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Associated Press via New York Post

Kids 'thank' Michelle Obama for 'mystery mush' school lunches

WASHINGTON — School kids are giving thanks to first lady Michelle Obama just in time for the holiday – with a sarcastic Twitter hashtag about unappealing school lunches.

Along with photos of unsavory-looking school meals, the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama was among the top trends on Twitter within the United States for a time on Friday.

The first lady has become the symbol of healthier school meals as she has pushed standards implemented in 2012 that require more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in the lunch line in an effort to combat childhood obesity. There are also limits on sodium, sugar and fat.

While many schools have put the standards in place successfully, others have said some of the new foods end up in the trash can.

Many of the photos have a Thanksgiving theme – think sad-looking stuffing – while others are everyday meals. The hashtag appears to have started around two years ago, but didn’t really catch on until Friday after several websites picked it up.

“Had a very #healthylunch today,” Hunter Whitney of Wisconsin tweeted. “The apple definitely made up for the `mystery mush’ #ThanksMichelleObama.”

His photo of a soupy Spanish rice gone wrong and an apple on a school lunch tray was retweeted more than 170 times.

“I’m going to fight until the bitter end to make sure that every kid in this country continues to have the best nutrition that they can have in our schools, because these kids, all of these kids, are worth it,” Michelle Obama said this summer.

This is so funny, it made me cry reading the tweets.

 

[akira28]

ah slow moving bureaucracy that would gladly sell kids ketchup and call it a serving of vegetables.

 

[DMczaf]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

 

[AJLma]

I would not eat whatever that is.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

but without michelle he/she wouldn't have had that apple to make the mystery mush better, it would've just been mush.

 

[Heroman]

School lunches has always been gross.

 

[tycoonheart]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

I loved this shit in high school.

 

[EBE]

school chalupas were the best.

 

[RevDM]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Hell ya rectangle pizza! It was so bad!

 

[Mr.Swag]

I always loved cheese sticks, chicken tenders. Buttery grilled cheese, shitty pizza, turkey cheese sub

 

[ponpo]

Someone retag all of these photos with the hashtag.

 

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but without michelle he/she wouldn't have had that apple to make the mystery mush better, it would've just been mush.

I don't think the hashtag is seriously saying she made lunches gross, but there are some indicating her legislation efforts may be part of the blame. Some students are claiming it has reduced the portions and options available, and many schools' new nutritious foods are gross.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Rectangle pizza with the Ken's ranch dressing on deck.

 

[Welfare]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Love these.

 

[super-famicom]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Hey, I enjoyed these in elementary school!

 

[Jawbreaker]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

This was great. Loved having them in elementary school.

 

[Thorakai]

spoiled brats

 

[JMDSO]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Shit.. I used to look forward to Friday cause it was pizza day.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

I don't think the hashtag is seriously saying she made lunches gross, but there are some indicating her legislation efforts may be part of the blame. Some students are claiming it has reduced the portions and options available, and many schools' new nutritious foods are gross.

reducing portions is a good thing, we get used to eating too much and call it normal, nowadays.

Gross new food is a problem, tho.

 

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Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Rectangle pizza was the $30 Italian meal of our day. Sooo so good.

 

[SilentRacoon]

They call this food?

It looks like it tasted so bad that he threw up on top of it.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

ah slow moving bureaucracy that would gladly sell kids ketchup and call it a serving of vegetables.

Good ol' Reagan. What a fucked up POS legacy he's left behind.

 

[speculawyer]

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Associated Press via New York Post

So it looks like they ate the main course but are complaining about a side dish. Get over it.

 

[JCizzle]

School lunches suck, news at 11!

 

[aly]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Pfft, that stuff was delicious. I want a rectangle pizza right now.

 

[EulaCapra]

Everything looks like yummy Indian food.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Yes, because she's in individual cafeterias making sure they cut corners and meet the minimum requirements

 

[Regiruler]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Everyone understands rectangle pizza. It's an american rite of passage.

 

[Dennis]

They should invite Jamie Oliver over to fix the school lunches.

 

[Kettch]

Ehhh, I kinda doubt that the meal looks gross because of it being healthy. They'd probably just have a gross looking unhealthy meal instead.

 

[BakedYams]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

elementary school was awesome with that stale pizza. also, i loved freshman year of high school, 4 flavors of milk until they took it away the next year ;~;

 

[Plywood]

My freebies were delicious. *shrug*

 

[Apt101]

Chicken patty day was the bomb. I also liked the slightly dodgy cheeseburgers - pretty sure they were cut with soy or something, but so good. Never had that nasty looking chowmein though. Our pizza was rectangular but they gave out huge pieces, more than most kids could eat.

 

[inm8num2]

Fuck your rectangular pizzas. Beef and cheese nachos will always be the school lunch champ.

 

[Strike]

Okay, but you need to be blaming your raggedy ass school for cutting corners and giving you these struggle meals instead of getting the actual healthy food.

 

[Jarrod38]

Spaghetti day was the best at my school. Even the kids who packed their lunches wkuld buy the spaghetti. Best school lunch ever.

 

[Mononoke]

My school had a deal with Pizza Hut or some shit. So we would get food from there + this Chinese place.

 

[BadAss2961]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

Even as a kid I knew that shit was garbage. Hated Pizza Friday.

 

[SteveWinwood]

it fucking sucked before you whiny brats she didnt do shit

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Okay, but you need to be blaming your raggedy ass school for cutting corners and giving you these struggle meals instead of getting the actual healthy food.

"Food looks bad" === "not actual healthy food"?

 

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Maybe if you added BBQ sauce I could support this.

 

[Beerman462]

They call this food?

It looks like it tasted so bad that he threw up on top of it.

Are you being sarcastic? That actually looks good.

Maybe if you added BBQ sauce I could support this.

Does not look good.

 

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Maybe if you added BBQ sauce I could support this.

The tomato

Edit: tomato?

 

[Mononoke]

it fucking sucked before you whiny brats she didnt do shit

Didn't she push healthier food in schools? I think that's what they are talking about. Then again, I don't know if any of the stuff she pushed or campaigned actually even made it to the local schools.

Either way, I agree that it always sucked. And it's not her fault lol

 

[arts&crafts]

I went to 4 different elementary schools in and around Toronto and none of them had cafeterias. I am wondering if I missed out or if it is an American thing.

 

[BakedYams]

Maybe if you added BBQ sauce I could support this.

is this real? the struggle is real.

 

[Avixph]

They call this food?

It looks like it tasted so bad that he threw up on top of it.

That doesn't look like something served at a school, and I say this because the food looks like it was served on a glass plate and to the left of it there's what seems to be a wine glass.

 

[Beerman462]

is this real? the struggle is real.

Bread makes you fat

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Fuck these kids. I grew up with fucking rectangle pizza with cubed pepperoni!

school chalupas were the best.

So bad to both. I lived with that shit through middle school. Barely anybody had lunch is high school. We had the culinary class sell some healthy items but the district came down hard on them for doing that.

 

[Sami+]

Chicken patty day was the bomb. I also liked the slightly dodgy cheeseburgers - pretty sure they were cut with soy or something, but so good. Never had that nasty looking chowmein though. Our pizza was rectangular but they gave out huge pieces, more than most kids could eat.

fuck yessss chicken patty day was my jam