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How was your school lunch when you were younger?
- Thread starter jukeboxhero2396
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Here in Sweden it was great tbh, always cooked food. Can't speak for how it is now since it was almost 20 years since I went to school. And it was free.
Aww, we never got it here down south. I doubt kebab had made it's entrance in Sweden when I was young.
Aww, we never got it here down south. I doubt kebab had made it's entrance in Sweden when I was young.
Pretty typical US school food in the main cafeteria. I didn't mind most of it though. Chicken Nuggets were always popular. Making a sandwich out of the roll, chicken nuggets, and mashed potatoes was pretty common. Our high school also opened the concession stand for lunch and we had an a-la-carte line that had pretty good salads and some other stuff.
When I was very young I went to a private school and all I remember is lots of vegetables and you couldn't leave until you ate them all.
When I was very young I went to a private school and all I remember is lots of vegetables and you couldn't leave until you ate them all.
Weren't to my liking in elementary and middle school. In high school they had a separate line for special stuff like pizza that was actually good and boneless chicken with teriyaki or buffalo sauce on it. Completely dropped eating the tray lunch for that. Folk would race towards that line because they would run out relatively quick, but I usually never had a problem with that. But damn, the annoying assholes who would cut in line for that shit, trying to take MY PIZZA.
I swear it's almost a Mandela effect thing. I can't find a single picture on the internet of the original (or at least 80's) packaging for Beep. I know it didn't look like the image I posted though.
France. Up to 2hours lunch break.
Choice of starter/salad, a fruit or dessert, a yogurt or real cheese, and a hot entree with carbs/veggie and a choice between two kinds of protein, usually meat or fish. And the entree used to be pretty diverse.
Also unlimited shitty bread
You could get as many portion of the carbs/veggies as you'd like if you finish it. But portions were reasonable. Still it was nice for those days where you were hungry
great overall. We also had options for sandwiches or Panini.
Choice of starter/salad, a fruit or dessert, a yogurt or real cheese, and a hot entree with carbs/veggie and a choice between two kinds of protein, usually meat or fish. And the entree used to be pretty diverse.
Also unlimited shitty bread
You could get as many portion of the carbs/veggies as you'd like if you finish it. But portions were reasonable. Still it was nice for those days where you were hungry
great overall. We also had options for sandwiches or Panini.
So in the California elementary school I went to in the late 90s and early 2000s, about 90% of students got free lunch. That lunch typically consisted of reheated, packaged food.
That food could be Tony's Pizza brand, or maybe a brandless chicken sandwich, or a bean and cheese burrito I can't remember the brand of but being really good. And calzones! I've never found anything comparable to the ones I had there.
Also, milk and juice were standard and usually came in pouches.
Lunches always took place outside and even the food was picked up there. We'd collect the food in these paper trays with sides on them. Sometimes they'd be smooth white with red stripes, and sometimes they'd be a cardboard brown.
There was no "cafeteria".
That food could be Tony's Pizza brand, or maybe a brandless chicken sandwich, or a bean and cheese burrito I can't remember the brand of but being really good. And calzones! I've never found anything comparable to the ones I had there.
Also, milk and juice were standard and usually came in pouches.
Lunches always took place outside and even the food was picked up there. We'd collect the food in these paper trays with sides on them. Sometimes they'd be smooth white with red stripes, and sometimes they'd be a cardboard brown.
There was no "cafeteria".
We had those doughy, rectangle pizzas and I miss them so much.
We also had shrimp poppers on fridays which, for some reason, was always the hypest shit in the world lol
We also had shrimp poppers on fridays which, for some reason, was always the hypest shit in the world lol
I thought it was fine. Lots of my friends complained but I never understood why, mostly thought they were just picky and to be honest a bit whiny.
We had an salad table as well as some kind of heated dish. (it was not cooked at site but relatively close)
We had an salad table as well as some kind of heated dish. (it was not cooked at site but relatively close)
The chicken patty sandwiches and pizza were good. The burgers tasted ok, but didn't look good. Don't remember much else.
The chicken patties were so good it really makes me want to see if I can find something like them. They were seasoned just right and really quite delicious.
The chicken patties were so good it really makes me want to see if I can find something like them. They were seasoned just right and really quite delicious.
It was amazing and then it was trash suddenly. Idk what year exactly or why it happened... probably some new regulation. On fridays we used to get deep dish pizza and a cinnamon roll with like 2 cups of cream cheese frosting. Oh and chocolate milk of course. Looking back it was unhealthy as hell but idc it was delicious.
