Gosh. I do love Cheetos. My husband was telling me a story out of one of the Carolinas about a little boys lunch being taken away from him by what my husband calls the food police. He had a lunch that his mama made for him. I think it was a sandwich and chips or something. The lunch police or food police of the school took it away from him and gave him something that they felt was healthier! Oh, if that ever happened to one of my kids that school or health department would regret it. I make my sons lunch every day. He gets a sandwich on one of those small crecsents, chips or crackers, either grapes or strawberries and sometimes a bottle of chocolate milk. I may even sneak in a piece of candy or two. Who are they to tell parents what to put in the lunches of their own children. Now, his school lunches at school are healthier. Like Pizza on whole wheat crust, a side of fruit and low fat milk. Sometimes he likes to buy his lunch and that's fine.
Jeri -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats and Related Issues! Not kidding about the banning of Cheetos, and I doubt that there are parents who feed their kids only Cheetos. -- If you live in the United States, are you better off than you were 4 years ago? If not, you can help change that. Election time is rapidly approaching. Do research, and think before you vote. Our future depends on our wisdom or lack thereof. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Dickhoner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats and Related Issues! > Come on! Give Me a Break! I can't imagine their are parents out there > that only feed kids cheetoes. Anything's possible, so I shouldn't be surprised. > > It's close to Halloween, so, Charles, I hope you're just kidding me on > this on. > > Tom Dickhoner > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Rivard <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats and Related Issues! > > Now, there are schools that are going to ban kids from even bringing > flaming hot cheetos to school. The snacks will be confiscated. Their > reasoning? > The snacks have no nutritional value, they are salty, and studies have > shown that they, might???, have the same effects on kids as alcohol or > drugs. > The > key word was separated by punctuation, including those question marks. > In other words, they're not sure about the findings yet. Come on, you > idiots! > To a certain point, isn't the term "healthy snacks" an oxymoron? What > is the purpose of a snack? It's supposed to taste good! If it is > healthy, so much the better, but does it have? to be?? Schools should > focus on education, and they should not be nutrition police. We don't > pay them to keep our kids healthy. We pay them to educate our kids, > and they're not doing that, either! It's getting ridiculous! Parents > should take care of the kids' diets, and schools should take care of > kids' education. They should work together for the betterment of the > kids, but the schools, in this case, are going way! to! far! > > -- > If you live in the United States, are you better off than you were 4 > years ago? If not, you can help change that. Election time is > rapidly approaching. Do research, and think before you vote. Our > future depends on our wisdom or lack thereof. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Dickhoner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 8:05 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats and Related Issues! > > >> There are some people who say that we need to get off this subject. >> This is a cooking site to be sure, but we also need to vent. >> >> I'm glad to know that there are others who have responded and feel >> that it is a sad day when we are limited on what kids can take to >> school. >> >> Our church has pot luck meals often. We know the people, and there is >> no question as to what is brought. >> >> That's another story for another time. >> >> Tom Dickhoner >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sandy <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:23 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [CnD] School Treats and Related Issues! >> >> Some times, kids swap things in their lunch boxes with friends. >> More and more, more nutritious choices are being enforced, with >> Michelle Obama and the kids physical fitness issue and weight >> management, eating healthier, etc. Like Katie stated, the cleanliness >> of the kitchens at home is a factor, but then, again, that can >> stretch anywhere, like to church potlucks, for that! Matter, plus, >> the very possibility of people sneaking contraband into the cakes, >> cookies, brownies, etc. very sad, and unfortunate, but just sign of >> the times, the world we live in! >> >> Let two! grins! grow! where one! grouch! was before! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:26 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats >> >> >> >> Hello Shira, >> >> It's not just the U.S. who have such rules regarding children's >> allowable foods and snacks. >> Here in Canada our laws are very similar in many ways. But the >> reasons given by our schools and other officials tell us that the >> main reason is related to the increase in allergic reactions by some >> children to specific types of food contents. >> For example, since about 1 in 100 people may have some allergy to >> peanuts, it is now illegal for anyone to supply peanuts, or peanut >> butter, or any food with any peanut content to any child outside >> their own home. >> The reason they state that packaged foods are necessary is >> theoretically to allow the teacher, or other supervisory staff, to >> read the contents to determine if the child should be allowed to keep >> that particular item. >> I suppose the fear is that if any child has a food product that may >> contain anything anyone might be allergic to, there is a possibility >> that the allergic child could come in contact with that item and >> suffer health problems in the process. >> One question I must ask myself is, why would someone's allergic child >> come in contact with my child's lunch? Is theft so rampant now that >> it's simply expected that anything taken to a school by my child is >> more than likely to be taken from him by another child? >> Yes, the entire issue is a definite statement about what our society >> is becoming. >> >> >> At 05:54 AM Thursday 10/18/2012, you wrote: >>>Wow, it's really sad!!! >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Chandler" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:37 AM >>>Subject: Re: [CnD] School Treats >>> >>> >>>> >>>>Some of it is that reason, but, it is also, a health thing. Some >>>>children's parents may not be so clean in there kitchen, or in their >>>>personal hygiene of washing their hands and etc. So if some things >>>>were cooked in a dirty kitchen and etc it could cause food poisoning >>>>or etc also. One never knows unless they know the person >>>>personally, and, there is sometimes to many people that are like >>>>that, along with the crazy people that put things in foods or snacks >>>>to pass out to children, razor blades, poison,drugs, and etc. It is >>>>a real shame that our world has become like that. It never use to >>>>have that kind of fear that people would do things like that >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
