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Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
So long as it's chocolate skim milk, I'll take that over sugary juices from concentrate and filled with HFCS.
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YouTube clip from documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT6RLHXgeJ8
Video: Lobster Rolls from Red's Eats on VendrTV
I remembered this place from the documentary Sandwiches That You Will Like. Sad to hear that "Red" passed away last year.
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Thankgiving side dish ideas - HELP!!
My family usually may have vegetables and some shrimp as a side dish. Once for Christmas we had some basmati.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
So long as it's chocolate skim milk, I'll take that over sugary juices from concentrate and filled with HFCS.
Video: Lobster Rolls from Red's Eats on VendrTV
YouTube clip from documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT6RLHXgeJ8
Video: Lobster Rolls from Red's Eats on VendrTV
I remembered this place from the documentary Sandwiches That You Will Like. Sad to hear that "Red" passed away last year.
Street Food Profiles: Don Chow Tacos in Los Angeles, California
I had an idea: Peking duck taco.
Yankees vs. Phillies: The Serious Eats World Series
@hungrytraveler: Aren't onions vegetables? And the onion sauce?
Why didn't anyone mention deserts? Tastykake versus Juniors?
All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants: Great Deal, Or Bad Policy?
My father took me to a Chinese buffet place for my birthday. I did not anticipate having sushi, oysters and Peking duck.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
I will try this place out. Thank you for the recommendation.
What Londoners Think of New York Food: The 'Madison Avenue Bagel'
I believe putting pastrami and cheese together is not kosher.
Weekend Cook and Tell: TV Dinners
I don't watch anything when I eat. But I usually have my MP3 player on, sometimes attached to a speaker to listen with.
Street Food Profiles: Hong's Chinese Dumplings in Burlington, Vermont
I wonder if she could set a restaurant.
The 10 Worst Lunch Boxes Ever
As a boy, I remember carrying a pink-ish Strawberry Shortcake lunch box and thermos. My grandfather covered the thing with tape. It was metal box which I carried roast pork buns for lunch. I think I still have it.
In Genius Snack Ideas: Frosting On Saltines
I remember I used to eat tortilla chips with peanut butter. There's a nice blend of sweet and salty with that mix.
Dinner Tonight: Five-Spice Beef Stir Fry
That looks good.
do you remember elementary school cafeteria food?
I remember the meals were served with sporks and on styrofoam trays with compartments. There was a large silver milk fridge where you walked past to grab one of the small milks - red for whole, blue for skim and brown for chocolate if you were lucky. The food was not particularly memorable.
What’s Your Favorite Weird Snack Combo?
Nachos with peanut butter. An odd salty and sweet taste when I ran out of salsa.
Montreal and New Orleans Midwestern French Fry Mashup at fRedhots and Fries in Illinois
Reminds me of a garbage plate.
What Do You Like to Read When Eating Solo?
I usually listen to my MP3 player rather than read nowadays. Usually I listen to the Brian Lehrer and Leonard Lopate shows in podcast form.
Fake Brands Mall Set to Open in China
What other fake names could we make up?
The Year That Was on Serious Eats: Videos
Squirrel melts!
Archway Cookies Also Saved From Bankruptcy
I do like the molasses cookies, especially from a fresh batch.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
the days they ran out of chocolate milk before I came through the line were the days I didn't drink any milk at school.
I did sometimes drink plain milk at home, generally with ice cubes, because really cold was the only way I could stand it. (Or, over cereal. Mom bought only unsugared things like shredded wheat & grape nuts, but we were allowed to add sugar or honey. so, yum.) the milk at school was never cold enough for me.
My weight gain didn't begin until I was nearly 20 years out of school. When I no longer habitually drink cow's milk.
Thankgiving side dish ideas - HELP!!
Neither are fancy, but both are oh-so-good!
Carrot Soufflé
Serves 10
3-1/2 lbs peeled carrots
1-1/2 lbs sugar
1 TBS baking powder
1 TBS vanilla
1/4 cup flour
6 eggs
1/2 lb butter, softened
powdered sugar
Steam or boil carrots until extra soft. Drain well.
While carrots are warm, add sugar, baking powder and vanilla.
Whip with mixer until smooth.
Add flour and mix well.
Whip eggs and add to carrot mixture. Blend well.
