Tuesday, March 23, 2010
What I learned in the Cafeteria this week...
This week and last week have been a blur. I feel like I'm in constant motion both at work and at home. I can't seem to catch up on anything. So this week I learned:
- Taking Friday off and traveling to North Carolina and back by Sunday will not make you feel rested. In fact, you may even feel more tired than you did on Thursday.
- Suggesting that students may be more likely to eat the rolls if they were warmed a little is like suggesting the cafeteria serve Rabbit. Much resistance will occur.
- The FDA regulates what schools can and cannot serve. I do not think anyone from the FDA has ever had to eat school lunch. If they did, they would know that a) french fries aren't vegetables and b) having them 3 times in one week is just plain disgusting.
- If a child gets a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a water and a cup of fruit this somehow meets FDA regulations, but chicken and rice doesn't....it needs more bread. WTF?
- The part of the state I live in serves something called a "Walk Away Taco". Are you familiar? Me, either. I was surprised to learn that tomorrow I will be offering a bag of Doritos, a cup of cheese, a cup of taco meat, some salsa and maybe some lettuce for lunch. The idea is to dump all the toppings into your Doritos bag and instant taco.
- We're also serving baked beans....I think they count as the vegetable. LMAO. Of course, that's not as funny as Doritos qualifying as bread is it?
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- kisatrtle
- I'm a 41 year old (gasp) freelance writer, school cafeteria manager, wife and mother. I have three children and one anxious and overweight beagle. I use my blog to make others laugh, to share some cool crafts, to document my lunchlady adventures and to lament about the challenges faced by us all on the journey called life. Thanks for visiting. Please leave some crack...um...I meant some comments.
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Wow, wow, wow!! That is hilarious... or is it? Maybe it's just sad. Hope those kids are at least taking their vitamins!! LOL
:)
~Tabitha
wow, that's interesting. I considered doing walk away taco's at a Fall Fest party that I had last year, but I never thought I would hear about the being served in school. I believe they are big in the world of tailgating.
My kids rarely order the lunch at school. They tell me that the trays are always wet and it "grosses them out" so I spend 30 minutes making gourmet lunches for them every day.
Good post!
we serve those walking tacos at our football games, they are good, but Im surprised they are being served for kids lunches....I cant wait to hear about the mess y'all have to clean up after:(
The walk away taco is called a church taco around here. Almost all the churches offer them during rummage sales, etc. Only difference is that they use corn chips rather than doritos.
This is kind of scaring me since my Little One could be eating in the cafeteria next year. I hope they don't serve Rabbit!
The instant taco cracked me up!!
Are you serious with the doritos?! That is about the craziest thing I have ever read. I couldn't imagine my kid coming home and telling me that that is what they had for lunch!