tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post119383019003739450..comments2024-02-13T17:18:33.498-05:00Comments on Better D.C. School Food: What's for lunch: Meatball SandwichEd Bruskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-90086357907266237052010-06-09T22:02:35.857-04:002010-06-09T22:02:35.857-04:00Mrs. Q, you would need to check whether your schoo...Mrs. Q, you would need to check whether your school is on the "offer versus served" plan, where in the kids only have to take three of the (usually) five items offered to make a complete meal. But I suppose a school district could have its own rules requiring vegetables to be served, but the whole idea is to not serve foods that don't get eaten.Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-31528526571259319572010-06-09T20:04:01.142-04:002010-06-09T20:04:01.142-04:00I get the meatball sandwich too. It would be hard ...I get the meatball sandwich too. It would be hard for kiddos with fine motor issues to put the whole thing together. How do the kids get away with not taking the veggie? At my school it is mandatory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605202466534621868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-42569562183736898302010-06-09T18:39:18.663-04:002010-06-09T18:39:18.663-04:00This just looks messy.
The hotdog/hoggie bun would...This just looks messy.<br />The hotdog/hoggie bun would have been easier to handle. <br />I like that you pass your phone around for the kids to take the pictures. I bet they like that.Vikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442392215628922364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041351940135831902.post-38399684283027129842010-06-09T11:31:43.770-04:002010-06-09T11:31:43.770-04:00I think our school served those same commodity mea...I think our school served those same commodity meatballs as a 'hero' on Tuesday. The ingredients in ours with 10g of fat and 550mg of sodium in the meatballs alone (the bread had another 510mg!) were: beef, water, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, zine oxide, niacinamide, ferrous sulfate, copper gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, calcium pantothenate, thiamin mononitrate (B1) pyridoxine hydrochlorie (B6) riboflavin (B2), cyanocobalamin (B12), bread crumbs (enriched bleached wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) vegetable oil shortening (soybean), distilled vinegar, contains 2 percent or less of: dextrose, leavening (sodium bicarbonate), salt, yeast, yeast nutrients (ammonium chloride, calcium sulfate) and spice extractives), salt, sugar, dried onion and garlic, torula yeast, pepper.<br /><br />Ours definitely used the USDA commodity tomato sauce - corn syrup and a lot of salt - 800+mg in half a cup but they probably used less on the sandwich. See our meal at www.scsfood.blogspot.com.sljones718https://www.blogger.com/profile/08870592953652754490noreply@blogger.com