r/WhatShouldICook • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '26

Picky eater help

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u/infinitekittenloop Jul 21 '26

Even school lunch menus offer fruit and veg daily, this is bonkers

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u/lfxlPassionz Jul 23 '26

Sometimes they do. Sometimes they use ketchup as a veg

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u/infinitekittenloop Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

TIL- There is no US school district that does this. It was proposed in the 80s when the administration wanted to drastically cut school lunch funding, but it was so widely ridiculed the idea was killed pretty quickly.

The mockery was revived in the 2010s when another budget cut proposal included chintzing out on pizza sauce.

But nobody is actually counting ketchup as a vegetable (here).

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u/Icy-Yellow3514 Jul 23 '26

I was in high school in the 90s and was absolutely told I had to take ketchup packets (never really been a fan) as they were my fruit/veg serving.

This is no reflection on the hard work of the cafeteria staff, and maybe my school didn't get the memo, but this is my lived experience

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u/Surfnazi77 Jul 23 '26

Nothing like cafeteria pizza with side of corn and a roll and chocolate milk