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17. I loved the tuna fish on wheat bread !

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 01:18 PM

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My Mother did not like fish and never cooked it. So if on the school lunch menu it had that tuna fish sandwich I’d beg my Mother for lunch money to buy it! It was 50 cents then!

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What cafeteria food did you actually like in school? Mine was grilled cheese sandwich. What about you?? [View all] debm55 Sunday OP

Pizza and chocolate pudding (with little chocolate chips) displacedvermoter Sunday #1

That sounds good. Thank you very much displacedvermoter. debm55 Sunday #2

Went home for lunch...no cafeteria... MiHale Sunday #3

In grade school, I went home. Junior high and High School, we lived too far away. Thank you MiHale. debm55 Sunday #6

Pizza The Blue Flower Sunday #4

That sounds very good. The Blue Flower. My school's pizza was nothing to brag about. Donuts --yes. debm55 Sunday #7

We had ham and cheese sandwiches on Kaiser rolls every Thursday. 33taw Sunday #5

Thank you very much, 33taw. That sounds very good. debm55 Sunday #8

It was then, not sure I would have it now. But it was a school favorite. 33taw Sunday #23

Fish sticks on Friday was my favorite. CrispyQ Sunday #9

Thank you very much, CrispyQ. That dessert sounds wonderful. debm55 Sunday #10

I liked fish sticks on Fridays, also. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sunday #37

Try a shot of Amaretto drizzled over apple crisp for an adult version. CrispyQ Sunday #63

Thank you CrispyQ. I will give it a try. It sounds great. debm55 Sunday #64

Square pizzas and 80 cent hamburgers underpants Sunday #11

Sorry about that, underpants. Didnt they give you a choice of other dressings? debm55 Sunday #12

Uh...never asked underpants Sunday #21

Love you, Underpants. debm55 Sunday #25

80 cent lunches- hmmm.... Prof. Toru Tanaka Sunday #46

I had no idea how reliant kids are on school lunches underpants Sunday #70

Thank you very much Prof.Toru Tanaka. I graduated in 1973.And yes they were resonable. debm55 Sunday #74

Tater tots SallyHemmings Sunday #13

Thank you very much, SallyHemmings. They served tator tots with the grilled chees. Yum. debm55 Sunday #14

As a lunch monitor (a la Tim Walz) I remember the "Flying Tater Tot incident one time Ritabert Sunday #45

HAHAHHAHAHaH. Thank you Ritabert. debm55 Sunday #48

My husband recalls that the high school served black olives ONCE Ritabert Sunday #51

I was a teacher for 40 some years. Two of the years in a high school. Thank you for the memories, Ritabert. had lunch debm55 Sunday #56

Actually in my junior high lunchroom duty was coveted Ritabert Sunday #61

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Diamond_Dog Sunday #15

Me too, Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog, debm55 Sunday #16

I loved the tuna fish on wheat bread ! kimbutgar Sunday #17

I really enjoy tuna salad sandwiches too. Thank you very much kimbutgar. debm55 Sunday #19

I liked the chili mac. murielm99 Sunday #18

Thank you very much murierlm99, It sounds very good. debm55 Sunday #20

mac and cheese . AllaN01Bear Sunday #22

Thank you very much, AllaN01Bear. debm55 Sunday #26

Fish sticks sinkingfeeling Sunday #24

Thank you very much sinkingfeeling. debm55 Sunday #27

Yup. The were the best at the elementary school. (n//t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #73

Thank you very much OldBaldy1701E debm55 Sunday #75

not real picky. brother and I would mow through most anything. stopdiggin Sunday #28

Thank you very much, stopdiggin. Yes the Stove Top stuffing served with a slice of "turkey" . I ate the stuffing and debm55 Sunday #33

Ice cream drumsticks SheltieLover Sunday #29

Oh, I loved those ice cream drumsticks. Still do. Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Sunday #34

Nice to see you posting again, Deb! SheltieLover Sunday #47

Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Sunday #49

Every time they served chili, it included a glazed cinnamon roll. rsdsharp Sunday #30

thank you rsdharp. I remember those cinnamon rolls. They were great. debm55 Sunday #35

The rolls - the cafeteria ladies made the best rolls....yum!! (50s and 60s) walkingman Sunday #31

Thank you walkingman. Yes, the rolls were great. debm55 Sunday #36

Hamburger and gravy over mashed potatoes. love_katz Sunday #32

Thank you very much love_katz. Thank you for sharing your memories with us. debm55 Sunday #38

Same here. We called it hamburg sundae. Ritabert Sunday #39

Thank you very much, Ritabert. It sounds yummy. We got the instant kind. debm55 Sunday #43

I'm with you regarding the grilled cheese sammich, but only if I have tomato soup on the side Ziggysmom Sunday #40

Thank you very much, Ziggysmom. Yes, grilled cheese with tomato soup. a winner. debm55 Sunday #44

Rectangle pizza Tadams01KC Sunday #41

That's great. Thank you very much for your choices, Tadams01KC and welcome to DU. debm55 Sunday #60

Beef enchiladas LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #42

Thank you very much, LetMyPeopleVote. They sound great. And what a great thing the staff did to bring your grandmother debm55 Sunday #62

bread Tetrachloride Sunday #50

Thank you Tetrachloride. debm55 Sunday #65

No cafeteria food for me. Lived too close to school. Nittersing Sunday #52

Thank you very much, Nittersing. That sounds delicious. debm55 Sunday #57

Two scoops of mashed potatoes with brown meat gravy. Good and inevpensive. brush Sunday #53

