School lunch is a daily disappointment. From soggy pizza to mystery meat, the menu seems designed to test our ability to stomach the inedible. The food is often lukewarm, flavorless, and, at times, questionably expired. Vegetables are either overcooked mush or raw and unwashed, and the fruit selection usually consists of bruised apples or tasteless oranges.
The main courses don't fare any better. Chicken nuggets that taste like cardboard, rubbery burgers, and pasta drowned in a watery sauce leave students hungry and dissatisfied. The portions are also laughably small, barely enough to keep anyone full until the next class. And let's not even talk about the milk--it's either warm or past its prime.
For a place that's supposed to nourish students, school cafeterias are failing miserably. If this is supposed to be "healthy and balanced," I'd rather take my chances with a homemade sandwich. read more