Soup

Washington County | March 27 - 31 Elementary Monday - pizza, green beans, orange smiles, Italian ice and milk. Tuesday - steak and cheese sub, potato wedges, applesauce, no bake cookie and milk. Wednesday - meaty lasagna, garden salad, wheat roll, sliced pears and milk. Thursday - chef's salad, corn noodle soup , pretzel pack, banana and milk. Friday - bread sticks with marinara sauce, veggies and dip, frosty fruit bar, jello and milk.

School lunch menus Washington County | Jan. 22 to 26 Elementary Monday - bread sticks with pizza sauce, green beans, diced pears, Italian ice and milk. Tuesday - breaded chicken patty on bun, whipped potatoes with gravy, peaches, cherry pie and milk. Wednesday - teriyaki sticks with sauce, orange rice pilaf, pineapple, fortune cookie and milk. Thursday - ham and cheese sub, noodle soup with pretzel pack, veggies and dip, orange smiles and milk.

If you add a potato to soup will it soak up the excess salt? Lyn Dunham, a reader from Falling Waters, W.Va., asked us if there's any truth to an old tip she's heard for getting rid of excess salt in food. [cont. from lifestyle ] She heard that if a raw potato is sliced and put into the food, such as soup, it will absorb the unwanted salt. "It's more of a wives' tale," says Michael Toth, culinary arts instructor at Washington County Technical High School in Hagerstown.

Week of Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 18 Washington County Monday - Chicken nuggets with cranberry sauce, pineapple, whipped potatoes with gravy, trail muffin and milk. Secondary may also choose egg salad sandwich and bean soup with crackers. Tuesday - Pork teriyaki dippers, cinnamon applesauce, rice and teriyaki sauce, carrot coins and milk. Secondary may also choose cheeseburger on bun and egg drop soup with crackers. Wednesday - Steamer on bun, Mandarin oranges, thick vegetable soup, tossed salad and milk.

Washington County and Berkeley County school lunches for the week of April 29 to May 3 Washington County - Elementary Monday - Cheeseburger on whole grain bun, peaches, potato rounds, trail mix and milk. Tuesday - Pepperoni pizza, pears, golden corn, Italian ice and milk. Wednesday - Steamer on whole grain bun, Mandarin oranges, chicken tortilla soup, garden salad with spinach and milk. Thursday - Brainy fish sandwich, banana, macaroni and cheese, pudding pop and milk.