Are your schools doing anything beyond pizza? Once a month, once a week?

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Here’s the elementary school lunch menu for October

    Generally repeats every 3-4 weeks.

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      2 months ago

      Where is this (generally, obviously), that your kid has the choice of meat substitute any time there’s a meat main? Both my kids are vegetarian and of there’s a meat main, they are getting sunbutter sandwiches.

      This is in MA, though, where we have universal school lunches.

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        2 months ago

        California, universal school lunch. Suburban district with ~1200 students across 3 elementary schools.

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          2 months ago

          Now I want to move to a California suburb. However, I don’t think any exist in my price range that aren’t stuck in the 1800s.

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      2 months ago

      I assume your school has a cafeteria then? Not the case for my school. It seems to be a struggle to get even one hot lunch going. At this point, we might not have anything set up until mid November.

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        2 months ago

        The district has one central kitchen, and each school serves from steam trays and insulated cabinets.

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          2 months ago

          That’s an interesting idea. Must be more efficient than individual kitchens in schools.

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      2 months ago

      Sorry this is a bit late, but for example, a bologna sandwich is a cold lunch, whereas pasta is a hot lunch. Not all meals are hot.

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        1 month ago

        I see, thank you. Where I am school lunches are 3 -course hot meals, period, and I never questionned it. There’d be public outcries and newspapers articles if they gave kids a bologna sandwich.