My OperaSchool lunches throughout the years
Monday, January 8, 2007 4:58:39 PM
While I was doing research on this post, I found so many interesting links and information that is almost impossible to share them all. I think it is wonderful that the government found it important to link learning with nutrition, even though I believe that there is still more work to be done on what they are serving the children now. Lack of funding is one of the major reasons that the children of this country are not being served more nutritious meals, I mean, can you imagine having to supply the food for millions of children each day and on a limited budget?
Reference:Works Progress Administration
Food and Nutrition Service
CHILD magazine offered up a decade-by-decade look at
sample cafeteria meals from real school menus
1940's: Creamed ham on corn bread, cooked vegetable salad,
cherry whip, milk.
1950's: Oven-baked french fries with beef, spinach with egg topping,
raisin bread, ice-cream-cup and milk.
1960's: Steamed frankfurter, parsley potatoes, sauerkraut, rye
bread, frosted cake and milk.
1970's: Meatloaf with ketchup, white bread, pineapple-cabbage salad,
raisins, apple and milk.
1980's: Taco, kidney bean salad, bunuelos, fruit cocktail and milk.
1990's: Grilled chicken patty on a whole wheat bun, fresh lettuce,
tomato slices, oven-baked potatoes, applesauce and milk.
2000's: Chili with beans in
a bread boat, salad, spicy Italian roast potato chunks, frozen
fruit juice, brownie and milk.
Sarah
One million undernourished children have benefited by the Works Progress Administration's school lunch program. In the past year and a half 80,000,000 hot well-balanced meals have been served at the rate of 500,000 daily in 10,000 schools throughout the country.
Reference:Works Progress Administration
Food and Nutrition Service
CHILD magazine offered up a decade-by-decade look at
sample cafeteria meals from real school menus
1940's: Creamed ham on corn bread, cooked vegetable salad,
cherry whip, milk.
1950's: Oven-baked french fries with beef, spinach with egg topping,
raisin bread, ice-cream-cup and milk.
1960's: Steamed frankfurter, parsley potatoes, sauerkraut, rye
bread, frosted cake and milk.
1970's: Meatloaf with ketchup, white bread, pineapple-cabbage salad,
raisins, apple and milk.
1980's: Taco, kidney bean salad, bunuelos, fruit cocktail and milk.
1990's: Grilled chicken patty on a whole wheat bun, fresh lettuce,
tomato slices, oven-baked potatoes, applesauce and milk.
2000's: Chili with beans in
a bread boat, salad, spicy Italian roast potato chunks, frozen
fruit juice, brownie and milk.
Sarah
