"We got rid of white bread; you'll never see any white bread in our schools — it's all whole-wheat bread, frankfurter buns, hamburger buns," said Martin Oestreicher, the executive director of school support services who oversees school food. "We reformulated a lot of items. It all goes in the context of trying to cut down the obesity index in our kids."
Yes, and you'll see a lot of whole-wheat bread tossed into the garbage too.
My mother worked as a cook for the local school district this past twenty years. They, too, have changed over to 2% milk and whole-wheat bread. (Chocolate milk was only ever served on Fridays anyway.) The garbage bags are clear, to facilitate recovery of errant retainers and silverware.
She says that an irritatingly large number of students started eating the sandwich filling and throwing away the bun or bread since the whole-wheat was made routine. (She was raised not to waste food, you see.)
Once again, the onus is on the parents. Funny how we keep coming back to that....
Regarding the school-lunch programs:
Yes, and you'll see a lot of whole-wheat bread tossed into the garbage too.
My mother worked as a cook for the local school district this past twenty years. They, too, have changed over to 2% milk and whole-wheat bread. (Chocolate milk was only ever served on Fridays anyway.) The garbage bags are clear, to facilitate recovery of errant retainers and silverware.
She says that an irritatingly large number of students started eating the sandwich filling and throwing away the bun or bread since the whole-wheat was made routine. (She was raised not to waste food, you see.)
Once again, the onus is on the parents. Funny how we keep coming back to that....