School Lunches

[clodhopper]

When did this thread turn into "who had the poorest family growing up" challenge? Don't need the one-upsmanship battle for who ate shoe leather cause that was all Mama could afford.




Elementary. Tater tots. Lunch lady would let you skip what other schlock she was serving and let you have a triple helping of tots if you asked. Fricken lunch tray just covered with those crispy potato gems.

[th3w01f]

I'll go with whatever that meat stuff they put on the mashed potatoes was. I just keep telling myself it was beef.

On a side note, what's with letting kids order multiple entrees and multiple chocolate milks. I know it's up to us as parents but I was really surprised to learn that a kid can get two entrees and a few chocolate milks to chase it down with. At least the lunch site lets us see exactly what's ordered.

[fj605]

I actually had pretty decent lunches. Once I got to high school, there wasn't much I wouldn't eat. By far the best were "Pasta Fridays" during football season. Moms of varsity players would bring spaghetti or lasagna and desserts.

[jerrymrc]

Do not remember the grade school stuff. I do remember i took my sack lunch most days. HS was the white rice and gravy. 15 cents. I remember that very well.

[Great-Kazoo]

When did this thread turn into "who had the poorest family growing up" challenge? Don't need the one-upsmanship battle for who ate shoe leather cause that was all Mama could afford.




Elementary. Tater tots. Lunch lady would let you skip what other schlock she was serving and let you have a triple helping of tots if you asked. Fricken lunch tray just covered with those crispy potato gems.

Oh man i completely forgot Tater Tots.

[theGinsue]

I graduated from a rural HS in '83. Back then, we weren't allowed "off campus" so you either bought the school lunch, brought your lunch, or went without. I brought my lunch 98% of the time. I didn't get to taste most of the fine cuisine offered by our "lunch ladies" because $1.65 (cost of our HS lunches) each per day for my brother and I would have been too much for my folks.

The one food that I remember fondly was the rolls. When they'd make these, the smell would permeate through the entire school and make my mouth water. They'd always make so many extra rolls that they'd put out trays of rolls for all of the students to partake. I loved those rolls.

[buffalobo]

I was pretty much a garbage disposal as a kid. Ate most everything in sight. Don't remember ever really having a complaint about school lunches. Not like the good food we got at home but filled in between.

[MrPrena]

I was in Subsidized lunch since Jr High to High school.
Cafeteria served grilled cheese, fries, handful of salad, milk, burgers, tacos, slice of pizza. etc.

[Irving]

My favorite school meal was always stromboli.

[TheGrey]

Elementary school lunches were pretty good. The pasta was a bit overcooked, but our lunch lady cooked both breakfast and lunch with the help of lucky assistants in the form of sixth graders that were allowed to miss an hour of class 2 times per week, as long as they kept their grades up. I say lucky because in return for honest work, she would make you anything you wanted on Friday.

Taco day was always delicious. So were the green beans. My favorite was something that was called "spice cake"- yellow cake with cinnamon and nutmeg and ground cloves, topped with brown sugar streusel topping.