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zefrank · 09-27-2002, 03:31 PM

In case any of you forgot what a school lunch looks like.

red · 09-27-2002, 03:56 PM

Hmm…no enchiladas. Must a regional thing, huh.
Every Wednesday was Mexican food day for us in my elementary school.

clairus99 · 09-27-2002, 08:11 PM

Well I dont know but....

bog standard school dinners in the UK (in the 70s and 80s at least) .... I mostly remember dodgy custard....and chocolate custard and strawberry custard....

Butterscotch tart, jam roly-poly, treacle pudding, semolina, and, yes, SPOTTED DICK!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

lapietra · 09-28-2002, 12:13 AM

One of the elementary schools I went to (there were a few) served things like corned beef hash (which I liked, but what a weird thing to serve for lunch) and pickled beets. I don't remember anyone eating the pickled beets. Why did they serve pickled beets to children? Do any of you know a child (or an adult for that matter) that will eat pickled beets without being threatened with dire consequences? I tell ya...

red · 09-28-2002, 04:23 PM

I would take my skinny milk straw and use it like a cookiecutter, alternating between beets, carrots and peas (can you believe they gave us all three on on day?) until the maroon, orange and green stripey bits would overflow from the top of my straw and fall onto my tray. No wonder I was skinny as a kid.

RavenMcCoy · 09-29-2002, 01:04 AM

my favorite hot lunch was either fun fish or french toast sticks. fun fish were basically fish sticks shaped like fish and other fun aquatic things, like anchors. french toast stick were just cool because you were having breakfast food for lunch.

now i've got "fame" songs in my head: "shady sadie / servin' lady...."

DarkPadawan · 09-30-2002, 11:19 AM

Ok...I just went back and looked for the pizza that was my Friday favorite and suddenly I wonder where my good sense was as a kid.

brittykitty · 10-01-2002, 12:47 AM

it's all about chalupa, dude. CHALUPA WEDNESDAYS! at my college there's a little chinese place on campus called "fresh and natural" [fresh and nasty]. people swear they can hear puppies crying in the back room. nasty fake food.

beckstra · 10-02-2002, 12:59 AM

Growing up in Lunch Lady Land, I have to tell you, government funded lunches were only good covered in a ketsup and mustard decor.

katester · 10-02-2002, 03:07 PM

i agree with the enchiladas thing earlier- they were actually somewhat edible- though we always thought it looked like someone puked on the tray- hmm... still makes me wonder...

katester · 10-02-2002, 03:12 PM

another horrible thing i remeber about elementary school-
the puking! remember how everyone always somewhere was puking? i'd hate to be a janitor there... favorite puke story-

I had just gotten my little tray of nasty food from the cafeteria, and i was on my way to my assigned seat, and i went down a row- and looked on the floor- it looked like someone had spilt their food on the floor. It looked exactly like something my mom fixed, it was peas and carrots in a white chicken broth sauce. I thought, oh? the thought that they weren't serving that today never crossed my 5 year old mind. A lunch monitor (remember those? kept the food fights in order) intercepted me and told me someone had lost their lunch right there, and I needed to go around. I thought, yea! they dropped it! and proceeded to my seat via another route. It wasn't until i sat down, commenced unwrapping my PB&J that i realized what she meant, and couldn't eat my lunch that day. Fun stuff.. i just wasn't all there as a 5 year old.

AllegroNg · 10-02-2002, 09:54 PM

Excellent point, Katester. Who could forget the kitty-litter-like substance they'd sprinkle over the puddle? It had that eerie rose smell, thus forcing me to link the scent of roses with vomit.

In addition, I was always intrigued with the fact that green beans were almost always included in these patches of puke.

It all brings new meaning to "Wake up and smell the roses..."

-Ng

katester · 10-03-2002, 04:13 AM

ok- i have a lot of puke stories

Were any of ya'll in an afterday care thing called Extend-A-Care?
yea, it sucked. We always had to eat unripe pears (rocks, we called them) and stale crackers, it was jail i tell you!!

