Going back to school lunch days

[rchawk]

The most popular was pizza day, almost always on a Friday and always cheese pizza.

We were dumb kids and didn't know any better. Worthy pizzas would come later.

Loose meat sandwiches were also a good lunch, but not pizza.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Yes, those rectangular pizzas were the bomb.

I also liked the Salisbury steak and potatoes.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

Chicken patty on a bun.

 

[h-hawk]

My favorite meal -
Fish Sticks
Mashed Potatoes with Butter Patty
Lemon Meringue Desert

 

[TJ8869]

Those little chocolate cream pies in a plastic cup nearly started a riot every time they were set out.

 

[Bonerfarts]

 

[Derekd3408]

Tacos, Beef and nachos, and chili with cinnamon roll always trumped pizza for me. I never really cared for that square pile of shit even at a young age.

 

[QChawks]

mac n cheese
little smokies
cinn roll
2 choc milks

to die for!!!!!!

 

[hawkmart]

Chili day

 

[EarlHawk]

Chili with cinnamon roll, AINEC.

 

[bdg8]

My son takes his lunch. Has eaten same meal for years

Oscar Mayer cheese hot dog
Cotton candy Gogurt
Cinnamon apple sauce pouches
Misc snack

everyday

 

[bagdropper]

Yes, those rectangular pizzas were the bomb.

I also liked the Salisbury steak and potatoes.

Chicken patty on a bun.

Pretty much this. All 3 were in heavy rotation at my district. We also had chicken fried steak, roast beef, ham or turkey with taters and gravy that wasn't bad as long as they laid on the gravy thick.

My memories of school lunches are pretty good (1970's).

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Pretty much this. All 3 were in heavy rotation at my district. We also had chicken fried steak, roast beef, ham or turkey with taters and gravy that wasn't bad as long as they laid on the gravy thick.

My memories of school lunches are pretty good (1970's).

We might have gone to the same school! Lol

 

[Fan In Black]

why were school lunches so f good.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

As someone that has to eat school lunches from time to time:
Lunches are now terrible. from serving size to the fact things are no longer home made. What high school football player can get by on 3 chicken nuggets and a scoop of mashed potatoes. People from my community (generally the old people) used to come eat lunch on the biscuits and gravey/open faced beef sandwhich days. Things have really changed.
Cinnamon rolls and buns used to be home made and were the subject of heated arguments if you got to pick the better one. Now they are pre made mini biscuits. Deserts are maybe once every two weeks or once a month.
The good: more fresh fruit. Which they force everyone to take and half gets thrown away.
No high school kid has ever gotten fat from school lunches.

 

[ping72]

Anybody remember pizza burgers?

Or Mr Rib sandwich? Those were the best.

 

[DooBii]

I'm not the biggest fan of chili but chili day with those giant cinnamon rolls was the best day. Our school always set out cheddar cheese sticks to melt in the chili if you wanted so I always had a big bowl of melted cheese with a little chili mixed in. Lol

 

[Bulldogs1974]

I'm not the biggest fan of chili but chili day with those giant cinnamon rolls was the best day. Our school always set out cheddar cheese sticks to melt in the chili if you wanted so I always had a big bowl of melted cheese with a little chili mixed in. Lol

giving cheese away today is a no-no. Kids used to be able to take just plain cheese sandwiches to dunk in their chili... no more.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

some school lunch programs make money. The lunches are so bad and small that kids are forced to buy the a'la carte options. Schools have 10-15 cent box milks and also will sell milk in a bottle that costs 1.00-1.50.

 

[Clubber_]

Yes, those rectangular pizzas were the bomb.

I also liked the Salisbury steak and potatoes.

Our square pizza almost always came with a side of wilted lettuce and french dressing which was promptly scrapped into the trash.

 

[Whatsgoingonwitgyouguys0190]

My school only had one bad lunch and one that would leave you hungry. The bad one was some weird attempt at pulled pork that was bright orange and smelled bad. Never ate that one after one attempt.

the one that left you hungry was ham and Mac n cheese day, they just always gave tiny portions but the stuff was delicious. When I became an upper classman we had free reign on second helpings so this issue was cleared up

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Our square pizza almost always came with wilted lettuce and french dressing which was promptly scrapped into the trash.

