Recently, Congress did not cancel pizza and french fries from school lunch menus. There was a drive to replace these foods and others like them with more healthy food. While I do support healthy school lunches for children, I have been in the school cafeteria enough times to get some ideas about what elementary students will and will not eat.
french fries-yes
chicken or fish nuggets-yes
corn-some kernels will be eaten, others will be thrown
tossed lettuce salad-some will be eaten, some will be tossed
pizza-yes
hamburgers-yes
apples-a few bites will be taken
oranges-some will be eaten, but peeling them is a challenge
sloppy joes-yes
spiced ham and bologna hoagies-yes
hash with mystery meat-no, except for that one child who eats anything
tuna salad sandwiches-yes, and at least one child will take large bites and open his/her mouth to display what it looks like before it's swallowed.
Smiles,
Sylvia
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