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American School Kids Trash Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
Sunday Mirror ^ | 29/01/2012 | Graeme Culliford and Nick Owens

Posted on 01/29/2012 8:25:36 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway
From the LAUSD Report Card on West Adams, the demographic breakdown of the student body:

African-American 11%
Asian 1%
White 1%
Latino 87%

Well, I don't doubt that provided an education for Jamie.

22 posted on 01/29/2012 11:15:49 PM PST by TheMole
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To: miss marmelstein

“This is a man who cooked in the nude until he accidentally set himself on fire.”

Must be a typo.


23 posted on 01/29/2012 11:21:17 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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To: nickcarraway

I reject the premise that schools should be feeding kids, in the first place.


24 posted on 01/29/2012 11:46:29 PM PST by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: nickcarraway

Probably 99% of the kids get the lunch for free. If they had to pay the full cost of it, they’d eat it. Kids should pay for their own lunches (or their parents should) or bring their own. The whole argument that kids can’t learn on empty stomachs should bring shame to the parents and make them do anything to get food for their children. There is WIC, there are food kitchens, there are private charities. But no parent is motivated to care for their own children when they are used to letting the institutions pay.


25 posted on 01/29/2012 11:58:15 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Persevero

Apparently, so did the kids.


26 posted on 01/29/2012 11:58:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Many years ago I delivered milk to all the Putnam County Florida schools. The amount of food and milk they dumped every day was amazing.

You can have one kid in a full cafeteria say, in a loud voice, "this milk tastes funny" or "this fish tastes funny", and 2/3 of the kids will refuse to drink the milk or eat the fish.

27 posted on 01/30/2012 12:44:19 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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Many years ago I delivered milk to all the Putnam County Florida schools. The amount of food and milk they dumped every day was amazing.

You can have one kid in a full cafeteria say, in a loud voice, "this milk tastes funny" or "this fish tastes funny", and 2/3 of the kids will refuse to drink the milk or eat the fish.

28 posted on 01/30/2012 12:44:34 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Ronin

No. Same outcome where he tried it in England before coming here. But I guess when you’re playing with other people’s money, it’s only intentions that matter.


29 posted on 01/30/2012 1:02:57 AM PST by Nickname
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To: Jonty30

Just why is it the feds’ business to impose minimum standards on school kitchens?


30 posted on 01/30/2012 1:18:28 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: GladesGuru

True! Oliver’s original moniker was “The Naked Chef.” Now he gets insulted if you use it. He had to be taken off “to hospital” after dumping boiling pasta (or something) on his bare chest.


31 posted on 01/30/2012 4:34:15 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: nickcarraway
The problem with this "solution" is that it goes completely overboard. You will probably be unsuccessful if you radically change the kids' diet -- removing "staples" they will eat (hamburgers, pizza) with vegetable curries and Thai noodles. What you have to find is a way to make what kids will eat HEALTHIER.

For example, "cut" ground beef to make hamburgers with 1/3 ground turkey, and kids won't know the difference. Puree extra vegetables and mix into the tomato sauce with pizza, and again, who would notice?

Sweet potato fries, steak "fries" that are baked not fried, baked "fried" chicken. There are lots of ways to make the fare healthier without radically departing from what they want. You just have to use a little imagination.

32 posted on 01/30/2012 4:54:50 AM PST by cincinnati65 (We've been taken for a ride - by Wall Street and Washington DC - Welcome to Amerika!)
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To: Jonty30
The problem is that the school administrators are taking a top down approach.

The school administrators are leftists. Top down is the only approach they know. If you want them to do things any other way, you are going to have to force them.

33 posted on 01/30/2012 5:28:13 AM PST by magslinger (Who cares if they are"electable" if they are going to govern like Democrats? -noprogs)
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To: nickcarraway
A meeting of all those who are surprised at the news:


34 posted on 01/30/2012 5:55:32 AM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Viking2002

“Who wants chowder??”


35 posted on 01/30/2012 5:59:04 AM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: GeronL

I absolutely agree.

My position on the issue is that the feds should not be dictating standards, but until the DoE is closed, it is what it is.


36 posted on 01/30/2012 6:03:21 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: nickcarraway
I wouldn't eat this crap either. I remember when I was talking to a nutritionist while conducting research for a story some years ago. During the course of our talk the subject of kids and junk food came up. I was surprised when she said that kid's eating habits really were the same as they have always been. The difference is that the older generations were more physically active.
37 posted on 01/30/2012 6:26:02 AM PST by ohioman
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To: miss marmelstein

Huh? When did he cook in the nude? He had a show called The Naked Chef. He certainly wasn’t naked during the show. He just used basic, simple ingredients without a lot of fuss (hence the title “Naked”).


38 posted on 01/30/2012 7:00:40 AM PST by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: coop71

You’re absolutely wrong. Jamie Oliver worked at home in the nude hence the title “The Naked Chef.” It was a catchy title when he was first on the British “cookery” scene. After the burning incident, he dropped it and gets annoyed if he’s refered to in this way. He was also chased out of West Virginia while filming one of his politically correct food nazi stories. Let’s not even get into the whole “15” restaurant disaster.

I happen to think that anyone who cooks without clothes is a blithering idiot. Whether on tv or off!


39 posted on 01/30/2012 7:09:23 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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Wait...what am I wrong about?

There is one reference I could find about Jamie being naked. It had nothing to do with his show, and everything to do with him cooking nude for a significant other, one time... http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/673342-jamie-olivers-naked-nightmare/a>

Also: (from his Wikipedia page) "The Naked Chef (1998–1999) was Oliver's first series. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he was not entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner, "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef."

Sounds like we can agree to disagree on Jamie Oliver.

40 posted on 01/30/2012 7:24:09 AM PST by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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