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RandySF

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9. I think the differences in lunches illustrate one point.

Reply to DreamGypsy (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 11:54 PM

Oct 2012

In another lifetime, I dated a woman from Peru who came to work for a US company. She was shocked by what passes for lunch here. She said that in her country, lunch was the most important meal of the day and "not just a sandwich". A lot of the meals in the blog (at least those in the more affluent countries) demonstrated that. When lunch is over, the kids' stomachs are FULL of nutritious body and brain building food.

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20 school lunches from around the world. [View all] RandySF Oct 2012 OP

Amazing - which one of these things is not like the rest? spooky3 Oct 2012 #1

Even some of the "meager fare" is better. RandySF Oct 2012 #5

yes, but some of the kids had nothing but a bowl of rice. spooky3 Oct 2012 #6

We might as well be feeding our kids living cancer cells with a side of diabetes. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #2

wtf is on the bottom left of this picture? Carnage251 Oct 2012 #3

It's an artichoke. RandySF Oct 2012 #4

What an odd combination FBaggins Oct 2012 #11

US lunches are welfare for agribusinesses peddling toxic junk nt msongs Oct 2012 #7

HFI Heartland Foods DreamGypsy Oct 2012 #8

I think the differences in lunches illustrate one point. RandySF Oct 2012 #9

Made off-site and too often JUNK. LWolf Oct 2012 #10

I've never seen prepackaged PBJs. Igel Oct 2012 #12