Comments on A Mommy Story: Pizza As A Vegetable For School Lunches

"(We'll forget for a moment that tomatoes...

2011-11-21T11:20:30.181-05:00

"(We'll forget for a moment that tomatoes are actually a fruit.)"

In America, tomatoes are LEGALLY a vegetable. Congress declared them as such back in 1890-something; at the time fruit exports were taxed and vegetable exports were not.

I assume one of the Congressmen owned a tomato farm.

I remember in my el ed days they said that catsup ...

2011-11-17T22:56:22.638-05:00

I remember in my el ed days they said that catsup was a vegetable. Geez. We're fortunate, her school uses the same menu and supplier as the St. Paul schools and they are absolutely wonderful about having real fruit and veggies every day. They also use local produce (other than in winter) and have a couple ethnically diverse dishes. However, they do believe that cheese bread is a good breakfast (argh!) and have too many hot dogs/corn dogs a month for my liking. Still, progress is progress. I shudder to think what I ate at school as a kid!

I laugh at the absurdity of this. While my kids ar...

2011-11-16T11:11:54.489-05:00

I laugh at the absurdity of this. While my kids are no longer in grade school, the school they attended instituted a healthy food program So kids are no longer allowed to bring in cupcakes or cookies for parties or birthdays. They can bring in a list of pre-approved items such as yogurt, veggie trays, fruit etc or you can order a "party platter (most of the same things from that list) from the school cafeteria service. Kids are not allowed to bring in candy bags for Halloween parties either.

BUT...meanwhile they are still serving the same old school lunches. Huh?

I feel like Jaime Oliver and moms from across the ...

2011-11-16T09:39:09.156-05:00

I feel like Jaime Oliver and moms from across the country need to take over Congress's lunch hour for a week and make them eat what they serve our children. Then maybe they'd get the picture.