Posted on 04/16/2015 10:37:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Portsmouth Public Schools admits concern over the presentation of a student's lunch served Tuesday at James Hurst Elementary.
Dozens of people reached out to 10 On Your Side after a student's mother posted a picture of the meal on social media. It shows cooked corn on a lunch platter, alongside a fish filet with a bun placed on top.
According to the school district's lunch menu, which is posted online, the lunch choices served Tuesday were the following:
Spicy Cajun Fish w/Brown Rice
Cold Cut Turkey Sub (w/g)
Assorted Chef Salad (Croutons & Crackers)
Steamed Carrots & Side Salad
Fresh Orange or Canned Fruit
1% & Skim Milk
10 On Your Side contacted Portsmouth Public Schools about the controversy. They released the following statement from Food Service Coordinator Jim Gehlhoff:
We appreciate this parent's concern about the presentation of this school lunch. Poor lighting and food presentation make this lunch unappealing. Other lunch options on the day this photo was taken included a chef's salad and turkey sub sandwiches. The meal in this photo and other meals served by Portsmouth Public Schools meet nutritional and USDA requirements. The presentation of the meal pictured concerns us and we plan to address presentation of food items in a training session with all cafeteria managers. Our goal is to provide healthy food options that students will want to eat. We will take actions to ensure that presentation is addressed.
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Looks like a tasty piece of sewer bass and a side of bird droppings.
That looks worse than the WORST slop I ever ate during 20 years in the Navy. And I served on aircraft carriers!
LOL
Part of moochelle’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign. Eat this and you will have an explosive bowel movement.
I put better looking stuff than that in the garbage
April 16, 2015
MS/US
Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
Greek Salad
Cucumber, Blueberry, and Feta Salad
Gyro Bar w/ All The Fixings
Ground Lamb
Falafel
Roasted Zucchini, Tomato, and Corn
Jasmine Greek Rice
Kiwi Wedges
I would starve befor I would eat it. That’s just gross. And there are no excuses that would make it mor palatable.
My kid is a senior in high school.
Since we live close to the school he has started coming home for lunch. Usually nobody else is home. He would rather make himself a PB&J or throw an Easy Mac in the microwave than eat the school food.
I don’t personally know any Cajuns. That being said, I can only imagine they wouldn’t approve.
That stuff on the right looks WAY too much like rat poison.
No Cajun cook on Earth would claim that mess.
Check yesterday's menu. YUK!
ping
The fish looks like it was boiled, you have to eat it with a prison spork, & that’s corn, not carrots.
Note that in their reply the school said they were gonna work on food presentation. A sprig of parsley is not gonna improve this food tray.
We had “mystery meat” 40+ years ago in the lunchroom. I remember the huge cans of creamed corn,string beans, & spinach. Seeing those cans was a big turn-off.
Is there anyone here who had tasty, fresh, non-canned food in their lunchroom?
So, is it how the money is being spent that’s the problem? Such as spending less on lunch and more on technology? When I was a child in the early ‘70s, school lunch cost .35 in 3rd Grade and .55 in 5th grade. Meals ranged from spaghetti, meatballs and garlic bread; pizza with sausage or pepperoni; chicken a’la king (my favorite); hamburgers, hotdogs. But every meal was hot and delicious.
But I went to a small school where the elementary, jr high and high school were all on the same campus. I don't remember them serving breakfast either. Oddly enough, kids were expected to eat at home going to school.
The older kids could go to the snack bar or to the elementary cafeteria for lunch, and I almost always ate in the cafeteria. The vegetables may have been canned, but the rolls were made from scratch, the mashed potatoes actually were mashed potatoes and they simmered the sauce for the spaghetti for hours.
Good stuff..and my class had the last lunch, so the ladies were MORE than happy to give 'extras' instead of just throwing it away. :-)
That fish looks good, but I wouldn’t have it on the menu at a school. Most kids don’t like fish.
That is probably all too accurate. The parent has embarrassed the school so the student will be suspended for bringing a prohibited device to school and the parent called in and counseled about what would happen if there is any repeat performance by the student or the mother.
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