Thank you very much. brush. debm55 Sunday #79

I did, too, deb! Nt spooky3 Sunday #54

Thank you very much spooky3. debm55 Sunday #76

Boston cream pie Keepthesoulalive Sunday #55

At a school. Wow. Thank you very much, Keepthesoulalive. debm55 Sunday #58

Hi Deb. I was a Public School Cafeteria employee for 11 years. Tikki Sunday #59

Wow, Tikki, your school lunch sounds wonderful. A salad bar---great. Fresh bread--terrific. Thank you for your 11 years debm55 Sunday #66

We had honest to God lunch ladies and REAL food (before the school lunch program) Jilly_in_VA Sunday #67

Thank you very much, Jilly_in_VA. That sounds delicious. debm55 Sunday #82

Tacos... subterranean Sunday #68

Thank you very much for sharing your school memories with us, subterranean debm55 Sunday #83

Mexican food every Wednesday, Texas public schools. Paladin Sunday #69

That sounds great. I don't ever recall being served mexican food in school, except for Spanish rice. TY Paladin debm55 Sunday #85

Wow, the Texas school system actually got something right for a change. FadedMullet Monday #111

HAHAHAHHAhAHAHHA debm55 Monday #113

Depends on which school. yellowdogintexas Sunday #71

That sounds very similar to my school. I will have to look up Lunch Lady Rolls. Thank you yellowdogintexas. debm55 Sunday #86

Vegetable soup and sheppard's Pie LogDog75 Sunday #72

Wow that sounds good, thank you very much, LogDog75 debm55 Sunday #77

Burger and fries exboyfil Sunday #78

HAHHAHHAHAH. thank you exboyfil. You are so right. debm55 Sunday #80

Stewed plums (prunes)... ultralite001 Sunday #81

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. thank you very much ultralite001 debm55 Sunday #88

Not cafeteria food... but one early school memory... ultralite001 Sunday #89

Wow, you were very lucky, Thank you very much ultralite001 debm55 Monday #121

My mom gave me $1 a day k_buddy762 Sunday #84

I know what you are talking about. I got a dollar for lunch and bought nothing. I saved it as I didn't get an allowance. debm55 Sunday #87

I rarely had cafeteria food, took a sack lunch almost every day. FuzzyRabbit Sunday #90

Thank you FuzzyRabbit. My school lunch was not as good as those describe in some of the post. I would have loved to have debm55 Sunday #91

I went to a private school without a Luciferous Sunday #92

Thank you very much, Luciferous. That sounds great. debm55 Monday #103

Spaghetti. It had melted cheese on top, too, which Nixie Sunday #93

Thank you very much. Nixie. That sounds yummy. debm55 Monday #104

The peanut butter cookie. That's it. Solly Mack Monday #94

I loved the peanut butter cookie. Thank you for the memories. Solly Mack. debm55 Monday #105

Pizza! It was particularly bad pizza, with no items, just cheese... Jack Valentino Monday #95

Hahahahahahha. Thank you , Jack Valentino debm55 Monday #106

Apple Brown Betty (Only on Tuesday's) wyn borkins Monday #96

Thank you , wyn bofkins. I remember that and it was a favorite. debm55 Monday #107

Salmon Loaf Figarosmom Monday #97

Thank you very much for sharing your memories with us, Figarosmom. debm55 Monday #108

Mostly, cafeteria food wasn't an option. Morbius Monday #98

Thank you very much Morbius. I would take my lunch to school or in the early grades go home and eat. debm55 Monday #110

Does bread and butter count? You can't screw that up. no_hypocrisy Monday #99

HAHAHAHHAHHAH. Thank you very much. no_hypocrisy. I understand. debm55 Monday #119

Pizza and stroganoff are what I remember. lark Monday #100

HAHAHAHAH Thank you lark. I did a mix of buying(very seldom) and brown bagging lunch or no lunch. debm55 Monday #114

M and M cookies milestogo Monday #101

Thank you milestogo for that memory. Sometimes, I would buy just the dessert and milk, too. debm55 Monday #120

I remember the lunch in school was $0.35. My friends and I would take that money and go to OLDMDDEM Monday #102

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing that, OLDMDDEM debm55 Monday #122

None of it. I went home in grade school; high school we had a Dairy Queen across from the football field catbyte Monday #109

Thank you very much catbyte. Wow, a DQ across the street. Yummy. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Monday #118

English muffin pizzas PJMcK Monday #112

Thank you very much for sharing you memories, PJMcK. We had those English muffin pizza too, American cheese toppings and debm55 Monday #116

Sloppy Joes, kozar Monday #115

Thank you kozar. I loved the school's sloppy joes. debm55 Monday #117

In HS, Everything ProfessorGAC Monday #123

Thank you ProfessorGAC. What wonderful choices. debm55 Monday #124

Everything Cirsium Monday #125

Thank you very much, Cirsium debm55 Monday #126

My school had a great ala carte potato salad for 10 cents iwillalwayswonderwhy Monday #127

Thank you very much iwillalwayswonderwhy. You were lucky you could buy ala cart.We had to buy by the tray. No more no debm55 Monday #129

Same orangecrush Monday #128

Thank you very much, orangecrush. debm55 Monday #130

Most welcome! orangecrush Monday #131

We had great cafeteria food. Haggard Celine Monday #132

Thank you Haggard Celine. Wow gumbo with real shrimp. I could only dream. debm55 Monday #133

Usually a greasy burger and soggy fries. boonecreek Monday #134

Oh you! HAHAHHAHAHAHA. Thanks for sharing, boonecreek. debm55 Monday #135

Cafeteria Rolls Beringia Monday #136

Oh yes, they were great. Thank you, Beringia, for sharing the memory for us. debm55 Monday #137

elm elementary school(art magnet) had awesome mock chicken w/ awesome rice. we walked home before that. br bag middle. pansypoo53219 Monday #138