Someone uploaded a picture of a gray and brown hamburger that was served to a student in Pennsylvania. The principal insisted that there was nothing wrong with the burger even though he banned it from all future meals. He said the burger was merely overcooked. I have overcooked a few burgers in my time, but not one of them looked like that. This burger looks like it had some weird fillers that bubbled up and popped during cooking.
Many were so shocked by the food’s appearance, they wondered if it was even safe to eat.
“I work in a school cafeteria,” wrote one user on WJAC’s Facebook page. “If that burger had come out of my oven looking like that it would have went in the garbage…not on your child’s meal!”
Others declared it was proof that schools needed to completely overhaul their cafeteria menus, arguing the food is unhealthy and unsafe.
Dr. Luke Lansberry, superintendent of DuBois Area School District, where the burger was served, said the district had since stopped serving the hamburger.
“Our food service director has contacted the state and told them about the situation and made it clear we will no longer accept that product in the district, just to make sure that we have good-quality food,” Lansberry said. “It’s something we’ll learn from and overcome and I have 100 percent confidence in the food service staff here that work hard to make great food for all of us.”
At the same time, Lansberry defended the meal.
He says the hamburger was perfectly safe to eat, and had been served more than 300 times with only one complaint. Lansberry said the hamburger only looked bad because it had been overcooked, not because it was dangerous to consume.