021 #3

Yes. It was very similar to my own mother's cooking. MineralMan Sep 2021 #11

When did it change? 80's? Just curious. Budi Sep 2021 #15

1970's. School districts were under fire, so they cut the cafeteria d haele Sep 2021 #20

Institutionalization. For profiteers. Budi Sep 2021 #21

Yes, I think it started about then, and accelerated in the 90s. MineralMan Sep 2021 #23

Yup, school cafeteria pizza from my youth... dixiechiken1 Sep 2021 #6

Stromboli for me. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #35

In high school, we used to comment that the pizza Totally Tunsie Sep 2021 #43

Covid changed a lot of things. I know many schools were already doing this, but ours started doing GPV Sep 2021 #10

Oh, the outsourcing of school cafeteria food started long before COVID. MineralMan Sep 2021 #13

No, the explanation is someone isn't doing their job. How hard is it to maintain GPV Sep 2021 #16

No, it's just a race to the bottom. aocommunalpunch Sep 2021 #19

Yes. Same here. LisaM Sep 2021 #27

Same in my HS in the 80s obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #31

Meatloaf! Roast turkey! mainer Sep 2021 #36

At my school, the meatloaf had rolled oats, like regular MineralMan Sep 2021 #38

I may try the oats, thanks. mainer Sep 2021 #40

Add them to the meat mixture uncooked, if you try them. MineralMan Sep 2021 #41

Same Here, Early 70s ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #37

Contracted out to lowest bidder--substandard Slop in their Joes. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #5

I remember at my convent school we were served lunch by a very old, very french nun. pennylane100 Sep 2021 #7

ahh, the sweet smell of privatization onethatcares Sep 2021 #8

Don't get mad multigraincracker Sep 2021 #9

I remember when our kids were in school Turbineguy Sep 2021 #12

There's a Starbucks in my granddaughter's HS. She's 9th grade & thrilled. Budi Sep 2021 #17

Some would oppose that left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #26

Oh yeah, kids on caffeine. Ka-Dinh Oy Sep 2021 #39

That's borderline criminal. lpbk2713 Sep 2021 #18

We brown-bagged it (or lunch-boxed it) all thru... 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #22

I smell Republican influence. This is why voting counts. gulliver Sep 2021 #25

What School Lunch Looks Like Around The World keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #30