Althouse: Collect as much bread as you can and slather on half an inch of butter.

October 18, 2006

Collect as much bread as you can and slather on half an inch of butter.

That's the strategy kids use to concoct an adequate lunch at a school that's adopted a no-junk-food menu.

7 comments:

Tim said...: I feel so much better knowing British bureaucrats are now taking over the responsibility of feeding English children from their overworked, under-educated, insensitive, lazy parents. Before too long, Her Majesty's Government will complete the task, limiting parents' responsibility to breeding and taxpaying...after applying for a license, of course.; 10/18/06, 8:22 AM
Tim said...: And how much longer before Londonstan's Halal fare becomes standard across old blighty's government schools?; 10/18/06, 8:25 AM
altoids1306 said...: Nanny state par excellence, haha.

The kids will grow up, leave home, and realize that greasy junk food is everywhere, and real, like-mom-made-it food is the true rarity.

In general, telling kids not to do something has the opposite effect.; 10/18/06, 8:46 AM
Anonymous said...: We have the responsibility for ensuring the health of our children.

Said of course not by a parent, but by a local government official.

We want to teach them how to make the right choices for themselves.

By taking away their right to choose.

"You know, if you're going to use your freedom to eat food we don't like, I'm afraid we can't allow you to be free."; 10/18/06, 9:00 AM
Robert Burnham said...: When I was at Scout camp, the way to "Be Prepared" when they served us S.O.S. was to snatch a few slices of white bread (the only kind we got), smear them with butter, then dump as much white sugar onto the buttered side as you could.

Fold in half. Eat.

And wash it all down with bug juice -- i.e., Kool-Aid (minus, of course, the Jim Jones additives).

It wasn't a great lunch, and we knew it. But it got you through an afternoon's activities.; 10/18/06, 9:37 AM
X said...: Collect as much bread as you can and slather on half an inch of butter.

Man did that phrase make me hungry.

Reading about "chip butty" changed that fast, though.; 10/18/06, 1:56 PM
Kev said...: Here in suburban Dallas, several wealthier districts are turning down some of their federal funding in favor of still serving foods that students like to eat. In most cases, the districts are making more in income than they are sacrificing by giving up the government funds. I approve.; 10/18/06, 4:21 PM