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

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Mon Jun 2, 2025, 10:52 PM

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high school i limited myself to hash browns. not public school after the mock chicken.

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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