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A number of years ago, the Harrisonburg City Schools in Virginia made the mistake of taking photos of their school lunches and posting them on their website.
The idea was that parents would print these photos out and catalog them (note the names and abbreviations in the upper left corner).
This way parents will know exactly what their kids will be getting for lunch each day.
But instead, they ended up posting some of the most disgusting food photos we've ever seen. Instead of letting parents know what their kids are eating, these should be used as Exhibit A in a court case against feeding our nation's children garbage.
Here are some of the more notable photos from the collection. We're not sure if we should laugh or cry.
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This should be called "Ball o' Grease and Future Diabetes."
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Gray is a type of BBQ, right?
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We probably would've named this "Dry, Flavorless Patty."
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Mmm mmm, red paste.
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These teriyaki bites look suspiciously like the things that fall out of a dog's rear end.
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Giving slices of white bread a fancy name like "Italian Dunkers" does not a good meal make.
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Round wedge, huh? We think in some parts of America this is also called a "slice."
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Let us decode "Thin Crust Pizza" for you:
Thin = Dry
Crust = Burned
Pizza = Cardboard
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Any guesses on what the brown stuff is in that cup next to the nacho-cheese-filled potato? (We hope it's Lipitor.)
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We think this description is missing the word "soggy."
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Crusty, dry and microwaved. Our children truly are the future.
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It's hard to mess up lasagna. And yet, here we are.
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We're afraid to ask what these are stuffed with.
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We think they meant to call this "Oven-Annihilated Chicken."
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There could really be anything in that sub.
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Do a handful of nachos and a cup of fake cheese constitute a lunch? There are more vitamins and nutrients in the tray than in the "food" on top of it.
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We've never wanted to keep Kosher until now.
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We're glad they didn't bother folding it over for the photo.
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Kids love food that's spelled crazy!
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This one might actually be OK.
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"Less crispy brown and more dull and gray!" --what we imagine it says on the box
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One sad, lonely corn dog.
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There's no better way to teach children about other cultures than with deep frying.
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That's one depressing-looking grilled-cheese sandwich.
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What exactly is Italian about this dry, stale sandwich?
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The classic square-rectangle school-lunch pizza.
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Is it bad that this gallery is actually starting to make us hungry?
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We think they could switch the word "soft" with "sad" and that would work just as well.
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Please, make it stop.
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Our kids definitely need to eat more things in tub form.
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Unhappy Thanksgiving!
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And when you're all done congratulating yourselves on your incisively witty commentary, perhaps you should actually taste the lunches before commenting? Perhaps you should check with the federal guidelines as these are standard combinations (along with the milk, juice, vegetables and so forth barely shown in the pictures) from the federal lunch program, and the school is merely complying with those guidelines. Sure, there are some less appealing items among these pictures, but if they're commensurate with the ones served in our school cafeteria, they're pretty darn tasty. Schools get all kinds of flack for the food they provide, and they're easy targets, but for the insanely small price charged per lunch, they're usually quite a good value.
June 26 2012 at 5:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThose are the most pathetic looking balls I've ever seen.
June 25 2012 at 6:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply