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'Unhealthy' corn dogs, chicken nuggets out, sushi in at L.A. schools
L.A. Times Blogs ^ | June 15, 2011 | Mary MacVean

Posted on 06/16/2011 2:56:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The L.A. school board's decision to stop serving flavored milks on campuses is just the beginning.

A menu overhaul is underway that will mean fewer meals that resemble fast food and more vegetarian offerings. Spinach tortellini in butternut squash sauce and California sushi rolls, along with many ethnic foods, are to be added.

Corn dogs, chicken nuggets and other breaded items are out, said Dennis Barrett, food services director.

Megan Bomba, a project coordinator with Occidental College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, agreed with the move, saying "the meal needs to be better, not [that] we need to keep chocolate milk" to attract students to the cafeteria, she said.

The menu proposed for fall sounds more appealing and sophisticated, she added.

The district banned sodas on campuses in 2004, starting a trend followed by the state as well as districts across the country. Later that year, the school board passed a motion to ban the sale of junk food during the school day...

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TOPICS: Food; Government; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: lausd; nannystate; nutrition; schoollunches
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To: sheana

How nice that the illegals and their offspring will now eat better than we do, on our dime... It wouldn’t be “fair” otherwise (gagging).


41 posted on 06/16/2011 4:02:43 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: Allegra

This will tell you everything you need to know about LAUSD.

http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/DistRpt.asp?cChoice=EthOnly&cYear=2003-04&cSelect=1964733—LOS%5EANGELES%5EUNIFIED%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E%5E&cTopic=Dropouts&cLevel=District


42 posted on 06/16/2011 4:03:25 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Unless spoiled or allergicTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “’UNHEALTGHY FOOD ’” food, only people who consume more calories than their body can use.

America has developed an irresponsible attitude that “things” are responsible for mortal woes, not personal habits.

During the Middle Ages witches possessed by spirits were blamed for ruined lives. Today we blame inanimate objects.

Whether it is food, alcohol, drugs or guns it is their physical existence, not their misuse or terrible decisions people make which imperils their life.

43 posted on 06/16/2011 4:05:42 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Conservatives get mad when lied to. Leftists get mad when you tell them the Truth!")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The kids should go through the food line and walk directly to the garbage can and chuck that mess. After about a week of seeing all that food thrown away, Maybe, Just Maybe someone would think about what the problem is.

If you don’t give me meat or fish at every meal, I get surly.


44 posted on 06/16/2011 4:09:35 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Junk food isn’t the problem. Junk education is.


45 posted on 06/16/2011 4:12:52 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: stylecouncilor

LOL we actually have California Rolls at my high school. I only bought it once.


46 posted on 06/16/2011 4:23:59 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: MetaThought
Sushi, per se, is not raw meat. You are thinking of "sashimi" which is just a style of serving uncooked fish. However, it has been chilled sufficiently to kill the most common parasites ~ they become, as it were, just more protein!

Sushi starts with cooked rice. This may be cut into blocks, or spread out on a sheet of prepared seaweed (doultz for you folks in Canada). "Things" are placed on the rice. It is then rolled up and cut into bite size pieces. Best served with wasabi and ginger ~ and may include soy sauce.

As a variation try Sriracha, the world's finest hot sauce ~ manufactured in the USA from real peppers ~ exported everywhere.

47 posted on 06/16/2011 4:30:19 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A colleague works at Occidental College. A few years back, I asked her about it — our son was 16, we were looking at colleges. “It is a wonderful place,” she gushed. “They are really big on diversity and feminism, LGTB (or whatever it is) is really strong, etc.” I do not remember her words, but I remember my reaction — RUN for the hills.

Occidental is a perfect place from whence to issue: tofu, squash tortellini (isn’t it white flour, essentially?), and other God-forsaken faux foods. Those poor poor kids. And no chocolate, a true gift from God.

Another great reason to homeschool.


48 posted on 06/16/2011 4:30:19 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: MetaThought

Oh, yeah, rice wine vinegar! That goes in there.


49 posted on 06/16/2011 4:31:33 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: MetaThought

Yeh, cafeterial sushi that’s been sitting in back for several hours, ought to do the kids right in. Plus, will they buy the expensive, high-quality raw fish? I suspect not.


50 posted on 06/16/2011 4:31:50 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

No, sir, you are not alone. I consider all that stuff bait, and that includes shrimp. I prefer that my food have had two or four legs in its previous life. I admit to having once tried ceviche in Panama. None since. I will eat yellow tail snapper if I catch it myself but that’s about it for seafood.


51 posted on 06/16/2011 4:33:05 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“The menu proposed for fall sounds more appealing and sophisticated,”

Oh, yeah, ‘cause kids are so into sophisticated foods!

I’ve heard that sushi can be tricky. It it’s not good and fresh, it is more prone than most foods to attract bacteria. I have no confirmation on that, just what I’ve heard.


52 posted on 06/16/2011 4:33:32 PM PDT by EDINVA ( CHANGE it back!)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

You funny round-eye devil! Ha, ha!


53 posted on 06/16/2011 4:34:05 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Popman

Your first mistake was stopping by at a McDonald’s.


54 posted on 06/16/2011 4:35:20 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why couldn’t they have had sushi when I was in school? First it was hot willing teachers, and now Sushi. Lazy Boy’s are surely next. I’ll really be jealous then.


55 posted on 06/16/2011 4:38:35 PM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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To: OldPossum
Your first mistake was stopping by at a McDonald’s.

For a quick meal on the go a couple of small burgers hit the spot without killing you on calories or the wallet

One thing about McDonalds you pretty much are going to get the same burger whether you are in any place USA so you don't worry about blowing your money on some crapola place you never been to.

I didn't say it was great food, but convenient and quick

56 posted on 06/16/2011 4:41:07 PM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: MamaDearest
SASHIMI, a way of serving raw fish, presents that risk. Most other seafood is blanched, or even steamed briefly ~ think of it as pasteurized.

You can freeze the fish and that kills the worms you mention.

Sushi is just a way of serving rice ~ the fancy way ~ use Kokuho Rose or Nishiki. This is a sticky rice so sticky you can make blocks of it that hold up under any sort of handling.

57 posted on 06/16/2011 4:41:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: FLAMING DEATH
Am I the only one here that won’t eat cut bait?

LOL.

No, I'm with you.

58 posted on 06/16/2011 4:44:18 PM PDT by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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To: bvw; The KG9 Kid; La Lydia

Nah, lots of inexpensive sushi is quite safe. The trick is that the sashimi is irradiated, killing all the potential biologicals. It’s no where near the quality you’ll get at a 4 star Japanese place, but I have developed a taste for it. I usually buy the seaside combo at the grocery store and pop it in my mouth on the drive home.


59 posted on 06/16/2011 4:44:40 PM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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To: RikaStrom

Sushi isn’t raw fish. That’s sashimi which is often served on sushi. California rolls are very much sushi, as would be cream cheese rolls or avocado rolls, but they aren’t sashimi. Since we’re quibbling.


60 posted on 06/16/2011 4:47:03 PM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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