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What are NYC Public School lunches like? Please don't flame, I am wondering if it's all chicken nuggets and fries?
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05.27.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag ]
- the schools give out a monthly menu that seems to sound suspiciously like nuggets and fries. dd brings food from home.
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  05.27.09, 12:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - can we do that (have DC bring lunch)?
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    05.27.09, 12:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - yes, of course.
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      05.27.09, 12:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - How do you do this? Ask to store the Nobu sushi in the teacher's lounge?
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    05.27.09, 12:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - no. i cook food in the morning, put it in a container and send her with it. it's hardly complicated.
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      05.27.09, 12:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - No, I mean (I know I was being flippant) logistically, how do you keep the food from spoiling (no fridge in classroom I am assuming)
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        05.27.09, 12:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        food doesn't spoil that quickly. (signed person from a place with no refrigeration who lived to tell the tale)
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        05.27.09, 12:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        are you an alien sent to earth to learn the secrets of earthling dc's dietary habits or something? otherwise, have you never heard of, um, a sandwich? it's this easy-to-eat meal made of two slices of bread....
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        05.27.09, 12:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Oh yeah of course! Because deli meats/tuna salad don't need to be refridgerated - thanks for the reminder
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        05.27.09, 12:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        refrigerated.
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        05.27.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        did you refrigerate them when you were children?
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        05.27.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        My mom pack my lunch(including deli meat and tuna) in my uninsulated Barbie lunch box and I somehow survived elementary school.
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        05.27.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        of course she did. these folks are loonies. (i pack cooked food and dd survives)
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        05.27.09, 12:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        My lunches are better than your lunches! Mine are all-natural, organic and must be refrigerated until the moment they are served.
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        05.27.09, 12:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        yuck. i hate cold food.
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        05.27.09, 01:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        what the hell are you talking about? Do you really think deli meat spoils within those 3 hours? Dude. What else are you afraid of? You must be every psychologist's dream patient.
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        05.27.09, 12:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        NP Three hours? When do your DCs eat lunch?
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        05.27.09, 01:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
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        05.27.09, 01:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        NP: I can't believe I'm quoting Wiki but unfrigerated mom is getting villified for a simple question. FWIW I agree, I wouldn't eat unrefrigerated deli meat. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_will_deli_meat_and_cheese_last_unrefrigerated
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        05.27.09, 01:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        you are kidding, right? WikiAnswers? Is that supposed to convince us that what we've been doing for years is now dangerous?
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        05.27.09, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        lol! love you!
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        05.27.09, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        btw, lunch boxes are usually insulated.
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        05.27.09, 01:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I said I couldn't believe I was quoting Wiki, but I was too lazy to Google it before. Here's one from the American Dietectic Association. Of course we don't always do any of those things, but I don't know why we're attacking someone for saying deli meats should be refrigerated, that's all. Is everyone bored here today or something? http://www.homefoodsafety.org/pages/media/pdfs/deli.pdf
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        05.27.09, 01:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        no, we are attacking somebody who thinks that sending an unrefrigerated sandwich with deli meats to school with your child will put him in danger of food poisoning.
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        05.27.09, 01:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Um, okay, I never said that. Aside from being unnecessary flippant in my first response, I asked "How do you keep food from spoiling." To which I've been accused of being an alien.
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        05.27.09, 01:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        my dc eats lunch at 10:40. i think he'll survive.
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        05.27.09, 01:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OK, I give! I had no idea DCs ate that early. Now that I've been raked over the coals, I think I'll go eat a potato salad or something that's been left out.
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        05.27.09, 01:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OMG, did you never bring lunch to school when you were a kid? I went to a small Catholic grammar school (no cafeteria), and we stored lunch in our desks. Every single day. For 7 years. Not a single case of food poisoning.
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        05.27.09, 12:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Never, actually. Grew up in NYC.
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        05.27.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        NP: you send an insulated lunchbox with a coolpack (that is stored in the freezer till you use it) if you like. that's what I do.
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        05.27.09, 12:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        THANK YOU. You've answered my question.
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        05.27.09, 12:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OP: Thank you all. We have him bring lunch now, not refrigirated, and will continue to do the same.
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        05.27.09, 12:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        don't worry. this seemed hard for me to figure out at first too!
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        05.27.09, 12:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Thanks, I didn't realize I was an alien for thinking that a lunchmeat sandwich should be refrigerated.
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        05.27.09, 12:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        with all that sodium it doesnt have to be, but i send regular food.
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        05.27.09, 12:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OP: I send regular food too.
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        05.27.09, 12:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        that's not what we do. i send a hot lunch.
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        05.27.09, 12:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Peanut butter sandwiches don't spoil.
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        05.27.09, 12:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        but pb is outlawed in a bunch of school.
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        05.27.09, 01:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- pizza, grilled cheese and peanut butter and jelly.
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  05.27.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - No wonder there are so many fat kids waddling around.
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    05.27.09, 12:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - BS. Kids have been eating pizza, grilled cheese, and PB&J for generations without getting fat. The problem is that our entire food supply post 1980 has been contaminated with chemicals, antibiotics, and growth hormones, and we are now reaping the rewards of our consolidated and industrialized food system.
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      05.27.09, 12:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - and that we don't get enough exercise.
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What are NYC Public School lunches like? Please don't flame, I am wondering if it's all chicken nuggets and fries?

