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LAWoman72 wrote: »

Argh, can't seem to quote the above.

That is definitely no standard school lunch that I've ever seen. Just going over to my son's school lunch schedule, picking the first entry:

Monday, 4.6.15 (spring break is this coming week):

Crunchy breaded catfish or cheeseburger on a bun
Golden baked French fries
Diced pears, romaine lettuce
Green peas
Green beans
White, chocolate or strawberry milk

If you're ever worried that the youth of today are starving, just drive past your local school and take a look at the kids. I think it will put your fears to rest.

It depends on where you live. The kids in the districts where I taught were starving. The single biggest discipline issue was stealing food (and especially milk because it could be opened later) from the cafeteria. I once had a student get arrested at the local gas station because he asked them for the chicken strips they were about to throw out at the end of the day and they said no. For him (a gang member) asking for charity was a really big deal and he didn't react well when they said no.

Now, where I live now you're absolutely correct. There's a much much lower percentage of people who live in poverty. When I started out though I remember vividly seeing some politician on television saying that we don't have true poverty in America and that there aren't people living in squalor or children not being able to get enough to eat. The contrast between his comments and my experience at the time was striking.

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Kruggeri wrote: »

You know the comments from everyone about how great the kids food tasted when we were kids and how terrible it tastes now does make me think there's something to it when my kids insist they don't like the food I make for dinner, that it's too "spicy" which I think they just say because it has different flavors than the kid food. I always roll my eyes and think they are just being difficult but maybe the sweetness of the chef boyardee ravioli makes it a lot more palatable to them than my ravioli with homemade or even jarred marinara sauce.

There's something to this, I think.

It's funny to remember, but I HATED spicy food as a child. When we went to whatever Americanized Mexican place we went to, I'd order from the kid's menu--a burger, of course. I'm not sure when that changed, but by my teens I prided myself on being a somewhat adventurous eater and liked lots of spicy things (inherited from my parents, probably, as they love telling stories about how they went out to dinner with some Indian/Thai/Korean friend who said Americans would find something or other too spicy, but they loved it). My sister still doesn't care for spicy, though.

But isn't there something science-related behind being born with the ability to enjoy sweet flavors but having to grow into spicy and bitter?

Yup, I remember this from my Evolution of the Human Diet class at uni. Totally a thing. It's part of our defense mechanism as omnivores against poisoning ourselves, bitter is a natural aversion, but we can overcome it, ie learn to eat bitter/spicy foods - we try it, it doesn't make us sick, we continue to eat it. I still remember my professor telling us about this and using cats as an example of an animal, as obligate carnivores, who will not eat spicy. I told her about my spicy food-loving cat (srsly, Indian food, he wanted to clean the plate, and loved hot 'n spicy Pringles). I probably have some reading references for this if anyone wants to know more. It also ties into the reflex to throw up from bad food, and is why if you eat something that makes you sick, or even just stuff when you have a tummy bug that you then throw up, you set yourself up for rejecting that food in the future (gag reflex). I once put myself off apple juice for ages by drinking it when I had a tummy bug . This is how I know ice cream, chips, pizza, doughnuts etc are not bad food, our bodies would reject them if they were (oh I am so pulling that one out on the next 'bad foods' thread!!). I've probably explained all that terribly, still on my first coffee!

hollyrayburn wrote: »

Isn't it a sad thought, that a lunch at school may be he only meal a kid gets? My church does an amazing g thing they call backpack buddies. They pack bags with non perishable foods, hygiene products and whatnot to help the underprivileged children in the school district.

I wish we didnt have to have such problems. The thoughts of kids going hungry makes me want to cry so hard

There were programs like that in my district-- for elementary kids. Once the students age out into high school the types of programs like that drop to near zero in my area. Maybe it's better elsewhere.

It's been years since I've had a Cadberry Egg. Can someone tell me what they taste like and if there is a taste difference between the regular egg and the mini eggs? My husband says they're too sweet but I have yet to find a food too sweet for my tastes.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »

The kids in the districts where I taught were starving.

Yeah, that the school breakfasts and lunches are a major part of the nutritional needs for some huge percentage of the students is an issue at CPS, too.

hollyrayburn wrote: »

Hah, reason this is my favorite thread: it j chides cage fighting, egg fights, peep dresses, and childhood poverty and obesity. We have it ALL!!

It is, for sure, MFP at its finest.

we live in a poor rural area and kids get free breakfast and lunch. its not great, but could be worse. this is mondays choices in the elem. school my son goes to:

breakfast
Cinnamon Bun or Breakfast Pizza
Juice or Milk

lunch
Chicken Rings or Beanie Weenies or Uncrustable PBJ
Yeast Roll or Mashed Potatoes
Seasoned Greens
Tropical Fruit
milk

on the upside, since there are no eggs, all of these children will surely grow to be MMA fighters!

lemurcat12 wrote: »

And to stop being a downer, here's some advice on what to do with your hard boiled egg:

Heh, oops, don't know how to fix that. I guess it will remain a mystery to everyone else!

LAWoman72 wrote: »

hollyrayburn wrote: »

hollyrayburn wrote: »

Hah, reason this is my favorite thread: it j chides cage fighting, egg fights, peep dresses, and childhood poverty and obesity. We have it ALL!!

Man. I need to start proofreading. Gotta love the autocorrect on iPhones. Haha.

Oh but Autocorrect delivers its own very special brand of entertainment.

I remember when I was in PM with a male pen pal and I was trying to tell him that I was an "NJ girl." This is insane, but my Kindle kept trying to autocorrect NJ to BJ. I was flustered and kept trying to repeatedly correct this, but I suppose a little too fast, so I was telling this man over and over, "No no, I meant I'm a BJ girl, a BJ girl!"

No wonder he wanted to be my pen pal.

And there was the time I was going to get a pedicure before heading to my best friends house. I informed her "I'll be there soon, just gonna find somewhere to get a pedophile while I'm out and about"

Gotta love it.

Here's a new "twist" on a hard boiled egg:

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