I'm from Australia and went to public school and I remember our canteens used to have stuff like baked potato with bacon, pizza, pizza pockets, meat pies, pasta and spaghetti, lots of sandwiches, sushi, burgers, vietnamese meat rolls and loads of other stuff. Mostly brand drinks and snacks as well. I always enjoyed it (unless there was seafood), so I guess here it's more like a cafe or something where you buy what you want?
All I can remember are the chicken nuggets that could bounce five feet in the air, and the milk you could buy for ten cents that sometimes came out as a solid rather than a liquid.
From what I could remember from the late 80s through the mid 90s, I lived for pizza Fridays. We also had some good ass chicken tenders, and decent hamburgers. My high school had a pizza station, salad station, baked potato station, or you could just get whatever entree they were serving. My college had a Chik-Fil-A, Pizza Hut, TCBY, and a station that made some of the best handmade pretzels I've ever had.
OP lunch looks delicious. I went to Catholic school so I had to bring my own lunch. I didn't even know schools gave lunch.
Eh, it was alright I guess. Bog standard stuff until I got to High School.
My first two years when i was in California, there was an a la carte line where they had a selection of microwavable stuff.
They had those Don Miguel THE BOMB Burritos that were a huge step up from cafeteria fare.
When I moved to Germany for my final two years, the school on the military base used the same food service contractor as the mess halls (Sodexo maybe?) That was surprisingly decent.
My first two years when i was in California, there was an a la carte line where they had a selection of microwavable stuff.
They had those Don Miguel THE BOMB Burritos that were a huge step up from cafeteria fare.
When I moved to Germany for my final two years, the school on the military base used the same food service contractor as the mess halls (Sodexo maybe?) That was surprisingly decent.
I really loved the Chicken a la King they would serve.
They got Lil Caesars tier pizza at my elementary school. Also they sometimes serve a Dorito's back with meat and melted cheese in it.
They got Lil Caesars tier pizza at my elementary school. Also they sometimes serve a Dorito's back with meat and melted cheese in it.
It was awesome!! We had Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Miguel's Jr, in addition to soft drinks in high-school. For like 2 bucks you would get a soda, a side, a desert, and whatever menu item you wanted. You had the choice of either a slice of pizza, a miguels burrito, or two taco bell burritos. Or you could get the school entree's which were pretty good, like a cheeseburger, chicken sandwich, chicken nuggets or whatever specials they had.
Breakfast was awesome too. For like a buck you got a drink, an entree and a hashbrown. But it all ended once Arnold became Governor of California. Food became hot garbage and increased in price. Fuck that guy. Thank God I got to leave campus for lunch and eat whatever I wanted.
Breakfast was awesome too. For like a buck you got a drink, an entree and a hashbrown. But it all ended once Arnold became Governor of California. Food became hot garbage and increased in price. Fuck that guy. Thank God I got to leave campus for lunch and eat whatever I wanted.
When I was in 8th grade my school served french fries literally every day no matter what the entree was. If they served pizza you got a side of fries with that. School lunches were always pretty poor to the best of my memory.
I remember one school served breakfast too. Usually toast with a slice of processed cheese on it but sometimes cereal bowls with milk.
I remember one school served breakfast too. Usually toast with a slice of processed cheese on it but sometimes cereal bowls with milk.
This is me too. Jezus, looking at the lunches kids get served in the US... What about kids health, my god. Stakes, pizza, nuggets, come on!
In elementary school I went to 3 or 4 different schools (family moved around) but I just remember the square pizza around that time.
Middle School for me was cool as hell, we had a place we could buy like premade subway sandwiches (it might not have been subway branded but I remember it that way) and slices of hershies pie, or you could get like normal cafeteria food in another line.
Highschool food I just remember these overcooked burritos and awful pizza.
Middle School for me was cool as hell, we had a place we could buy like premade subway sandwiches (it might not have been subway branded but I remember it that way) and slices of hershies pie, or you could get like normal cafeteria food in another line.
Highschool food I just remember these overcooked burritos and awful pizza.
The elementary school I studied at when I was in Guam was legit. They would actually make cooked food, like bbq chicken thighs. I really miss my childhood there.
Middle school and high school were awful when I moved to America. I remember one of the lunch options being a burrito covered in sauce and cheese and the burrito was hard.
Middle school and high school were awful when I moved to America. I remember one of the lunch options being a burrito covered in sauce and cheese and the burrito was hard.
