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Obama’s School Lunch Menu
From iowahawk
Your Weekly Wildcat school lunch newsletter from President Barack Obama
Kids your age often ask me what’s the best part about being President. Is it riding in motorcades or Air Force One? Playing basketball with my Secret Service agents? I don’t know about the other presidents, but for me the best part is what I’m doing right now – writing your weekly school lunch menu. I take my constitutional duties as America’s School Nutritionist-in-Chief very seriously, and it’s important to me that all of you get the healthy meals you’ll need to grow up strong and start paying your fair share.
For America to remain competitive in the future, kids like you will need to shape up and cut out the sugary soft drinks and junk food like chips, pizza, and Tater Tots. But a healthy lunchtime can also be delicious – and fun-ucational! This week’s menu theme is “Friends Around the World.” Every day we’ll be taking a “food-venture” to a different country around the globe, so fasten your seatbelts and bring your appetite!
MONDAY
Low fat Sweet & Sour chicken, steamed vegetables, whole grain rice, caffeine-free unsweetened tea
Did you guess Monday’s delicious & healthy mystery cuisine? That’s right! It’s Chinese, just like my good friend President Hu Jintao. Who? Hu, that’s who! He dropped by my house for dinner recently, where we talked about our many challenging debt problems – and how generations of American kids like you will be helping solve them. Remember to bring $5 for authentic chopsticks!
TUESDAY
Hummus, falafel, tabouli, yogurt ayran
On Tuesday we say “open sesame” to the delicious healthy cuisine of our peace-loving friends in the Middle East. That exciting region has been in the news a lot recently, especially Egypt. This week we learned that ancient land is much more than just pyramids and mummies – it’s also a place where people get disappointed when they lose their internet connection. While you are enjoying lunch, talk with your friends about Egyptian current events. Who are the ‘good guys’? Who are the ‘bad guys’? What should I do? When you have an answer, write an essay and send it to me. You might win an all- expense-paid diplomacy trip with my State Department team!
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Tim
February 4th, 2011
Nanny BO prolly should be writing lunch menus, instead of pretending to be president.
Debbie
February 4th, 2011
As Archie would say, “it looks like something I et and lost.”
jibba jabba corncob pipe
February 4th, 2011
What is that cat puke on a nacho chip?
Frosteetoes
February 4th, 2011
This sounds good:
WEDNESDAY
Free range turkey taco salad, pinto beans, fresh salsa, naturally sweetened limeade. Can I get seconds?
Left Coast Dan
February 4th, 2011
Monday – Wednesday all sounded pretty good. But I doubt that a public school could afford that kind of food.
Maybe that’s why they were closed on Friday.
Major Mal function
February 4th, 2011
Give Barack a hair net and his first real job.
FreeMan - in Wasilla, PA
February 4th, 2011
Hurl on toast