tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post113241599319999393..comments2024-02-13T17:18:33.498-05:00Comments on Better D.C. School Food: What's for Breakfast: Sugar Wrapped in PlasticEd Bruskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-28211506495602576602010-05-23T14:42:59.567-04:002010-05-23T14:42:59.567-04:00head lunch lady, you cant call what we see in the ...head lunch lady, you cant call what we see in the foto as 'the best meal' one can possibly provide - there's nothing remotely associated with decent food and for the morning staff in a kitchen, it's hardly difficult to assemble, i mean you don't even get your hands dirty (it's all prepacked and you just place plastic packages onto a tray)<br /><br />i find it very hard to satisfy my 8 and 9 year old every morning: sometimes they simply dont want to have their simple bread-and-butter-and-honey toast with warm milk, and when they come home, they complain that the piece of fruit and home-made portion-controlled banana cake muffin (or beetroot-hiding-in-chocolate muffin) that i pack into their bags for morning break at school is 'boring', and that last night's leftover meal which becomes their school lunch meal is not 'cool'.<br /><br />but, and i beg everyone's pardon on this one, they wear clothes for children their age, they are not overweight, and we constantly talk about why it is important to eat healthy food, and why it is sad to see children in a rural greek village that is a major source of fruit and vege production in our region looking overweight and eating sugar-and-fat-in-plastic (which shows that there is something wrong in or society too)Maria Verivakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440852486788630957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-1314401423811468582010-05-23T08:04:24.648-04:002010-05-23T08:04:24.648-04:00Head lunch lady, I'm sorry you take this perso...Head lunch lady, I'm sorry you take this personally but I understand. We really need to get beyond the circular firing squad where everyone blames everyone else for the quality of school food and no one takes responsibility. Parents have a right to know what children are being served at school, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Perhaps you would be willing to write a guest post for this blog explaining your point of view in more detail?Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-3625661572513549262010-05-23T00:46:31.749-04:002010-05-23T00:46:31.749-04:00You are so quick to criticize. I would like to se...You are so quick to criticize. I would like to see you feed your family breakfast and lunch, meet the calorie and nutrient requirements on the reimbursement dollars that we get. Make sure you include labor and utility costs! Do something productive besides criticize and ridicule the people that work hard every day to feed the kids the best meal they can with the funds provided.<br />Head Lunch Lady!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-50272508188335242962010-05-22T16:40:56.489-04:002010-05-22T16:40:56.489-04:00may i ask why this meal is called breakfast? what ...may i ask why this meal is called breakfast? what time is it served? <br />i can understand a lunch or dinner meal being served at school, but never breakfast - that's something one is supposed to eat before going to school, ie at home <br />here is my what my (greek) kids eat for breakfast on every school day: <br />http://organicallycooked.blogspot.com/2009/10/breakfast-at-makrinitsa.html<br />(i let them eat cornflakes and milk, their favorite breakfast meal, at weekends, as i have explained to them that cornflakes and cocopops are processed food rather than natural food)<br /><br />the teachers at school complain that kids come to school withot breakfast, and they notice sluggish behaviour<br /><br />sugar-in-plastic has become a way of life for many of my chidlren's classmates during the morning breakMaria Verivakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440852486788630957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-18994950779993799472010-05-22T12:43:56.868-04:002010-05-22T12:43:56.868-04:00Milk is always offered. But it's not counted a...Milk is always offered. But it's not counted as a protein or "meat" or "meat alternate." It's just counted as milk.Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-63893249283379950162010-05-22T12:19:01.829-04:002010-05-22T12:19:01.829-04:00I think the schools offer milk, even though it'...I think the schools offer milk, even though it's not on this tray, and that counts as the protein. Not saying that's right, but that's how it is.Kathleen McDadehttp://technoearthmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-60889518017949393292010-05-22T09:55:28.786-04:002010-05-22T09:55:28.786-04:00All sugar and carbs and no protein to help fuel a ...All sugar and carbs and no protein to help fuel a growing body. This is one of several reasons why my kids don't buy breakfast or lunch at their schools.<br /><br />I'm actually stunned that the ingredients list does not include high fructose corn syrup.Jennifer McDonaldhttp://www.thelocalist.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-87677074721717077952010-05-22T09:51:55.220-04:002010-05-22T09:51:55.220-04:00My compliant about school breakfast is there is no...My compliant about school breakfast is there is no proteins. Look at what you have pictured... carb,carb,carb, and the missing cereal-carb. Your body converts carbs to sugar! That's not counting all the sugar(natural and artifical)added in the ingredients. IN our state they removed all bacon and sausages from breakfast(and biscuits) because of sodium. Why can't they use turkey bacon or something else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com