Elementary school highlights were hard shell tacos with beef.
Pepperoni pizzas for lunch and pizza bagels for breakfast.
Middle school, dont remember much.
High school I didnt really get the school food other than $1 burritos every day.
We had personal size pizza hut and subway for the first 2 years I was there.
Pepperoni pizzas for lunch and pizza bagels for breakfast.
Middle school, dont remember much.
High school I didnt really get the school food other than $1 burritos every day.
We had personal size pizza hut and subway for the first 2 years I was there.
Pretty bad. I usually brought lunch from home.
Where I'm at it's ridiculously expensive for those of us that have to pay for it (half the district is free or reduced lunch). If both my kids ate school lunch everyday I'd be spending more on that than I do groceries.
Where I'm at it's ridiculously expensive for those of us that have to pay for it (half the district is free or reduced lunch). If both my kids ate school lunch everyday I'd be spending more on that than I do groceries.
This is pretty much what I remember of school lunches. The pizza rectangle, canned veggies and fruit, small milk cartons.
This image I found is pretty close to the same thing I ate in rural central PA 91-97.
Good days were ham patty or chicken patty. On very rare days Mashed potatoes and turkey.
The horrific days were the taco boats and pizza like above, never with anything but cheese.
I think the mushy canned peas probably turned a lot of kids off the whole concept of peas. (Garden fresh peas that aren't cooked into mush are great!)
Unless you bought sandwiches in, or were someone who had free school meals due to coming from a low income family/unemployed, then school meals were paid for by parents. Usually meant bullies targeted kids for their money at times.
School meals were mostly chip focused, but did offer other variations of potato. Including boiled, roast, jackets and mash. We had roasts on offer once, maybe twice a month. And in my last year, they introduced a salad bar. Was surprising how much you could get for £1.50/£2. Could get a decent sized meal (Jacket, or various choice with chips), pudding (chocolate slab and pink custard was the staple) and a drink (tip-top or squash) for that money. We had vending machines which kids mostly popped to get a Pepsi or Coke instead.
School meals were mostly chip focused, but did offer other variations of potato. Including boiled, roast, jackets and mash. We had roasts on offer once, maybe twice a month. And in my last year, they introduced a salad bar. Was surprising how much you could get for £1.50/£2. Could get a decent sized meal (Jacket, or various choice with chips), pudding (chocolate slab and pink custard was the staple) and a drink (tip-top or squash) for that money. We had vending machines which kids mostly popped to get a Pepsi or Coke instead.
Didn't have a canteen all the way through school.
Primary school junk food was banned, no crisps/chips, chocolate etc. My biscuits/cookies were often confiscated.
Secondary school we could go into town and get food. I didn't bother just had sandwiches and tackled mount homework during my lunch.
Primary school junk food was banned, no crisps/chips, chocolate etc. My biscuits/cookies were often confiscated.
Secondary school we could go into town and get food. I didn't bother just had sandwiches and tackled mount homework during my lunch.
I enjoyed pizza day even though it was just basically a cheesier Ellios.
I really loved salad bar day. I love salad but only when I load it up with all the bad shit so it's no longer healthy.
Chicken nugget day was terrible because the nuggets felt so gristly like it was just a wad of fat.
I can't really remember any of the other lunches we had. These are just the ones that were all the time.
I really loved salad bar day. I love salad but only when I load it up with all the bad shit so it's no longer healthy.
Chicken nugget day was terrible because the nuggets felt so gristly like it was just a wad of fat.
I can't really remember any of the other lunches we had. These are just the ones that were all the time.
We would go the kitchen and make our own sandwiches or the lunch ladies would make them for us. For drinks we had pomegranate tea and chocolate milk. We had no canteen, we would take our sandwiches and walk around the outside of the school or walk to the nearest bakery. On some days, mostly fridays, we'd have pizza or hot-dogs. As you grew older, parents would give you more money and you would mostly buy your meal at the local bakery or get yourself a nicer sandwich at the local grocery store.
After the lunch would end, we would form 8 lines in front of the school depending on which grade you were in(1-8). A teacher would let each line inside separately.
That was elementary school. In high school, everyone bought their own meals at the nearest bakery/store. There was no canteen/kitchen.
After the lunch would end, we would form 8 lines in front of the school depending on which grade you were in(1-8). A teacher would let each line inside separately.
That was elementary school. In high school, everyone bought their own meals at the nearest bakery/store. There was no canteen/kitchen.
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