Pictures of school lunches around the world, and breakfasts

[Svnla]

http://www.businessinsider.com/school-lunches-around-the-world-2014-5?op=1#!KFosd - Lunch

http://www.businessinsider.com/breakfast-around-the-world-2013-5?op=1#!KFx0Y - Breakfast

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Way to cherry pick Seattle school lunches as representative of U.S. schools.

 

[TwiceOver]

Way to cherry pick Seattle school lunches as representative of U.S. schools.

Looks healthier than any of my school lunches. Food isn't the problem. Being super fucking lazy is the problem.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Looks healthier than any of my school lunches. Food isn't the problem. Being super fucking lazy is the problem.

No, allowing bureaucrats to manage the school lunch program who's only interest is securing federal lunch money is the problem.

 

[mmntech]

When I was a kid, lunch and breakfast were never served in schools. My elementary and junior high didn't even have a cafeteria.

Standard issue lunch for me was a sandwich, fruit, a snack, and juice.

Sandwich was usually ham and cheese on a bun. If mom hadn't gone shopping, it was either cheese sandwiches on wonder bread, or PB&J. I hated cheese sandwiches. Still do.

If she was in a really good mood, sometimes I'd get pasta or soup, or Lunchables. I used to like the pizza ones.

When I was in high school, I used to go home for lunch and make myself something. It was nice being able to eat hot food.

Breakfast was usually oatmeal or cereal.

 

[Ruptga]

No, allowing bureaucrats to manage the school lunch program who's only interest is securing federal lunch money is the problem.

Hey now, we can't be spending too much money on education, it's not in the budget.

 

[shortylickens]

Way to cherry pick Seattle school lunches as representative of U.S. schools.

Minnesota had tasty, healthy lunches. We also rank number 2 in the country for math & science.

I think theres a connection between how well you treat students and how well they perform.

Of course that requires money, and america would rather spend trillions on war.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, and I doubt every child in Paris eats that well. Am thinking most if not all of these were hand picked to push an agenda, not to inform.

 

[lxskllr]

I didn't have school food in elementary school. What I remember of high school food, was mediocrity all around. Not especially good, not especially bad, not particularly healthy, or unhealthy. It served its purpose.

 

[Ruptga]

At the crappy school I went to in the middle of BF Missouri everyone lost their shit about once a week when we were served ambrosia.

Ours didn't come with berries, guess that wasn't in the budget. We did serve nachos every day though, it had its own line where we could also buy candy.

But we also had a deli line, I always went there because it was the only option that didn't leave me starving after. I don't know how big the subs were, probably six inches, but I'd have them put on a little of everything under the glass and also take two pieces of fruit and even then I'd be a little hungry after.

This same school district just lost a ballot initiative with 2/3 of votes opposing. They wanted to consolidate and modernize buildings, you know, with air conditioning and other newfangled friviolities, so considering it would have cost a half percent increase in property taxes it was a total no-brainer. Keep taxes low, it's what keeps murrica competitive and strong.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

shit shit shit shit, and more shit.

of course it's not any worse than the shit that the other 90% of Americans feast on day in and day out...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

There are a few school districts doing a good job, some even in poor States. The vast majority feed our kids crap. Donuts, fruit drink (no actual fruit juice), hot pocket type obscenities a year or more out of date, fresh produce only once a week and, menus nutritionally balanced on a weekly basis rather than daily are the norm for most of the country. We feed prisoners better than elementary school children in this country and it's shameful.

 

[Ruptga]

Oh, and I doubt every child in Paris eats that well. Am thinking most if not all of these were hand picked to push an agenda, not to inform.

"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence." I'm not saying the journalist doesn't have an agenda, but Occam's Razor makes me suspect otherwise. A proper multilevel international survey controlling for biases is far beyond their means and motivation. And most of those lunches were from countries' capitals, so they're at least somewhat comparable.

 

[phucheneh]

I don't see all that much point in lunch at school, depending on the schedule. IIRC high school was seven hours a day. Two hours of that was a double-length period where they did a lunch rotation (four lunches, 'cause 2000 people can't fit in a cafeteria very well).

Cut out the lunch and school can run 7AM-1PM. Fuck, I never get to take lunch before 1PM. Prepare them for the real world, where sometimes you're lucky to cram a sandwich down your throat at 3PM. While you work.

 

[waggy]

sadly i have been to many diffrent schools. I can say lunch varies widely from school to school.

I lived in a rich area of Portland. the school lunch was amazing. we had 5-6 choices. from a grill to "ethnic" food that changed daily. we also had Pepsi on tap!

i moved to IL. total change. you had the "snack bar" or whatever they served for lunch. it sucked ass. I would bring lunch or go out. the only good day was Wednesday when Pizza hut came and you got a slice for $1.50.

My kids school (100 students) they make everything during the day. though the last 2 years the quality and serving size has gone down drastically.

 

[Printer Bandit]

rectangle pizza > *

 

[vi edit]

Most public school "foods" I've consumed were basically a tablespoon of salt held together by simple carbohydrates and triglycerides. There may have been some semblance of protein tossed in there but it was usually heavily processed and contained about 9000% of your daily sodium.

Just like mom used to make it!

 

[NoTine42]

rectangle pizza > *

D:
How'd you do that?

All of a sudden, I got that funky aftertaste of my elementary school's rectangle pizze.

 

[NoTine42]

Most public school "foods" I've consumed were basically a tablespoon of salt held together by simple carbohydrates and triglycerides. There may have been some semblance of protein tossed in there but it was usually heavily processed and contained about 9000% of your daily sodium.

Just like mom used to make it!

Except grilled cheese. They always used the proper amount of USDA butter on the grilled cheese

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Some good cheese and maybe felino salumi. Now that's nutrition!

Heh, turns out that Woody Allen's Sleeper was right after all.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

rectangle pizza > *

At high school, they served rectangular pizza with sausage for breakfast that was AMAZING. Somehow, the pizza they served for lunch was the shittiest pizza I've ever had.

Every Thursday the line was around the cafeteria for breakfast pizza.

 

[Svnla]

I remember my HS lunches. They were decent, not great but were not horrible.

 

[thedarkwolf]

At high school, they served rectangular pizza with sausage for breakfast that was AMAZING. Somehow, the pizza they served for lunch was the shittiest pizza I've ever had.

Every Thursday the line was around the cafeteria for breakfast pizza.

Don't forget the octagon shaped mexican pizzas. Mmmmmmm

 

[IGemini]

Elementary school had a certain dish each day of the week. Only one I went for regularly was ordered pizza. The cold roast beef sandwich tasted all right but horribly chopped, to the degree that I stopped getting them since it led to one or two choking incidents on my account...didn't go to Arby's for quite some time either.

HS lunch was initially just pizza until they broke down and built their own cafeteria with contracted food service. The time budgeting for lunch was downright shameful and I pretty much always walked from the farthest point in school to get there. Had a side-effect of me being really fast in eating meals. I barely remember what dishes they had...sometimes they had the rectangle pizza. I usually went for a ham or turkey sub since those lines were shorter. The food sucked though since it had varying degrees of freezer burn. Ultimately brought my own lunch.

 

[JTsyo]

Oh, and I doubt every child in Paris eats that well. Am thinking most if not all of these were hand picked to push an agenda, not to inform.

I don't get the point though since half the lunches shown were packed at home.