the schools give out a monthly menu that seems to sound suspiciously like nuggets and fries. dd brings food from home.

can we do that (have DC bring lunch)?

yes, of course.

How do you do this? Ask to store the Nobu sushi in the teacher's lounge?

no. i cook food in the morning, put it in a container and send her with it. it's hardly complicated.

No, I mean (I know I was being flippant) logistically, how do you keep the food from spoiling (no fridge in classroom I am assuming)

food doesn't spoil that quickly. (signed person from a place with no refrigeration who lived to tell the tale)

are you an alien sent to earth to learn the secrets of earthling dc's dietary habits or something? otherwise, have you never heard of, um, a sandwich? it's this easy-to-eat meal made of two slices of bread....

Oh yeah of course! Because deli meats/tuna salad don't need to be refridgerated - thanks for the reminder

refrigerated.

did you refrigerate them when you were children?

My mom pack my lunch(including deli meat and tuna) in my uninsulated Barbie lunch box and I somehow survived elementary school.

of course she did. these folks are loonies. (i pack cooked food and dd survives)

My lunches are better than your lunches! Mine are all-natural, organic and must be refrigerated until the moment they are served.

yuck. i hate cold food.

what the hell are you talking about? Do you really think deli meat spoils within those 3 hours? Dude. What else are you afraid of? You must be every psychologist's dream patient.

NP Three hours? When do your DCs eat lunch?

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NP: I can't believe I'm quoting Wiki but unfrigerated mom is getting villified for a simple question. FWIW I agree, I wouldn't eat unrefrigerated deli meat. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_will_deli_meat_and_cheese_last_unrefrigerated

you are kidding, right? WikiAnswers? Is that supposed to convince us that what we've been doing for years is now dangerous?

lol! love you!

btw, lunch boxes are usually insulated.

no, we are attacking somebody who thinks that sending an unrefrigerated sandwich with deli meats to school with your child will put him in danger of food poisoning.

Um, okay, I never said that. Aside from being unnecessary flippant in my first response, I asked "How do you keep food from spoiling." To which I've been accused of being an alien.

my dc eats lunch at 10:40. i think he'll survive.

OK, I give! I had no idea DCs ate that early. Now that I've been raked over the coals, I think I'll go eat a potato salad or something that's been left out.

OMG, did you never bring lunch to school when you were a kid? I went to a small Catholic grammar school (no cafeteria), and we stored lunch in our desks. Every single day. For 7 years. Not a single case of food poisoning.

Never, actually. Grew up in NYC.

NP: you send an insulated lunchbox with a coolpack (that is stored in the freezer till you use it) if you like. that's what I do.

THANK YOU. You've answered my question.

OP: Thank you all. We have him bring lunch now, not refrigirated, and will continue to do the same.

don't worry. this seemed hard for me to figure out at first too!

Thanks, I didn't realize I was an alien for thinking that a lunchmeat sandwich should be refrigerated.

with all that sodium it doesnt have to be, but i send regular food.

OP: I send regular food too.

that's not what we do. i send a hot lunch.

Peanut butter sandwiches don't spoil.

but pb is outlawed in a bunch of school.

pizza, grilled cheese and peanut butter and jelly.

No wonder there are so many fat kids waddling around.

and that we don't get enough exercise.

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