Yuck
Ours just had crumbled sausage

 

[bagdropper]

Anybody remember pizza burgers?

Or Mr Rib sandwich? Those were the best.

We had both, but they were rare. Spaghetti too was a rare treat, wasn't that bad either. Had actual "some kinda" meat" balls too.

 

[RNHawk]

Mashed potatoes with hamburger gravy as the main dish. We always had all you can eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. My best memories were in kindergarten when we got an afternoon snack of milk and a cookie

 

[BGHAWK]

Before high school, we only usually got to eat hot lunch at Thanksgiving and Christmas. In high school my favorite was chili day and whenever they had chocolate pudding.

Funny story, but during my senior year, hot lunch was $5.00 per month. I didn't pay the first month but I continued to eat everyday and the school never sent me a notice to pay up. On my last day of school that year, I walked in to the office and told them I wanted to pay for my hot lunch for the year. They had no idea what I was talking about, but anyway, I payed them $45.00 and settled up.

 

[Fan In Black]

Yuck
Ours just had crumbled sausage

no he meant lettuce and French/Western dressing on the side. I call that white trash salad...which even my family served growing up. I didn't even know there were different salad dressings until HS. haha

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

no he meant lettuce and French/Western dressing on the side. I call that white trash salad...which even my family served growing up. I didn't even know there were different salad dressings until HS. haha

Ah, gotcha.
We had French dressing a lot, too. What’s up with that? Lol

 

[Derekd3408]

no he meant lettuce and French/Western dressing on the side. I call that white trash salad...which even my family served growing up. I didn't even know there were different salad dressings until HS. haha

We only had Western dressing in the house growing up. I ate ranch on a salad for the first time at 20 years old.

 

[Fan In Black]

not sure what's up with Western/French in the 70s and 80s. We always had iceberg lettuce and Western - thats it -when we had spaghetti or lasagna. That was what I knew as a "salad".

I didn't know people put other stuff and used other dressings on salads until HS.

 

[PhoenixHawk5.0]

Me and my siblings all loved the Salisbury steak but found out later every other kid hated it. I would also always trade my best friend my cinnamon roll for an extra bowl of chili.

 

[torbee]

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Those beef & cheese taquito things I think they called “Crispitos” would get all of us hard. Those things looked the same going in and out of you. Thank God for the grease that made it slide through your system.

 

[BelemNole]

I'd bring a dollar to school. With that I'd buy a side of tater-tots and then at the last 15 minutes of lunch they'd open up the chocolate milkshake machine and I'd spend the remaining 75 cents on that. Trouble was it was really thick and I'd almost always get a brain freeze trying to finish it in the time remaining as we couldn't take food out of the cafeteria.

 

[torbee]

I'd bring a dollar to school. With that I'd buy a side of tater-tots and then at the last 15 minutes of lunch they'd open up the chocolate milkshake machine and I'd spend the remaining 75 cents on that. Trouble was it was really thick and I'd almost always get a brain freeze trying to finish it in the time remaining as we couldn't take food out of the cafeteria.

I so thought you were going to say you dipped your tots in the chocolate milkshake and I was going to hail you as a culinary pioneer.

 

[McLovin32]

Chicken strips with potatoes and gravy was easily my favorite.

Also enjoyed my school's breakfast pizza in the mornings.

 

[millah_22]

Chicken patty on a bun.

hell YES

 

[HawkMachine]

The best was a slice of Pizza Hut for an extra $1.

That was THE best day.

 

[Fan In Black]

In HS our lunches were $1.85. I used stand outside the cashier and ask for everyone's 15 cents. They all gave it up because 15 cents. 13 people later free lunch.

I kept the $10 lunch allowance for beer.

 

[INXS83]

The most popular was pizza day, almost always on a Friday and always cheese pizza.

We were dumb kids and didn't know any better. Worthy pizzas would come later.

Loose meat sandwiches were also a good lunch, but not pizza.

Tater tot casserole, goulash and turkey canoe (a hollowed out turkey @ dressing blob, covered by mashed potatoes and melted cheese) were the favorites at the schools I went to.

 

[INXS83]

why were school lunches so f good.

Because we were young and always hungry.