http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB

I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.

I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
really good......it was scratch made.

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB
>
> I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>
> I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
> really good......it was scratch made.

My elementary food was all scratch... made by Mom (no cafeteria in
that school). I remember my HS had two types of food. One was better
than the other, but neither were "all that".

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Still, scratch food is cheap to make, especially in quantity. God bless the cook at my school for returning to homemade soups, real bread, fresh vegetables, and fruits that have never seen a can. Kids love it, and it saves money to make real food. ALL win.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB
>>
>> I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>>
>> I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
>> really good......it was scratch made.
>
> My elementary food was all scratch... made by Mom (no cafeteria in
> that school). I remember my HS had two types of food. One was better
> than the other, but neither were "all that".
>
I went to a lot of grade schools. Most (but not all) of them had a
cafeteria. Where they did have one, I remember cardboard pizza slices and
pre-fab hamburgers (kind of like you'd find at McDonalds). I usually
brown-bagged it - PB sandwich and I'd buy a carton of milk. I don't
remember one cafeteria making what could pass for a home cooked meal, much
less from scratch. More power to them! (It's probably cheaper in the long
run, too. Kind of like making it at home costs less than eating out.)

Jill

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...src=ISMR_HP_LO
> > _MST_FB
> >
> > I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
> >
> > I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
> > really good......it was scratch made.
>
> My elementary food was all scratch... made by Mom (no cafeteria in
> that school). I remember my HS had two types of food. One was better
> than the other, but neither were "all that".

School lunches are very very unusual in New Zealand. Most kids bring
their own from home; a fortunate few get to buy theirs from nearby
convenience stores.

Miche

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"Miche" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...src=ISMR_HP_LO
>> > _MST_FB
>> >
>> > I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>> >
>> > I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
>> > really good......it was scratch made.
>>
>> My elementary food was all scratch... made by Mom (no cafeteria in
>> that school). I remember my HS had two types of food. One was better
>> than the other, but neither were "all that".
>
> School lunches are very very unusual in New Zealand. Most kids bring
> their own from home; a fortunate few get to buy theirs from nearby
> convenience stores.
>
Here they not only have lunch but breakfast too. I don't know if everyone
can get the breakfast. When I was in school it was only for those who were
low income. In NY the breakfast was free for everyone. But it wasn't IMO
fresh or healthy fare.

"Julie Bove" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Here they not only have lunch but breakfast too. I don't know if everyone
> can get the breakfast. When I was in school it was only for those who
> were low income. In NY the breakfast was free for everyone. But it
> wasn't IMO fresh or healthy fare.

The Headstart breakfast was instituted because there were kids not being fed
supper nor breakfast. You can't expect them to learn when starving.

Miche > wrote:

>School lunches are very very unusual in New Zealand. Most kids bring
>their own from home; a fortunate few get to buy theirs from nearby
>convenience stores.

In the U.S. subsidized school lunches are a major part of what passes
for a safety net preventing hunger among the poor. I suspect
NZ already has a real social safety net and so doesn't need to
do this.

Steve

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:48:35 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>Miche > wrote:
>
>>School lunches are very very unusual in New Zealand. Most kids bring
>>their own from home; a fortunate few get to buy theirs from nearby
>>convenience stores.
>
>In the U.S. subsidized school lunches are a major part of what passes
>for a safety net preventing hunger among the poor. I suspect
>NZ already has a real social safety net and so doesn't need to
>do this.

The US has a fine safety net but it's abused and misused. The
children are going to school hungry because their parents are ****-ups
and use the food stamp money poorly. And learning by example 99% of
the kids will be ****-ups also. A "safety net" should not be a way of
life. "Breeding" should be a licenced activity.

Lou

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB
>
>I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>
>I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
>really good......it was scratch made.

