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Parents See Red Over Ketchup Limit at NY School District
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| Nov. 16, 2018
| Staff
Posted on 11/16/2018 9:31:11 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Some parents are seeing red over a ketchup crackdown at a New York school district.
Newsday reports that the Eastport-South Manor Central School District on Long Island is limiting students to two 9-gram packets of the condiment at lunch.
Assistant Superintendent Timothy Laube told families in a letter this week that ketchup and other condiments "have little or no nutritional value."
The district eliminated pump dispensers for condiments last year and switched to packets.
Parent Tim Petrou called the condiment cap "a little ridiculous." He said kids "should be allowed to have ketchup."
But school board member and parent Jeff Goldhammer said the restriction is not a big deal to his three kids. He said parents can send children to school with extra condiments if they want to.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: education; food; newyork; ny; publicschools
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To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
11/16/2018 10:17:16 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
To: yesthatjallen
Amazing what people get worked up about these days.
When I went to school, lunch was a ho-hum affair. Many of us brought our own lunches and didn't even eat the cafeteria food. Used to tote around a Partridge Family lunchbox with a peanut butter sandwich, a banana, a Twinkie and a thermos full of milk.
No Ketchup for me.
42
posted on
11/16/2018 10:21:27 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Obviously, dealing with this horrendous budget problem is necessary /sarc, and the other approach, cutting wages, would be just another attack on education. /snark
43
posted on
11/16/2018 10:28:34 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: yesthatjallen
Kerry/Heinz family effected most.
44
posted on
11/16/2018 10:31:34 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Blue House Sue
Maybe a lot of the kids found the food so bad they used ketchup to kill its flavor.
To: yesthatjallen
Check the ingredients on those Ketchup packets....
It ain't the same as what's in the Ketchup bottle.
46
posted on
11/16/2018 10:45:21 AM PST
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Buckeye McFrog
... and later,IIRC, Clinton declared salsa a vegetalble. Not to be outdone.
47
posted on
11/16/2018 10:52:28 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I Love Bull Markets!!!)
To: yesthatjallen
Packets? When will the “stomp on the packet and cover the person next to you, start? What were they thinking?
48
posted on
11/16/2018 10:59:07 AM PST
by
mistfree
(It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
To: G Larry
There is “no sugar added” ketchup available
To: Mears
I can take or leave ketchup myself.
One of my dad’s friends literally drowns his food on ketchup.
50
posted on
11/16/2018 11:30:43 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: wally_bert
My grandson would wear a camelback filled with ketsup to this school
51
posted on
11/16/2018 11:32:30 AM PST
by
bert
((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
To: PGR88
Food is huge to parents. It is the #1 question from parents on college tours. Is the food good?
52
posted on
11/16/2018 11:34:47 AM PST
by
cnsmom
To: yesthatjallen
I’m for it, if it cuts into john f’n kerrys profits.
53
posted on
11/16/2018 11:45:37 AM PST
by
Garvin
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: yesthatjallen
I’m for it, if it cuts into john f’n kerrys profits.
54
posted on
11/16/2018 11:45:44 AM PST
by
Garvin
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: yesthatjallen
No, he wanted it so they could get away with selling a Cheeseburger and claim it was a full nutritional meal....
To: yesthatjallen
Ketchup is a vegetable
Reagan told me so
56
posted on
11/16/2018 12:39:22 PM PST
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: libstripper
Maybe a lot of the kids found the food so bad they used ketchup to kill its flavor. Probably.
Or just to add some flavor.
They have cut out the salt and seem to be ignorant of other seasonings so the food is bland beyond belief.
57
posted on
11/16/2018 12:57:50 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
To: yesthatjallen
How is that democrat tyranny working out fork you NYers?
58
posted on
11/16/2018 4:17:05 PM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: yesthatjallen; Chode
First They came for the ketchup, but I didnt use ketchup so...
59
posted on
11/16/2018 5:49:26 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
To: mabarker1
bet there’s enough Tabasco sauce though
60
posted on
11/16/2018 9:01:32 PM PST
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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