But one day we actually had oranges, and one girl named Angela (yes, i remember her name... how sad... do i need therapy??)
managed to swoller' a seed, or attempted to, which sent her careening towards the trashcan on wheels, which she came about 5 feet short of. The rose-smelling puke soaker uper was brought out, and before my eyes, the puke was crumblized and swept away.
I didn't believe it actually worked though, so I avoided that spot for weeks afterward... i was such an odd child.

Kerstique · 10-04-2002, 12:16 AM

I have a puke story, too!

When I was in Kindergarten, we would all sit on a big oriental rug to listen to the teacher tell stories and whatnot. There was an oval shape in the center of the rug, that was the most coveted seat of all, just because it was the center I guess. Until the night of the school play (I played half of a barn and sang "squeek squeek squeek squeeksqueeksqueeksqueeksqueeksqueek" which is harder than it looks). A little boy named Kyle (hehe.. I remembered, too) got some stage fright and threw up right in the sacred, coveted center oval. Of course, they cleaned it, but to all of us it was tainted forever. No one wanted to sit there.. I think occasionally the boys would jostle each other into it to be mean though. Other than that the school play went great, except I haven't quite gotten over not being cast as a cow.

tekbone · 10-08-2002, 04:59 PM

How about the questionable cafeteria hot dogs that were sorta olive-ish in color. Or Beef-a-roni.

09-27-2002, 03:31 PM	#1
zefrank ------------- Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: brooklyn NY Posts: 1,581	school lunch In case any of you forgot what a school lunch looks like.

09-27-2002, 03:56 PM	#2
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	Hmm…no enchiladas. Must a regional thing, huh. Every Wednesday was Mexican food day for us in my elementary school. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating Last edited by red : 09-30-2002 at 01:14 PM.

09-27-2002, 08:11 PM	#3
clairus99 monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 12	Well I dont know but.... bog standard school dinners in the UK (in the 70s and 80s at least) .... I mostly remember dodgy custard....and chocolate custard and strawberry custard.... Butterscotch tart, jam roly-poly, treacle pudding, semolina, and, yes, SPOTTED DICK!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! __________________ all right? Playgirl Claire

09-28-2002, 12:13 AM	#4
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	what were they THINKING?!? One of the elementary schools I went to (there were a few) served things like corned beef hash (which I liked, but what a weird thing to serve for lunch) and pickled beets. I don't remember anyone eating the pickled beets. Why did they serve pickled beets to children? Do any of you know a child (or an adult for that matter) that will eat pickled beets without being threatened with dire consequences? I tell ya... __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

09-28-2002, 04:23 PM	#5
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	pickled beets I would take my skinny milk straw and use it like a cookiecutter, alternating between beets, carrots and peas (can you believe they gave us all three on on day?) until the maroon, orange and green stripey bits would overflow from the top of my straw and fall onto my tray. No wonder I was skinny as a kid. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

09-29-2002, 01:04 AM	#6
RavenMcCoy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: sittin' here on my bum Posts: 3	my favorite hot lunch was either fun fish or french toast sticks. fun fish were basically fish sticks shaped like fish and other fun aquatic things, like anchors. french toast stick were just cool because you were having breakfast food for lunch. now i've got "fame" songs in my head: "shady sadie / servin' lady...."

09-30-2002, 11:19 AM	#7
DarkPadawan monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 27	Ok...I just went back and looked for the pizza that was my Friday favorite and suddenly I wonder where my good sense was as a kid. __________________ ~Dark "If you only knew the power of the Darkside!"

10-01-2002, 12:47 AM	#8
brittykitty better than your mom Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: los angeles Posts: 36	it's all about chalupa, dude. CHALUPA WEDNESDAYS! at my college there's a little chinese place on campus called "fresh and natural" [fresh and nasty]. people swear they can hear puppies crying in the back room. nasty fake food. __________________ the knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

10-02-2002, 12:59 AM	#9
beckstra one classy broad Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Cornhusker State Posts: 1,229	Growing up in Lunch Lady Land, I have to tell you, government funded lunches were only good covered in a ketsup and mustard decor. __________________ I'd rather be making out.

