School Lunch

          School lunch, was the original quick service food establishment, and it has lost its’ way. Society evolved, trends came and went and the school lunch program became a follower versus a leader. When family revenue became more wanting, the nutritional content of meals started to decline. The two working parents eliminated the time to provide the home cooked meals that were the staple of our families a generation ago. It became too easy to pull the frozen entrée out of the freezer and zap it in the microwave and presto, dinner is served. On many occasions, we jump in the car and head off to that quick serve restaurant, you know the one, it has Carrot Top  as it’s mascot. I’m not lecturing, as I am as guilty as the next person. To make matters worse, schools started contracting with these quick serve establishments to provide lunches for the students. What were we thinking? Not only were they not nutritional, we lost innovation, and profit. But hey, the “lunch ladies” could keep the stains off their whites.