In my day~

[Smart Red]

No cafeteria??

And, I might be okay with cafeteria food as an adult ... I disliked it as a kid.

Steve

Trust me, Steve, it hasn't gotten any better!

 

[Nyboy]

But it was cheap 65 cents a lunch, free for certain students

 

[thistlebloom]

I never got to eat cafeteria food. Brown bagged it every day.
But in elementary school mom drew cartoon pictures on my bags, she was pretty artistic and funny.

 

[Just-Moxie]

We had to walk to school, and it really was uphill both ways!!
I loved the cafeteria food. I think my sis and I got reduced lunches.
We had to wear dresses during the 60's, and THAT made for a cooooold walk to school in the mornings.
We were Midtown KCMO, so no buses. All neighborhood schools back then.

 

[ninnymary]

My school was out in the country. I don't know if it was outside the city's school district or what. But I still remember their spaghetti and the big yeast rolls that were homemade. We also had a carton of milk and cookies everyday for afternoon snack.

Mary

 

[Smart Red]

When I started teaching in the early 70s our cafeteria food was made from scratch and was ofen better than restaurant food. I still use several of the recipes at home. The attempts at cost cutting ran from having it catered in cardboard boxes to cardboard tasting whats-it being the entrees. Each change resulted in fewer and fewer paying students eating hot lunch and the costs rising.

Then came Mrs. O with requirements for whole grains and more raw veggies, but without adding edible taste to the entrees. Fewer payers eating than ever before until the food program is another drain on the district funds.

 

[AMKuska]

When I started teaching in the early 70s our cafeteria food was made from scratch and was ofen better than restaurant food. I still use several of the recipes at home. The attempts at cost cutting ran from having it catered in cardboard boxes to cardboard tasting whats-it being the entrees. Each change resulted in fewer and fewer paying students eating hot lunch and the costs rising.

Then came Mrs. O with requirements for whole grains and more raw veggies, but without adding edible taste to the entrees. Fewer payers eating than ever before until the food program is another drain on the district funds.

My son started "Buying" school lunches when he liked what they had, even though he had a packed lunch. I found out when I got an automated message from the school saying I was past due for payment on school lunches for $20. I switched him to school lunches, and he discovered that it wasn't always hotdogs, hamburgers and chilli cheese fries, but now there was no tasty packed lunch to fall back on. He begged to have the homemade lunches back this year.

 

[valley ranch]

And the free breakfast~the kids dump the entire tray~including the milk~taking only the cake or cookies```

 

[Smart Red]

I always encourage my grands to check the monthly menu so they know when a favorite is being served and when a home packed lunch is needed to stave off starvation. Skinny, energetic grandson NEEDS more food than the meal program provides so he's almost always carrying.

 

[Smart Red]

And the free breakfast~the kids dump the entire tray~including the milk~taking only the cake or cookies```

Yup. The school cannot force food be eaten, just taken.