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- I'm definitely not a nutritionist,

but I care about what my kids eat and what I eat.

- We get a calendar every month that lists

the breakfast and lunch that she gets at school,

and it looks good.

- I remember the cafeteria lunches growing up

being really bland and dry.

- They tasted like cardboard.

She's in the same school district as I was, so

hoping they improved.

- I'm sure it'll be some sort of combination of

processed and heated foods

and then maybe like a token vegetable or fruit.

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This is a substance I'm not familiar with.

Can somebody tell me what this is?

- See?

Blob.

And it smells like nothing.

- Nothing.

Just tastes like beige.

- Seriously, this is what they give at school?

- It says fruits, grains, vegetables, protein, dairy.

My only question is is if this is what we're

supposed to be eating, does this chicken salad

sandwich reflect that?

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- I'm not excited about this.

Not at all.

- This is definitely like a microwaved moment

right now, I can tell.

- Oh, it's so gross.

- This sandwich looks like a scrotum.

- The meatballs look like they can bounce.

- This tastes like it was prepared maybe a month ago.

- I can plug my nose when I try it, right?

- It bounced.

- No one's seasoned this obviously.

This is like tiny water balloons in my mouth right now.

- It tastes a little dish watery.

- Very sad corn.

- Where did they find this?

Did it fall off a truck or something?

- I would probably just eat these.

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It's like a shoelace posing as meat.

- Very pliable.

- Aren't they supposed to be orange?

- Why can't I pierce it past a certain point?

- Pretty bendy.

- Is it really an egg?

- That is disgusting.

- I don't know what this ham meat is supposed to be.

- I wouldn't give that to my dog.

- How is that meat?

That's rubber.

- Almost a fifth of the entire day's sodium

in this one packet.

- That's so bad.

How do children eat this?

It was actually way worse than I thought it would be.

- Everything felt a little rubbery.

- I'm really worried that this is what I depend on

while I'm away from her.

- I just think about the kids who don't have access

to meals and this is how they're gonna eat lunch,

and I'm just kinda bummed out

because this is what we're offering them, and I think

we can do better, and we should do better.

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