Add softened margarine to mixture and blend well.
Pour mixture into baking dish about half full as the souffle will rise.
Bake in 350ºF oven about 1 hour or until top is a light golden brown.
Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar over top before serving.
Corn Pudding
2 16 oz cans creamed corn
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup flour
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
Mix all ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour into a 9”x13” baking pan. Bake at 350˚F for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and center is firm to touch.
McDonald's Cheeseburger vs. McDouble vs. Double Cheeseburger
I know folks who prefer the cheeseburger because it tastes better than the double cheeseburger.
I have to say the McDouble works for me because the one slice of cheese allows for the meat flavor to come through more than on the double cheeseburger.
I know this is off the subject, but the new Angus Mushroom & Swiss is good!
McDonald's Cheeseburger vs. McDouble vs. Double Cheeseburger
Hilarious.
I just happen to be eating a McD's Cheeseburger right now! I missed lunch and had the hubby bring me one, well actually two, to work.
Tastes pretty good when you're really hungry!
McDonald's Cheeseburger vs. McDouble vs. Double Cheeseburger
I want to know why the double cheeseburger was cheaper than the cheeseburger for a while. does anyone remember that? one was $1 and the other $1.29
All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants: Great Deal, Or Bad Policy?
The last time I was in Israel I stayed at a hotel that offered a breakfast buffet. The food was nothing less than amazing. They had cheeses and spreads from all over the middle east, a large assortment of fresh baked bread, familiar and exotic fresh fruit, and the most delicious yogurts I can remember having. It was very different from the breakfast buffets I have been to here in the US (less animal fat, less protein, less fried potatoes, less sweetened simple starches). In any case, most of us at that hotel ate smaller portions and seemed to be just as satisfied since the food was so fresh and tasty.
Video: Lobster Rolls from Red's Eats on VendrTV
New England style hot dog buns! I hold a special place in my heart for them. Those, and brown bread, and that little piece of bacon fat in the can of baked beans.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
I only drank chocolate milk as a child with lunch. I would have preferred water overall, but it was never an option. The chocolate also covered up that 'this will turn in a few hours if I don't drink it' taste, which was common in schools.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@therealchiffonade - I was joking about kale. But I think the fact that parents are raising kids who don't eat fruits and vegetables is a problem. It's just accepted that kids won't eat healthy food - yes they will, if their parents eat well and they can't spend their lunch money in a vending machine.
As a kid, I loved food like butternut squash puree (granted, it was my grandmother's, so who knows what badness she put in there), broccoli, spinach (usually in pasta), corn, carrots, tomatoes, and every fruit ever. I used to love giving classmates zucchini chocolate muffins, and then telling them - gasp!- they were eating vegetables. And I loved vegetables in spite of my mother's cooking, not because she was an amazing chef.
I enjoyed plenty of junk, too, of course, because kids freaking love sugar. I am just saying that kids not eating vegetables is a far bigger problem than kids not drinking milk (let me once again point out that people from non-dairy cultures rarely shatter). Milk does provide calcium - but you also get saturated fat, cholesterol, lots of calories, and proteins that prevent calcium absorption.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@omnomnom... Woo hoo! Your mom's badass!! Falling out of a tree? Holy Hanna.
I even use milk instead of water to make my oatmeal. Why not beef up the nutritive value of oatmeal while I'm at it?? Milk is an excellent source of calcium and it enriches many foods.
Think it's tough to get kids to drink milk? Try getting them to eat kale. Barbed wire would probably be more palatable to kids.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@Robyn Lee - Maybe we should start a powerful lobbying grop on behalf of kale?
My mother was raised on a dairy farm and is fairly sure that not drinking milk is a slow form of suicide – I drank a lot of milk growing up. It wasn't until I was in college that I put greater thought into it, looked into the research and decided that it's wrong to push milk as a miracle health drink. It's not.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
Milk is probably on the balance pretty neutral. I don't think it's an important part of anyone's diet, and the calcium benefits are generally pretty overblown. Few children have calcium deficiencies in developed nations, and you can get plenty via vegetable sources.
On the other hand, I don't think it has many major flaws. Chocolate milk is sugary but not heinously so, and the amounts served in most cafeterias are modest. So I'm going to say this is a non-issue. Leave it there for kids who want it, but provide other options for kids that don't (water, ideally).
