Shouldn't be allowed in schools?

Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
I don't get all this panic about vegans and anti meat campaigns....If people are going to eat meat they will eat meat, a sticker or campaign will make no difference.

People still drink, take drugs smoke etc and there have been campaigns against those for years.

If your product is of a good quality, it will sell simple as that.
Dead right (y)

I do have an interest in what the kids learn, of course... I remember the "bible in schools" thing being dropped as it was "wrong" to promote Christianity ahead of other religions, and thought that was a major step backwards (even though I don't identify with any religion, the Bible is still a good book, with an important blueprint for society IMHO) but I am with you on this one.
I produce meat and yet still please my own self what I put in my mouth - I smoked cigarettes for 20 years and a bit of hooch as well (but didn't inhale ;) )

Meat and animal products are always going to sell, at the right price... I only wish they would have sugar free schools TBH.
People are suckers for the other "holy trinity" ie sugar, fat, and salt, and the food makers know it too well.

Amazing how horrible something like Coca Cola would taste if it was flat and didn't have all the sodium in it to mask the huge amount of sugar - this is the type of thing that kids really should be taught about food.

Our genes and microbes just aren't made for it :(
 

kiwi pom

Member
Location
canterbury NZ
I remember school dinners, they were a bit dodgy in the early 80's. Not sure what the 'meat' actually was and my mum was the dinner bid.:eek:
Don't have that problem here, boy child's school is packed lunch only- although I think Subway will deliver:rolleyes:- The 'dining area' doesn't even have a roof on it:ROFLMAO:
 

kfpben

Member
Location
Mid Hampshire
Get a load of ‘Love Lamb’ stickers for your daughter to hand out, fire up the BBQ outside the school gates at chucking out time and watch the ££££s roll in!

I suspect the children are pretty peeved with the thought of crap school dinners for a week too.
 

Pasty

Member
Location
Devon
Food with no meat can be good. It can be spectacular. It can also be wet, flavourless gruel type stuff with some other stuff in it which, in my experience, many veggies seem to enjoy. Each to their own. Same for meat dishes I would think. Something like stuffed peppers with cherry tomatoes and some chilli done really well can be lush. I'm sure there are others but can't summon them at this moment. Cheeseburger is here.
 
I'd take it up with them for sure, even if just to let them know my displeasure, rather then get them to actually do something about it.

I left school 12 years ago now, and even then the 'extra-curricular' indoctrination from teachers was strong. A communist vegetarian appeared to be the pinnacle of human development in their eyes. Luckily most of us completely ignored them.
Most so called communists have never been or lived in a communist country, nor would they move there by choice:LOL:
 

honeyend

Member
I am vegetarian and I do not agree with this. It more important that children eat good quality food that is nutritionally balanced with the correct types of protein and I have eaten enough dodgy vegetarian lasagnes to know that most vegetarian food provided and sold does not do that. Just because a meal does not contain meat doesn't mean its good for you and certainly for children it could be lacking in essential nutrients.
I would be asking the school what protein the meal provided and what benefits they perceive it has, and ask for research based evidence, not opinion. A lot of bought in, veggy meals are high in salt, sugar, fat and processed carbohydrate, plus the veg is over cooked. Ugh.
I was on holiday in Portugal where there was a vegan restaurant and had the misfortune to eat some of the worst food I have eaten ever there. What was really extraordinary is the set you would imagine would eat there, thought the food was great. Its like they are brain washed that if it has no meat it has to be tasteless, like a culinary hair shirt.
 
Dead right (y)

I do have an interest in what the kids learn, of course... I remember the "bible in schools" thing being dropped as it was "wrong" to promote Christianity ahead of other religions, and thought that was a major step backwards (even though I don't identify with any religion, the Bible is still a good book, with an important blueprint for society IMHO) but I am with you on this one.
I produce meat and yet still please my own self what I put in my mouth - I smoked cigarettes for 20 years and a bit of hooch as well (but didn't inhale ;) )

Meat and animal products are always going to sell, at the right price... I only wish they would have sugar free schools TBH.
People are suckers for the other "holy trinity" ie sugar, fat, and salt, and the food makers know it too well.

Amazing how horrible something like Coca Cola would taste if it was flat and didn't have all the sodium in it to mask the huge amount of sugar - this is the type of thing that kids really should be taught about food.

Our genes and microbes just aren't made for it :(
I'd rather drink a rootbeer from A&W than Coca Cola:yuck::sneaky::D
 

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