Hoagies and grinders, navy beans, navy beans, navy beans!

[clockworktomato]

When I start reminiscing about high school cafeteria food, I guess it's a good sign that I'm hungry, bored, or both (right now it's a little of both).

Poll Lunchlady Land!I had pretty good cafeteria food - my absolute favorite was steak strip day. We had these peppery breaded steak strips with packets of barbecue sauce, whipped potatoes (not mashed, but whipped --

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[kastofsna]

to be honest i liked my cafeteria food. it didn't taste like gourmet and it wasn't like anything you got at the store, it had its own distinctive taste.

[nothinganything]

We had sandwiches whose bread we could eat with a straw.
We had pizzas that were burned on one side and frozen on the other.
There was usually hair in my food and unless it's curly, I rarely complain to this very day.

[faecat]

For two and a half years in high school, my daily lunch consisted of an order of french fries (50 cents), five of the hands-down BEST chocolate chip cookies I have ever eaten (15 cents each) and a container of chocolate milk (45 cents). I had paper cups full of quarters and dimes in my locker with which to make up my $1.70 for lunch.

But those cookies....man. I have not encountered cookies like that anywhere before or since. *nostalgic*

[dulcinea]

We had crappy lunches. About 2 or 3 years after I graduated though, they updated the cafeteria and had different lines which is more like a college dining hall. Once a month we had Pizza Hut. That was our highlight.