these lunch programs are a JOKE!!! Sure they offer fruit....but the kids throw it out or put in the the 'share' basket if they don't want  it AFTER they put it on their trays!!!

The truth is....these kids are allowed only 700 calories for lunch. But that is that their 'initial' purchase. They can go back and buy 'anything else they want' in 'addition' to their 700 calories.........IT IS A JOKE!!!

This is an interesting item that is somewhat related to school lunches:

Peanut Butter & Jelly’ Is Racist In Oregon

From Oregon’s Portland Tribune:

Schools beat the drum for equity
by Jennifer Anderson | Wednesday, Sept 05, 2012

Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day. Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.

“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools’ principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of “Courageous Conversations,” the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

This is an interesting item that is somewhat related to school lunches:

Peanut Butter & Jelly’ Is Racist In Oregon

From Oregon’s Portland Tribune:

Schools beat the drum for equity
by Jennifer Anderson | Wednesday, Sept 05, 2012

Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day. Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.

“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools’ principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of “Courageous Conversations,” the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.

Peanut butter is forbidden near most schools due to severe allergies.

Quoted from Box A Rox

I wonder if the condiment Reagan renamed as a vegetable... "Ketchup" is still on the menu?

ketchup WAS a vegetable until Kerry/Heinz decided it needed to become high fructose corn syrup, which then
changed back into tomatoes because the great minds decided that corn can be fuel hence a 'non-food' item
that ended up costing too much to 'CUT' THE VEGETABLE CONTENTS in multiple types of condiments/juices and other
'HEALTHY' FOOD.....

let's see Kerry/Heinz tax returns......oh wait....they're all F'EN stuck together with corn syrup and rendered unreadable

We L-O-V-E peanut butter and jelly...........followed by a big glass of ice cold milk..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

poor man's lunch back in the 50's

Quoted from Patches

poor man's lunch back in the 50's

and revivied as same for 2012 and beyond

I still like PB & J occasionally.  Sometimes I make a PB & J on toast.  

PB&J w/crunched potatoe chips