So we’re going through the school lunch menu for October and notice that October 1 is designated “National Vegetarian Day†and, more importantly, none of the choices for lunch contain meat. Coincidence? I think not. No other day in the month contains completely meatless choices.
Now, that’s all fine and dandy, I suppose, but where’s national carnivore day?
Besides, what kind of message does this send to the kids? Is the school* endorsing vegetarianism? If so, they why not embrace it and always have at least one vegetarian choice? If not, are they just patronizing vegetarians? If there are any parents inflicting a vegetarian diet on their children, this will be the one day all year that they can eat a school lunch? Are those parents even likely to be looking at the school lunch menu considering its usual fare? Where’s the logic in this?
Even I, a devout omnivore, can eat the occasional vegetarian lunch. It proves nothing.
*Actually, my daughter’s school contracts to have their lunches provided by a Scottsdale school district, so it’s not really her school’s choice.
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