L.A. bans chocolate milk

[Babs]

from schools. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43414471

I hope this catches on. If there's one thing I will never understand about the school nutrition programs, it's how they produce bland, inedible food in the name of health, but then give the kids chocolate milk twice a day. That's fifty grams of sugar!

NBC interviewed whiny parents who are like, "my kid won't drink milk at all if it's not strawberry or chocolate." Well, okay, but that's hardly an excuse to subsidize its use in the schools. Sheesh.

[TripletDaddy]

California's smoking ban was by far the most comprehensive of its kind back in the mid 90s. People thought it would hurt retail sales. Within 15 years, most states wound up following suit with similarly restrictive/comprehensive smoking bans beyond some existent "Clean Air" acts.

I hope this latest move portends similar trends nationwide. Why not just give the kids water? It would also help with the budget.

[Donuthole]

Don't you know that the chocolate helps mask the sour milk?

[falafel]

As long as they don't get rid of the Tampico!

[Donuthole]

As long as they don't get rid of the Tampico!

Or as they call it in Guatemala: "jugo de naranga".

[falafel]

Or as they call it in Guatemala: "jugo de naranga".

More like nectar than jugo.

Which reminds me of when I was in my first area on my mission and I was still figuring the language out (obviously). I called some house looking for a guy named "Hugo" and stupidly asked if juice was there.

[Babs]

California's smoking ban was by far the most comprehensive of its kind back in the mid 90s. People thought it would hurt retail sales. Within 15 years, most states wound up following suit with similarly restrictive/comprehensive smoking bans beyond some existent "Clean Air" acts.

I hope this latest move portends similar trends nationwide. Why not just give the kids water? It would also help with the budget.

Yeah. To be fair, L.A.'s not the first district to do this. They're just the first big-name district to do this.

[Donuthole]

More like nectar than jugo.

Which reminds me of when I was in my first area on my mission and I was still figuring the language out (obviously). I called some house looking for a guy named "Hugo" and stupidly asked if juice was there.

I dont' think it's much like nectar or juice, but more like artificial syrupy punch. But I hated it before my mission and loved it by the time I left. Not that real orange juice in Guatemala was much better, as the oranges there are pretty terrible.

[falafel]

I dont' think it's much like nectar or juice, but more like artificial syrupy punch. But I hated it before my mission and loved it by the time I left. Not that real orange juice in Guatemala was much better, as the oranges there are pretty terrible.

Lunch in middle school was the same nearly every day for 3 years (as far as I remember):

1 slice of Ambassador pepperoni pizza

1 1/2 pint carton of Tampico.

[wuapinmon]

Maybe Jaime Oliver's making a difference.

[LA Ute]

Or as they call it in Guatemala: "jugo de naranga".

Isn't it naranja?

[Donuthole]

Isn't it naranja?

For you, it's nuh ran huh.

[marsupial]

California's smoking ban was by far the most comprehensive of its kind back in the mid 90s. People thought it would hurt retail sales. Within 15 years, most states wound up following suit with similarly restrictive/comprehensive smoking bans beyond some existent "Clean Air" acts.

I hope this latest move portends similar trends nationwide. Why not just give the kids water? It would also help with the budget.

Let them drink tap water! I would totally be in favor of that. Use the savings toward better quality food. Besides, I sometimes eat lunch with my son and I can't tell you how many of those milks get tossed in the trash, unopened.

[San Juan Sun]

This ban is racist.

[Babs]

This ban is racist.

Nah. They banned strawberry, too. All colors, really.