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The school lunches that shame America: photos reveal just how meager US students' meals [truncated]
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 18, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 02/18/2015 7:19:48 AM PST by C19fan

Mouthwatering photos of school lunches served around the world reveal even children in Ukraine, Estonia and Greece are treated to delectable meals each day. School children in America, meanwhile, aren't nearly so lucky. Whereas a kid in France might be treated to a juicy steak and a hunk of brie, the richest country in the world's youths are more likely to receive unidentified meat served alongside little more than a starch like white pasta, fries or a roll. The contrasts between America's school meals and those in far less fortunate economies are stark and suggest Michelle Obama's push for more healthful lunches nationwide may not be enough.

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TOPICS: Education; Food
KEYWORDS: education; lunch; michelle; school; schoollunch
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To: Gaffer

Ha ha—I hear ya!


21 posted on 02/18/2015 8:05:27 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: EinNYC

In the Obama World you must Train the Children to Expect less a lot Less


22 posted on 02/18/2015 8:09:32 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: C19fan

Geeze, even Cuba’s lunches look better.

In fact, just looking at the lunches from around the world has made me hungry!


23 posted on 02/18/2015 8:09:54 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: C19fan

Almost any lunch from home would be better than the stuff Mooch is pushing.

Personally I don’t think the schools other than maybe elementary school should even have cafeteria’s. Bring your own or have a sandwich vending machine and drink machine.


24 posted on 02/18/2015 8:12:09 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Michael.SF.

I don’t think Michelle has one natural hair in those eyebrows.


25 posted on 02/18/2015 8:13:09 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: C19fan

Our are worse that Cuba’s.

Mission Accomplished.


26 posted on 02/18/2015 8:14:00 AM PST by null and void (People who deny history are trying to recreate it.)
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To: C19fan
What did Mooschelle's children have for school lunch today?


27 posted on 02/18/2015 8:16:52 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: C19fan

Steak. Brie. Baked chicken breast. Shrimp. Salmon. Would the school lunches pre-Obama have compared well against foreign lunches? I highly doubt it.


28 posted on 02/18/2015 8:17:16 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Yo-Yo

When did it become the school’s job to serve food to the chillern? Was that a Lyndon Johnson deal?


29 posted on 02/18/2015 8:19:07 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Yo-Yo
What did Mooschelle's children have for school lunch today?

Considering what Sidwell Friends charges for tuition I would hope some of that money made it to the cafeteria.

30 posted on 02/18/2015 8:19:09 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Celtic Conservative

Getting the young ones used to prison food sets them up for what the rest of their life will be under a regime like this one.


31 posted on 02/18/2015 8:20:28 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Noumenon
OJ seems to be gettin' enough calories....


32 posted on 02/18/2015 8:23:52 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: C19fan

Why are most of those meals served in exactly the same style of Styrofoam plate? I think this is a setup.


33 posted on 02/18/2015 8:27:18 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: nascarnation
I have no problem with schools serving lunch to students. I have no problem (within reasonable limits) giving subsidies to low income families for school lunches.

What I do have a problem with is Mooschelle's hypocrisy in dictating what school lunches can and cannot serve vs. what her own children receive at a private school.

Remember the overblown controversy when schools had to provide two vegetables and the Reagan Administration tried to allow ketchup to count as a vegetable? The outcry in the MSM was hugh and series.

34 posted on 02/18/2015 8:28:01 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: The Great RJ
US school lunches remind me of Vladmir Voinovich's satiric novel Moscow 2042 where he wrote that true communism would be achieved when primary matter (food) equaled secondary matter (feces).

Indeed. And they bent the health care cost curve down by deporting anyone who got sick.

35 posted on 02/18/2015 8:35:38 AM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: Jack Hammer

Raw celery is good when the hollow part is filled with Cheeze Whiz!


36 posted on 02/18/2015 8:44:57 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Gaffer

I remember 43 years go when black kids would riot in school because the cafeteria did not serve Soul Food!

Today the black kids in schools riot because the cafeteria serves Soul Food!


37 posted on 02/18/2015 8:47:26 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: TexasGator
I am more than just a little suspicious of a lot of those photos ...

I agree.

A photo of a Big Mac used in a commercial makes the burger look really great too.

38 posted on 02/18/2015 8:51:11 AM PST by Eaker (You are really amazing Eaker. - Swordmaker 02/14/15)
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To: EinNYC

My grandson takes his lunch. One day I picked him up and he said he was starving. He said it was because he had to eat a school lunch that day.


39 posted on 02/18/2015 8:53:43 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: nascarnation

—no—it started after WW 2 to get rid of agricultural surpluses-—I know— —I was there—


40 posted on 02/18/2015 9:00:09 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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