12 Disgusting 'Foods' Passed Off as School Lunch (PHOTOS)
School lunch is the butt of countless jokes -- and given cafeterias serve up these meals to more than 30.4 million students daily, that's a whole lot of jokes! Lunch ladies (and men) try their best, but take a look at some of the school meals that show up on the internet, and it's not hard to see why these potshots happen.
Because the sad truth is, in spite of Michelle Obama's efforts to improve the quality of these meals, there's still plenty of room for improvement. How much room? Take a stomach-churning look at just how gross school lunch can get.
Yikes, what the heck happened with lunch #2?
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REALLY Aged Pork
Just this April, schools in Tennesee served up 6-year-old pork to their kids. And it was no accident: The school apparetntly knew the frozen meat's age, yet deliberately thawed it out and cooked it up. Thankfully a disgusted cafeteria worker took this photo and blew the whistle.
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Pizza
Is it really possible to mess up pizza? Apparently so. For one, you can slap on slabs of American cheese (that square shape is a dead giveaway). From there, you add some tiny turd-like dots of mystery meat, then dry it all out under some heat lamps all day. We may never look at pizza the same way again.
Burrito
Let's play a game, kids: What's missing from this burrito? It looks like it's got rice and a few shreds of cheese, but where are the beans, meat, and veggies to round out this sad excuse for school lunch?
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Hamburger Soup
Apparently these cafeteria workers think that ground beef patties taste better served in congealed liquid rather than on a bun. Er, we're not sure if the kids agree.
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