I googled her name and school lunch and found a mile long list of other schools complaining of the same things. Money lost, kids going hungry. Oh, and many schools now have to approve lunches sent from home so they meet the same strict guidelines as Michelle's program.
THIS PISSES ME OFF. It's not entirely Michelle's fault. She meant well, she had to have some goddamn cause as the first lady. But, this one is a bust. No one has any common sense anymore. No one said kids have to eat chicken nuggets and fries every day, but, they sure as fuck don't want broccoli Normandy and roasted squash with herb sauce either. How many times has your kid asked for rice pilaf or risotto? Yeah, I thought so. There is no way a healthy salad will satisfy an active kid. That should be an option, not a meal. They need protein, carbs and reasonable sugar. Her nutrition rules are so restrictive they've cut down sugar, protein and carbs and included so many veggies that kids throw the lunch away and go hungry. I am so sick of that shit. No kid should ever be hungry.
The average kid has no palette. It's just the way they are. Kids like three vegetables. They like, corn, green beans and potatoes. They like simple meat fixed simple ways. They like fruit, but, they aren't given time at lunch to peel it, so they toss it. These idiot kitchen directors try and impress adults with their choices following the Obama guidelines. Lissa's school served broccoli every single day for a year to meet the guidelines. What's the point? Kids hate it. I want children to eat lunch. It's not the school or Michelle's responsibility to watch my kid's diet. I just want them to eat and not go hungry. Missing lunch is awful and makes it hard to learn. Why doesn't anyone have any common sense anymore? Just feed them normal food. A hot dog or a burger, or a chicken drummie, a ladle of green beans, a scoop of potatoes fixed any way, peeled sliced fruit and a cookie for dessert. A carton of milk and you have an ordinary meal they'll eat. No one goes hungry when food seems normal. You can sneak in one new thing a day in, just to see if they try it and hopefully open up their little minds. Trying something new is good, having no choices you can actually eat when you're hungry is bad. This whole thing just pisses me the fuck off. Her program is a failure. Give it up.
Instead of being required to have most of the lunch be veggies, the use of frozen prepared food should be restricted. It's unappetizing glop and no one likes it. Piling broccoli and asparagus next to it does not improve it's likability. Michelle should ask why the most popular home brought lunch is those awful Lunchables? It's just crackers and cheese, but, they understand it. It's something they aren't afraid of. But, those aren't allowed in a lot of schools now. Let's just feed our kids, okay? It's not that hard. People have been doing it since the beginning of time. I know I've ranted before about this, but, it just makes me so mad. I hate it when kids are hungry. It's not right.
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The year No. 1 was in 3rd grade all she would eat for lunch was a PB&J sandwich, a cup of fruit, couple cookies and buy a carton of milk. Some days there was a small carton of yogurt. The only days she would buy the school lunch was on pizza day. She never wanted or would eat veggies, so no carrot or celery sticks. She survived just fine & all the bases were covered.
Yeah, this is the kid that today is a vegan...
if they would instead focus on removing HFCS from foods, that would be a good start....also getting recess re-instituted in schools so kids can run around for a bit.....and yes, try to have them eat healthy, but as you said, you can do that without giving them food they would never eat!!!
just like nanny bloomberg and his campaign to decrease pop size---dude, wage a war against HFCS!!!! it's in everything and it contributes to obesity (despite what the corn lobby claims).....
Of course this is Michelle's fault. There are tons of things she could have chosen for her First Lady Cause. Everybody loves kids, so she thought if she went with this, everything would be ok- especially because she is a mom herself. Problem is, she is not such a good example eating all that rich White House chef made food, and international menus as well when they take their million dollar vacations, courtesy of the tax payers like me. The reason this has failed is because nobody wants to be dictated to on what children eat - especially if they are not yours. She's a phony. I hope she chokes on her fried chicken. Oh yummy yum yum.
Michelle lives in a diff world. Most of us are somewhere between the Obama's and the Honey Boo Boo clan. The school dieticians need common sense. When I saw what they were offering I about puked. I wouldn't eat it either.
CJ, that lunch you described is a perfectly fine lunch. Now you can't even send peanut butter to school. Someone might breath peanut air and fucking die. Jesus.
that peanut shit is insane!!!! i mean i read where some place was considering cutting down certain trees due to someone might have an allergy....uh???
and why are there all these peanut allergies suddenly?? i never heard of it in the 70s when i was a kid....now it's like almost every other kid has it....WHY???
The only thing I had against her lunch was, she ate it every single day. But, it was a balanced meal so I knew she wasn't going to starve. She was served a well balanced home cooked meal every night so there were no problems with her diet, other than not liking veggies. Only ones she'd eat were beans, corn & taters. That's why it's so funny that she's a vegan now.
I don't understand all the peanut crap either. I'm really sorry if your kid has allergies, but I'm not changing my whole life style for someone else's kid.
Scientist don't have an answer for the increase in allergies, but, common sense tells me we've fucked up their immune systems with franken-food. You never heard of a gluten allergy or celiacs disease in the old days. That's because we ate real bread with wheat. Not franken-wheat. I don't know what the answer to all this is because the government won't stop companies like Monsanto. They're the ones responsible and our kids are paying.
I'm also puzzled by the so called kid's obesity epidemic. There are very few fat kids here in farm country. I've seen one chubby kid at Lis's school. One. And he has some other medical problem, he's in the special class. So, wtf? Also, the label 'obese' seems far fetched when you look at weight charts. It's like, really, that's fat? I don't think so.
I was a product of private schools, if boarding school you got what you got. If day school, no cafeteria, bring your own or starve. I saw what public schools got and I wouldn't eat it. I've never had a chicken mcnugget thingy or corn dog, etc in my life. That and fries was what I saw in cafeterias. Yuck. But the government in Washington should butt out. Local control.
To me, when kids - or anybody - won 't eat perfectly good food, it means they're spoiled. Most or many of those kids are probably overweight and spoiled and it's their own fault if they go hungry.
I know about your childhood, DD, but this isn't the same situation at all.
That said, MO should know that you can't just replace the familiar with something 'good for you' and expect it to be accepted. It doesn't work for adults OR kids and it wouldn't work on me.
I think the only hope to get kids eating better is to get them involved in the whole process. Kids shouldn't be raised in ignorance, as we do these days. Everyone should have some experience with gardening and making stuff they like to eat for themselves. From scratch. It's not hard. It should be part of their education.
I used to be a snob about education but I've broadened my thoughts to see that kids need to enjoy their whole day and also learn to look after themselves in a practical way and to know enough about nature that they can care about it and the way they fit into it.
I don't disagree with you , but I don't agree with feeding them any old shit just to shut them up.
And why can't hot dogs and chicken strips be made with decent ingredients? Eliminate the chemicals and just use flour-dipped chicken and home baked fries etc. There are endless ways to make tasty food that kids like.
Chemtrails, GMO's & Monsanto. It's all about population control and sterilization thru food. Which also gives us cancers. It's not an accident that the Monsanto headquarters dining room offers organic foods, not their own GMO shit. They are purposely poisoning us. This is a plan Monsanto has with the govt. they even have carte Blanche and have a law written which protects them, just them. The Monsanto law exists. Look it up. Our govt is not looking out for our health, in fact, its the toyal opposite. don't let mrs. Obama fool you.
Monsanto is all about making as much money as easily as possible. They don't care who they hurt, but they don't go out of their way to hurt us. They don't care one way or the other as long as they all keep getting rich.
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