The Battle of the Green Beans
Fed up with the repeat appearance of a particularly loathsome vegetable on their school lunch trays, a group of Las Vegas second graders took the matter head on.
Guided by the gentle hand of their teacher (to be played by Sidney Poitier in the upcoming HBO special) they launched a polite letter writing campaign to air their collective revulsion at the culprit -- reheated frozen green beans:
"A little boy said, 'Anything, anything, I'll even eat broccoli,"' said Connie Duits, the lunch lady. "So that one touched my heart."
With touched heart, Mrs. Duits put together a veggie taste test to see what the kids preferred. But cost restrictions meant the only real choices were
between canned and frozen green beans, corn, cooked or raw carrots and
cooked or cold peas.
In other words, school lunches are just as disgusting as ever. Except for the raw carrots. That's new.
The kids then were asked to write what other foods they'd like to see. Requests ranged from "stake" and lobster, to "chocolate filled panda cookies." Nice try, kiddies.
Supposedly, the menu is now being "tweaked" to take into account the kids' preferences. But when these are the choices, is it any wonder that kids hate vegetables?
Kids take on lunch lady -- and win [CNN]
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