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@KarynMC: That's how I feel too. Kids/people in general don't need to be encouraged to drink milk. Unfortunately there isn't a hugely powerful fruit and vegetable board who can be like, "EAT FRUITS AND VEGGIES, LOTS OF EM, here's an ad featuring a celeb eating an orange, etc." Sigh. When I was in 9th grade I did a report in my health class about how milk could be bad for you, and most of my class seemed to think I was nuts except for my teacher.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@Cassaendra - Nope, not joking. I think it's awful that industries control what children eat or drink in school (and quite a few long-held nutritional beliefs). No one needs milk. There are very good plant-based sources of calcium, and too much animal protein in the diet can actually hurt bone development. Encouraging children to drink milk with every meal is ludicrous.
I like what PCRM had to say: http://www.pcrm.org/news/release091109.html
And for those saying that they have never broken bones - traditional East Asian cuisine does not include dairy, and the people eating it did not see their bones turn into noodles.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@therealchiffonade:
My mom drinks a lot of 1 or 1/2% milk, and just turned 50. While she has broken her arm and tailbone (fell out of a tree, etc - really no avoiding it, lol) she has 112% bone density for a woman her age.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
I'm not going to try and convince anyone that we need milk because if you believe otherwise, nothing I have to say will make a difference. We will all perpetuate our beliefs to the next generation and let the chips fall where they may.
But this I know...
My brother and I not only drank oceans of milk as kids, my dad worked for Polly-O Dairy AND we're Italian so cheese factored into our diets quite regularly. Milk (unflavored) was my beverage of choice until I was 12 years old and then I switched to diet soda - then water (fizzy or flat).
* My brother has never broken a bone (and he's quite active).
* I have never broken a bone (and I'm quite active). I'm 50, workout regularly with cardio and do weight bearing exercise. I've played sports on and off throughout my entire life. I sit up straight and I stand up straight. I have never broken a bone.
Do I still drink milk? You better believe it.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
I'm surprised more people aren't on the "Do we need milk?" side. I'm not a nutritionist, but as someone who didn't drink milk growing up, I came out relatively okay...(pokes self)...granted, I'm only 24 so my bones could disintegrate later. Of course the milk board wants to push milk; it's their product. They'll make it seem as healthy as they possible can. [...end cynical 'boppy]
I should probably add that I grew up with a health nutty mom (probably more common now, not so much 10+ years ago) and most of the schools I went to for elementary and middle school didn't have cafeterias full of unhealthy food. I had to bring most of my food from home.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
My mom works in a school cafeteria. From what she tells me they make for the kids, chocolate milk is the least of the evils. Half their menu comes breaded in a bag. Get rid of the processed meat products (like chicken nuggets), trade the fake cheese for real, stop selling cookies and brownies, and dump the Gatorade.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
@KarynMC: Not sure if you're joking, but I agree with your comment. I think milk should be removed completely and calcium received in a different form.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
we had to drink regular milk with school lunch and since it goes horribly with Asian dishes (exp. white rice.. blech) I used to finish milk after I was done with lunch, as a "dessert." Chocolate milk would've been much nicer for that. but then they probably didn't have enough money to upgrade or nutritionists didn't like the idea or something.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
Keep the chocolate milk in schools, so kids will actually drink milk at lunch time.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
OK, who brought up keeping SPAM in schools?
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
Chocolate milk is the only kind my child will drink - she was allergic to milk as an infant and so never developed a taste for it. But she will drink her chocolate milk at school - so I'm all for it. Other than chocolate milk, she drinks water - or very rarely, Sunny D (a treat!).
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
I don't think kids need milk, period.
Should We Keep Chocolate Milk in Schools?
I think chocolate milk is no big deal - and it is healthy compared to many other drinks.
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Website: http://www.senateseeker.com/
Location: Brooklyn, New York
About: Lurker turned member. Live in Bay Ridge. Regret not having gone to Lento's more often.
Favorite foods: General Tso's chicken from one particular takeout place one block from my home. Peking duck, lobster, a good sandwich.
Last bite on earth: Why limit it to one?

My family usually may have vegetables and some shrimp as a side dish. Once for Christmas we had some basmati.