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Lunchbox Police and unsalted/sugared popcorn

76 replies

ohmychrist · 29/01/2015 08:38

Yesterday a small box of homemade popcorn (just corn and olive oil) was taken out of DS's lunchbox.

Surely it's ok though? No salt or sugar.

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MaximumVolume · 29/01/2015 08:40

Maybe it was considered a choking hazard?

Gileswithachainsaw · 29/01/2015 08:41

I regularly send unsalted in sugared pop corn.

and dd2 isn't allowed crisps at pre school and no one's said anything.

I'd ask what the problem is because I can't see one

LadyLuck10 · 29/01/2015 08:42

I can't see the problem. It's just ridiculous now. Yanbu

KingJoffreyObviouslyWatchesHol · 29/01/2015 08:43

Write a note telling them to piss of, stop interfering and NOT to rifle through your child's lunch box.

Nothing wrong with anything in small quantities.

Your child, your food shopping, your business.

sebsmummy1 · 29/01/2015 08:43

Can you not ask?

manchestermummy · 29/01/2015 08:44

Considered to be a potential allergen?

I would ask!

atticusclaw · 29/01/2015 08:45

Clearly ridiculous.

DH was all riled up to go into school and argue the toss about whether a kitkat is a bar of chocolate or a biscuit today but I managed to persuade him its really not worth the effort. Apparently at break time its ok to have a bag of crisps a cake or a biscuit, or in fact three cakes or a whole packet of biscuits - but not a two finger kitkat, oh no, that will make you fat.

claraschu · 29/01/2015 08:46

Of course it's ok, very healthy in fact. I don't see how popcorn is a choking hazard for a school aged child. You can cough because of the small bits of corn kernel shell, but they are hardly dangerous. Grapes are much more dangerous, for instance.

School probably bans popcorn based on the nutritional value of movie theatre popcorn. If I were feeling energetic, I might go talk to whoever is in charge of this; it is ridiculous.

SpaghettiMeatballs · 29/01/2015 08:47

I would also ask. I'm dreading being told DD's lunchbox isn't healthy enough as she's taken a packed lunch to pre-school for the first time today.

I've packed a ham sandwich, yoghurt, grapes and two tiny iced biscuits.

SpaghettiMeatballs · 29/01/2015 08:48

Cross post with clara. See, my lunchbox is dangerous. I knew I'd do something wrong.

Original poster
ohmychrist · 29/01/2015 08:48

I will ask today, thanks. DS is 9, so probably not a choking issue. Yes, possibly an allergen.

It's not actually unhealthy though, is it? Just corn and olive oil? He did have a sandwich and fruit too. Just water to drink.

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bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:50

you should probably have left out the biscuits spaghetti :)

Atticus I would say a kitkat is a chocolate bar. When I hear 'biscuit' I tend to think of something plainer.

The removal of popcorn is ridiculous.

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:51

Spaghetti - i would cut grapes in half (or quarters!) if I was sending them into school. There have been a few local kids who have choked on them in school. One died :(

TheImprobableGirl · 29/01/2015 08:51

There are lunch box police?? If they take my dd's lunch off her on her first day of school I will kindly go up there and Attack whomever is responsible.

Maybe it is best to read some lunchbox rules. Are there such rules??! Can you not have crisps?!

I would put in..... Margarine sandwich (she's not a filling kind of girl)... A penguin? Or something else made of chocolate and Some crisps element. Probably pom bears.... Some kind of vegetable (carrot/pepper/cucumber) and some kind of fruit.

That's ok
.....isn't it?! Is it???

TheImprobableGirl · 29/01/2015 08:53

No KITKATS?!?! no GRAPES?!?

atticusclaw · 29/01/2015 08:53

Oh I agree bumbleymummey, its definitely a chocolate bar in my book too (but DH is a lawyer and was quite prepared to argue that a wafer covered in chocolate is a biscuit Grin)

The point was more about how stupid it is that if I'd given DS2 six chocolate digestives nothing would have been said but because I gave him a handily wrapped and easy to grab two finger kitkat he was told off.

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:54

Imbrobable, why would you put in chocolate AND crisps? If you do that every day it adds up quite a bit.

SpaghettiMeatballs · 29/01/2015 08:55

I thought that as I put them in bumbly. I've read too many threads on MN. I know I've got it coming to me later!

They are really small. About the size of a 50p and the pudding choice today for the hot meal is sponge and custard. It's a world of madness isn't it?

I'll cut the grapes next time.

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:56

Grin atticus. I would like to hear his case! Yes, it's a bit stupid to not consider quantity.The chocolate digestives have thrown me! I may be moving to your husband's side! There's not too much between a chocolate digestive and a chocolate wafer.

atticusclaw · 29/01/2015 08:58

Thankfully my DSs have school meals and only take a snack for break time. I'd be arguing with the school all the time over a whole lunchbox.

A penguin will be nabbed by the dinner ladies as a handy snack for them to nibble on later.

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:58

Our school dinners are crazy too. Big stodgy puddings nearly every day. The main courses aren't much better. Apparently a burger in a bun with no dressing and no side is a balanced meal Confused

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 08:59

Maybe if you took it out of the wrapper Atticus…

atticusclaw · 29/01/2015 09:01

Oh good thinking! If I wrapped the kitkat in wax paper and put in a tupperware he'll definitely get away with it Grin

bumbleymummy · 29/01/2015 09:02
Grin
SolomanDaisy · 29/01/2015 09:02

I'd guess it was a choking hazard. There was a case a while ago where a nursery child choked on popcorn that had been dropped by older children.

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