You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
-Short Attention Span Theater-
Mass. Lawmaker Drops Opposition to Fluff
2006-06-28
A Massachusetts lawmaker is trying to get himself out of a sticky situation by dropping his opposition to Marshmallow Fluff. An amendment proposed by Sen. Jarrett Barrios to limit the availability of Fluff in schools sparked impassioned defense of the marshmallow spread, a lunch box staple of children for generations.

The proposal was panned on talk radio, and another lawmaker even suggested legislation to make the Fluffernutter - a Fluff and peanut butter sandwich - the official state sandwich. Colin Durrant, spokesman for Barrios, D-Cambridge, said Barrios was abandoning the proposed amendment to the school nutrition bill. Barrios originally proposed the limitation after he learned his third-grade son was given a Fluffernutter as his school lunch. "It got to the point where the larger story overshadowed or obscured his original goal, which was to have a discussion about what is a healthy and nutritious meal for kids in school," Durrant said Tuesday.
Hrumpf. When I was a lad in school we got meatloaf and liked it, by Gawd!
You was deprived!!
This explains so much ...
Posted by:Fred

#15  You have a point, lotp. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-06-28 22:43  

#14  Marshmallow fluff is all they have the moral courage to deal with.
Posted by: lotp   2006-06-28 21:11  

#13  Marshmallow fluff?

Marshmallow fluff, ferchrissakes?!

What, Taxachusetts has taken care of all the real problems, like murder, theft, rape, robbery, Kennedy & Kerry, and overtaxation? Marshmallow fluff is all they've got left to legislate about?

Wotta maroon.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-06-28 20:53  

#12  Jeebus, DB, I'd forgotten about that variant.... I have a picture somewhere of those.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-28 17:51  

#11  6, that's a Baloney Boat! We would get it with a triangle of cheese sticking up out of the smashed taters like a sail.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-06-28 12:53  

#10  Fiestadas and corn were always my favorite. Of course, I'm probably a lil' younger than most here, and even I saw the dawning of options in our school, such as a salad bar and a "health food" line, but they always had the unhealthy stuff too. BTW, this was in a (at the time) mostly rural "suburb" of Atlanta.
Posted by: BA   2006-06-28 12:12  

#9  I am a devotee of the Flying Saucer, fried balogna, topped with mashed potatoes and a dab of American Cheese-like food.

Google Image seems to have supressed the String.

But seriously I expect for stuff like the above most of the stuff was okay - to pretty darn good. My elementary skools cinnamon rolls and vegetable soup were awesome.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-28 11:43  

#8   I forget what it's called, but I was always fond of the dish with ground beef on the bottom, then a layer of corn topped with mashed potatos.

We got that too. Sounds like shepherds' pie. I've tried to make it as an adult, and find I can't get the same taste.

Our old standby was chili. Every Thursday, chili with a PB & honey sandwich. Dunk the sandwich in the chili -- mmmm.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2006-06-28 10:05  

#7  You don't see Barrios trying to limit rice milk or chicharones do you?

Mind your own business, we don't need you to tell us what to eat or feed our kids.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-28 09:46  

#6  As my wife pointed out last night, if Barrios and his "husband" are so concerned about what their kid eats, tell them to get off their asses in the morning and make the kid's lunch.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-28 08:43  

#5  I forget what it's called, but I was always fond of the dish with ground beef on the bottom, then a layer of corn topped with mashed potatos.

Needed those calories to walk through miles of snow drifts to school fighting off the packs of wolves.
Posted by: Steve   2006-06-28 08:42  

#4  Cheese-burger turnovers and tater tots was the best school meal when I was a kid.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-06-28 08:33  

#3  Turnip greens and collards were a staple in South Alabama. I don't like either one. People would feed the turnips to the hogs and eat the greens. We always had fish sticks on Friday. Of course back then the lunches only cost a quarter.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-06-28 08:02  

#2  Eat Cold Cut + PBJ deli death, hippies - there goes the Food Pyramid. Naturally of course, MA's dentists will vote against it a'fore voting for it.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-06-28 01:26  

#1  Back in my day, we were allowed to bring in road kill game to eke out the hardtack and moon shine served in our public schools.

Yes, I'm from Tennessee, why do you ask?
Posted by: N guard   2006-06-28 00:31  

00:00