Even if we are in the wrong, we ain't lisnen to his kind. Just 'cause.
I think it's time we fence in this state from the rest of the world.
It wasn't enough that every other state in the country laughs at us for all the wrong reasons (sans Mississippi), but now, we are internationally known for being stubborn and hostile to "outsiders".
Well... the Food Revolution has hit my son's school. I have had to pack a lunch for him all week thanks to that uppity brit and his shitty food being dished out, and subsequently, thrown out, at school. Good grief. I don't know any elementary age kid who will eat lemon pepper chicken, beefy nachos overloaded with onions, and chicken caesar salad. He said, "I could have been happily eating my steak and gravy but instead, I had to gag on nasty nachos." He and his classmates are planning a revolt!
I feel especially bad for the hundreds of kids who depend on their school lunch for their only meal each day.
I had high hopes that this program might succeed, but you just can't pry these kids away from their beloved chicken nuggets, mashed taters, and jello mold.
When I was at the old Huntington High (class of 1974) we didn't even have a hot lunch program. I don't remember why - probably lack of interest/participation from the students. I remember raising $$ for the newspaper staff selling milk & apples at lunch. Most kids bought steak sandwiches and pizza breads off the Gino's and Rollyson's Catering trucks.
Rod said in the Herald-Dispatch this weekend that he was asked by the show's producers to be a 'devil's advocate' and oppose Oliver's ideas and plans. They didn't tell Oliver this and apparently he genuinely thought Rod was an a-hole....
"It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much." - Yogi Berra
When I was in high school (mid-late 1980's) they may as well have not had a school lunch program. NO ONE (not even Nunley) ate what came out of the cafeteria. You could literally walk by the cafeteria and there would be no one in there at lunch. Even the kids on free lunch wouldn't eat it.
Titties and beer...thank God almighty for titties and beer!
Except cheeseburger and french fries day. You would see a line at the cafeteria for those. I still occasionally get a hankering for those industrial/institutional cheeseburgers like they served at LHS and/or Riverfront Stadium. I don't know what meat was actually in those.
Thinking back, there were some great food items I still recall from my elementary school cafeteria (Cammack Elementary in Huntington - 1962-1968). Pinto beans with chopped onion and cornbread was very good; so were the BBQ sandwiches. They made a very good pineapple upside down cake also. The pizza left something to be desired though.....a thick hard crust topped with tomato sauce, American cheese & hamburger....not the best....
One dessert was one of the best things I ever had...they made a peanut butter pie at Cammack that was like nothing else I've had anywhere until recently. It was like pecan pie with a gooey Karo syrup-based filling and a great peanut butter taste. Instead of pecans, the top would get a bit hard but not too hard. For most of my adult years I tried to find a similar pie to no avail. Just in the last few years did I find the recipe on the Internet. I could literally eat it every day, especially warm with some vanilla ice cream and maybe some dark chocolate syrup (obviously above & beyond the school version). But until they come up with a medical procedure where they can go in and scrape the peanut butter off the walls of my blood vessels (and I'm sure it's caked there) I'll have to enjoy it in moderation.
"It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much." - Yogi Berra
My favorite was the Spaghetti. Seriously, the "tray" line was out the door for Spaghetti day. Sometimes, I would have a tray and reenter the line and give them a bogus student number for a second tray. That shit was like meth.
Try to get a kid today to eat pinto beans and see what the response is. Most of my friends that have kids will eat NOTHING but chicken nuggets and fries. My sister's four year old is that way. Sis says "she won't eat anything else". By GAWD, don't give her anything else and she will be happy to eat pinto beans. One of my 20 something co-workers won't eat anything that loosely resembles flavor. Its all nuggets, fries and PLAIN burgers. She would have a seizure if mayo, mustard, garlic, onion, seafood etc ever touched her plate. How did we get like this?
BTW Nunley, I don't remember the excitement of cheeseburger day. I was busy with your girlfriends, I guess.
Titties and beer...thank God almighty for titties and beer!
I think that turned a little unnecessarily ugly there Jay. While I don't doubt your biblical congress with Dave's mom, I think we all know the only girlfriends you had in high school were attached to your wrists.
No. Dave's mom is unnecessarily ugly. While it is true the girls I dates in high school the most were attached to my wrists, they weren't the only ones.