I didn't have a cafetera until high school and it was all crap. But I
liked a few things.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB
>>
>> I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>>
>> I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
>> really good......it was scratch made.
>
> I didn't have a cafetera until high school and it was all crap. But I
> liked a few things.
>
> Lou

I recall one of my elementary schools served the best rice and gravy as
a side dish.. it was a favorite. Then for a nickel you could buy a
package of graham crackers, and another nickel bought you a square piece
of ice cream (not unlike Klondike bars) in either strawberry, chocolate
or vanilla and you would make your own ice cream sandwich.

Another elementary school allowed us to walk home for lunch and my
mother would give me one of those small round individual sized pizzas
and a bottle of coca-cola. I have no idea how I ever kept track of time
going back and forth but I don't recall it ever being a problem?

On Aug 17, 8:32*pm, Goomba > wrote:
> Lou Decruss wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > > wrote:
>
> >>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...l?_r=1&src=ISM...
>
> >> I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>
> >> I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
> >> really good......it was scratch made.
>
> > I didn't have a cafetera until high school and it was all crap. *But I
> > liked a few things.
>
> > Lou
>
> I recall one of my elementary schools served the best rice and gravy as
> a side dish.. it was a favorite. Then for a nickel you could buy a
> package of graham crackers, and another nickel bought you a square piece
> of ice cream (not unlike Klondike bars) in either strawberry, chocolate
> or vanilla and you would make your own ice cream sandwich.
>
> Another elementary school allowed us to walk home for lunch and my
> mother would give me one of those small round individual sized pizzas
> and a bottle of coca-cola. *I have no idea how I ever kept track of time
> going back and forth but I don't recall it ever being a problem?

My grade school MADE us go home for lunch. Ah, the days of the
neighborhood schools.

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:18:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> My grade school MADE us go home for lunch. Ah, the days of the
> neighborhood schools.

That was a crafty way to build exercise into a day without PE!

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

Kalmia wrote:

>> Another elementary school allowed us to walk home for lunch and my
>> mother would give me one of those small round individual sized pizzas
>> and a bottle of coca-cola. I have no idea how I ever kept track of
>> time going back and forth but I don't recall it ever being a problem?

> My grade school MADE us go home for lunch. Ah, the days of the
> neighborhood schools.

Same as here, from the elementary (at 6 years of age) to the end of the high
school (19 years old).
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:32:35 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/ed...R_HP_LO_MST_FB
>>>
>>> I'd love to see this adopted all over the US.
>>>
>>> I remember my grade school and high school cafeteria food as being
>>> really good......it was scratch made.
>>
>> I didn't have a cafetera until high school and it was all crap. But I
>> liked a few things.
>>
>> Lou
>
>I recall one of my elementary schools served the best rice and gravy as
>a side dish.. it was a favorite. Then for a nickel you could buy a
>package of graham crackers, and another nickel bought you a square piece
>of ice cream (not unlike Klondike bars) in either strawberry, chocolate
>or vanilla and you would make your own ice cream sandwich.
>
>Another elementary school allowed us to walk home for lunch and my
>mother would give me one of those small round individual sized pizzas
>and a bottle of coca-cola. I have no idea how I ever kept track of time
>going back and forth but I don't recall it ever being a problem?

I went to 4 grade schools and 2 high schools. Only one grade school
was close enough to walk.

The first high school had soy burgers that were heavily spiced and I
liked them enough. For a buck you could get a burger, a square of
stove top stuffing w/gravy and a bowl of instant mashed potatoes. I
don't remember what else they had but nothing was from scratch. I was
driving by the time I hit the second high school and it was an open
campus so I went to mCshitties. My group of friends was all older
looking and things were different back then so sometimes we'd go to
the bar.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:

> I didn't have a cafetera until high school and it was all crap. But I
> liked a few things.

I had to wait till the university, and it all sucked bigtime excetp 2 or 3
things. I still remember their nice eggplant parmigiana while their
"paiardina" (burger patty with cheese on top) is still dwelling in my worst
nightmares, dry and lying in a pool of grease from who-knows-where... I
loved the possibility to switch a first course with a second, because when
they had pasta with sausage sauce I always took two of that.
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking