re: What Was School Lunch Like in Your Day?

I was in school from mid 60's to 1978; lunch was really good back then. Older ladies cooking meals that were home style and none of this fat free, wheat only crap. Every Monday was Red Beans and smoked sausage, Friday was fish day. In high school we had a choice of hot meals or sandwich line and shake machines.

Grew up in NY. Freshman year you had to eat in the cafeteria but after that, if you had good grades you were allowed to leave campus to grab a bite at one of the local places in the neighborhood.

Leggios Deli was tucked inside a residential neighborhood and made the best sandwiches.

Cafeteria food was much like what it is now minus the bagged milk

I finished up HS in SC. Each day a different restaurant would come in and sell something. Taco Bell would come on tuesdays/thursdays with igloo coolers filled with Chillitos. Chik Fil A came in on Wednesdays which was my first introduction to their amazing sweet tea.

It was great. We had a lot of whiners that always complained about the food and I told them to give it to me. I usually had 4 milks, 4 rolls, all the sticky rice and other goodies I wanted. Also never gained a pound. Young metabolism is a good thing

I went to school when the milk still came in stinky cartons, the lunch ladies could kickstart a D9 Caterpillar and all of the meals cooked with grind meat was the same color orange

49 y/o and Class of 85 here. Went to public grade school. GREAT lunches every day (Harper Elementary in Minden - one of only a few "open classroom" schools left). The aforementioned yeast rolls were our favorite, but these ladies worked their rear ends off and made real food. Carton milk. They would always give "seconds" if we wanted it.

Private high school (Glenbrook - Minden.) We didn't have a cafeteria. Every morning in homeroom, we would fill out an order form from Neta's drive-in or Bar-B-Burger (both local only joints in Minden). Could order whatever you wanted if you could pay for it. That was great too.

No wonder I'm overweight...

Mid-50s, lunch was about 20 cents a day so every month my mother would somehow scrape together $12 to send to school for my two siblings and me.

Food was good. Lots of rice and beans. Fish sticks (2) on Friday were a treat. Always had plenty to eat and honestly, some kids I went to school with, this was the only real good meal they got every day.

No air conditioning. Candy and drinks at recess were a nickel a piece if you had it.

Also, thanks to Earl Long, we got a slick tablet, a rough tablet, and 2 pencils every month.

Pledge and prayer every morning. Line up, wash hands before lunch.

Times have changed.

Man all I can remember is pear slices and Chicken Tetrazzini!!! That shite was THE frickING BOMB!!!!

Holy frick! Crispitos were the BEST. I didn't know it was something other schools had. They slathered ours in chili sauce. The line for lunch that day was insane and you could lose your life if you tried to cut.

My high school had a separate burger line that had hamburgers and grilled chicken, we also had a salad line. Then we had a snack bar with all sorts of crap you could buy and they made cheese fries there, as well.

I saw someone else mention they ordered a case of crispitos. Where from? I doubt I will like them now but sure would love to find out. The Tyson frozen ones are way too thin and not at all like we had in HS.

From 6th Grade on it was a Sack Lunch.

Before that,pretty bad.

But I remember someone puking in class at least once a week.A mixture of Choclate(sp) Milk and Cole Slaw.