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re: MAHA agenda: school lunches are next. A lot of our schools don't even have an oven anymore

Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:25 am to
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
70544 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:25 am to
They were bad before Michelle, but she definitely made them worse.
Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2532 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:25 am to
My Grant Parish school while I was there had literally Grandma's cooking. It was damn good, and the days they baked yeast rolls were highly anticipated. I've never had better rolls anywhere. Wasn't that big of a school but them ladies could cook
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
17502 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:30 am to
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Square pizza day TYFYS


That. Was. Awesome. Someone could make a fortune selling those things at a small drive through. Frick little Caesars. Gimme the square one.

And also. My elementary and junior high school had the best vegetable soup of all things. When we transferred to the high school we were stoked about vegetable soup day but found it was different.

I'd give a 100 dollar bill for that exact recipe they used right now.

Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2532 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:34 am to
Mt favorite was spaghetti and sweet cornbread
Posted by alteroviously
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Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:38 am to
Where is this happening?

Been a school administrator in Texas for quite a while. I have yet to receive my cut.

However, another response in here mentioned getting lunch served by ladies with a Goatee. I agree. And if I could get past the bureaucracy and turn my cafeteria ladies loose in the kitchen...would be some serious grub happening.
Posted by BayouBengal51
Forest Hill, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2006
9787 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:38 am to
I went to a small, rural middle/high-school and our school lunches were cooked on site by the small kitchen staff.

The square pizza's may have been really the only processed food that they served. A lot of days were got freshly cooked stuff and one of my favorites was a salmon court bouillon that they made. The staff also made beef tips with rice and gravy every Thursday. It was awesome.

I doubt kids anywhere now are getting that kind of food on their plate from their school kitchens. Now, if they can't nuke it in a specialized microwave, they probably are not serving it in public school cafeterias.
This post was edited on 2/12/26 at 9:39 am
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
38066 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:39 am to
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A lot of our schools don't even have an oven anymore

I'm proud to say that our local schools have ovens. The new high school doesn't even have a kitchen, but the old high school is just down the block and they turned it into an admin building and expanded the kitchen, so they just transport the cafeteria food in carts with Transit vans twice daily. It works out well for the kids. Plus, our schools are partially funded by oil royalties, so the kids eat well. You'll actually see chicken-fried steak and farm-raised catfish on their menu fairly often.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30266 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:39 am to
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Pizza lunchables. Taken directly from our local elementary school lunch menu..

Well, that's a crying shame. Real school pizza was the shite.
Posted by Foreskinski
Member since Dec 2005
1135 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:39 am to
Rapides Parish went to a free lunch for everyone model and it is ridiculous how bad it has become. Gone are the days of lunch ladies cooking a real meal.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
117599 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:48 am to
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When you can collect welfare and many other social programs and still live pretty comfortably shite happens.

They were very good back in the '50s, '60s...at least in Cajun Country. A typical week in HS included Fried Chicken, Meat Loaf and Gumbo days. The tables were stocked with a bottle of Tobasco sauce at every seat. The school system got them for free as a way to hook the kids on the product.
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
10607 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:53 am to
Way to go select, over-the-mountain school systems here in the Birmingham area !

They often run at a hefty loss to keep away from Federal funding (aka. Federal Restrictions).

Still stuns me what the Feds 'allow' and won't allow.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
40429 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:57 am to
My school's fried okra was better than anything I've EVER had.

And I've been to ALL the nicest restaurants in Dallas, too.
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
8469 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:58 am to
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My Grant Parish school while I was there had literally Grandma's cooking. It was damn good, and the days they baked yeast rolls were highly anticipated. I've never had better rolls anywhere. Wasn't that big of a school but them ladies could cook


I have the recipe for those old fashioned pan rolls.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
70544 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:16 am to
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remember mike obamas lunch menu classified ketchup as a vegetable?


I believe it was actually Ronald Reagan who first implemented that strategy.
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
8469 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:12 am to
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I believe it was actually Ronald Reagan who first implemented that strategy.


In 1981 but it was rescinded.
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