Fried chicken, sausage biscuits and fried okra are a thing of the past in the Mobile County (AL) Public School Service’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), explained Child Nutrition Director of MCPSS, Susanne Yates.
“The program is providing nutritional meals that are still southern in style but meet the new nutritional standards under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. We rely on southern staples such as steamed mixed vegetables, whole grain cereals and baked chicken. Fried foods have been replaced with more nutritious fruits and vegetables and have not been a part of the meal service since 2006.”