10-02-2002, 03:07 PM	#10
katester jack's smirking revenge Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: denton Posts: 36	i agree with the enchiladas thing earlier- they were actually somewhat edible- though we always thought it looked like someone puked on the tray- hmm... still makes me wonder... __________________ a man said to the Universe: 'Sir, i exist!' 'However,' replied the Universe, ' the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.' -stephen crane

10-02-2002, 03:12 PM	#11
katester jack's smirking revenge Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: denton Posts: 36	another thing... another horrible thing i remeber about elementary school- the puking! remember how everyone always somewhere was puking? i'd hate to be a janitor there... favorite puke story- I had just gotten my little tray of nasty food from the cafeteria, and i was on my way to my assigned seat, and i went down a row- and looked on the floor- it looked like someone had spilt their food on the floor. It looked exactly like something my mom fixed, it was peas and carrots in a white chicken broth sauce. I thought, oh? the thought that they weren't serving that today never crossed my 5 year old mind. A lunch monitor (remember those? kept the food fights in order) intercepted me and told me someone had lost their lunch right there, and I needed to go around. I thought, yea! they dropped it! and proceeded to my seat via another route. It wasn't until i sat down, commenced unwrapping my PB&J that i realized what she meant, and couldn't eat my lunch that day. Fun stuff.. i just wasn't all there as a 5 year old. __________________ a man said to the Universe: 'Sir, i exist!' 'However,' replied the Universe, ' the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.' -stephen crane

10-02-2002, 09:54 PM	#12
AllegroNg What I Am Wearing. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Near DC Posts: 2,574	Excellent point, Katester. Who could forget the kitty-litter-like substance they'd sprinkle over the puddle? It had that eerie rose smell, thus forcing me to link the scent of roses with vomit. In addition, I was always intrigued with the fact that green beans were almost always included in these patches of puke. It all brings new meaning to "Wake up and smell the roses..." -Ng

10-03-2002, 04:13 AM	#13
katester jack's smirking revenge Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: denton Posts: 36	another puke story ok- i have a lot of puke stories Were any of ya'll in an afterday care thing called Extend-A-Care? yea, it sucked. We always had to eat unripe pears (rocks, we called them) and stale crackers, it was jail i tell you!! But one day we actually had oranges, and one girl named Angela (yes, i remember her name... how sad... do i need therapy??) managed to swoller' a seed, or attempted to, which sent her careening towards the trashcan on wheels, which she came about 5 feet short of. The rose-smelling puke soaker uper was brought out, and before my eyes, the puke was crumblized and swept away. I didn't believe it actually worked though, so I avoided that spot for weeks afterward... i was such an odd child. __________________ a man said to the Universe: 'Sir, i exist!' 'However,' replied the Universe, ' the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.' -stephen crane

10-04-2002, 12:16 AM	#14
Kerstique Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lawrence KS Posts: 7	school lunch --> puke I have a puke story, too! When I was in Kindergarten, we would all sit on a big oriental rug to listen to the teacher tell stories and whatnot. There was an oval shape in the center of the rug, that was the most coveted seat of all, just because it was the center I guess. Until the night of the school play (I played half of a barn and sang "squeek squeek squeek squeeksqueeksqueeksqueeksqueeksqueek" which is harder than it looks). A little boy named Kyle (hehe.. I remembered, too) got some stage fright and threw up right in the sacred, coveted center oval. Of course, they cleaned it, but to all of us it was tainted forever. No one wanted to sit there.. I think occasionally the boys would jostle each other into it to be mean though. Other than that the school play went great, except I haven't quite gotten over not being cast as a cow.

10-08-2002, 04:59 PM	#15
tekbone monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 10	How about the questionable cafeteria hot dogs that were sorta olive-ish in color. Or Beef-a-roni.

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