Stupid "food" products? Highly unhealthy ones? Need your help, please.

[Cairycat]

59. I wanted to tell you guys how the jicama and yam sticks went over

Actually pretty well. About 1 in 4 kids took them. We also had some teachers and parents who wanted to try them. Only about half the kids who took the veggies took ranch dip for them, which is typical at my school when we have fresh veggies. There was only one student and one mom who said they'd tried jicama before. One sixth grader asked me if I liked it. The lunch lady has to be on her toes! The yam was actually sweet potato (those terms tend to be used interchangeably here in the Midwest), which I'd never had raw before.

Districts which get federal money for their lunch programs are going to be having to offer a lot more fruits and vegetables. There's a push to have more raw produce, and more vitamin-A rich veggies.

Sorry to have strayed off the stupid food theme. School food is becoming less stupid and crappy, while the kids bringing lunch from home bring a lot of individually-wrapped, heavily-advertised food analogs.