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8. Nothing was truly horrible but at least once a month we had beets, small school, great cooks.

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:25 PM

Nov 2024

The teachers would make you take a bite of everything on your plate. That stopped after I ruined several pairs of their shoes.

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What was the worst lunch/lunches you had a Jr high or HS, Mine was American Pizza, made with a muffin , some kind of [View all] debm55 Nov 2024 OP

Lukewarm hamburger gravy over wallpaper paste mashed potatoes, catbyte Nov 2024 #1

Oh that is nasty. Thank you catbyte. debm55 Nov 2024 #2

Oh, it was. Over 50 years later the memory lingers on. catbyte Nov 2024 #3

Yes it does. I still remember American Pizza. It was terrible. debm55 Nov 2024 #4

We called that stuff mystery meat, and figured it was road kill. Ocelot II Nov 2024 #26

HAHAHAHHAHAHAH, I like that Ocelot II debm55 Nov 2024 #28

I don't remember any of the lunches as a whole, House of Roberts Nov 2024 #5

Thank you House of Roberts. debm55 Nov 2024 #6

Oddly enough, I don't have much recollection of bad food in jr or high svhool EYESORE 9001 Nov 2024 #7

Thank you EYESORE 9001 ,Your post is great debm55 Nov 2024 #10

Nothing was truly horrible but at least once a month we had beets, small school, great cooks. Runningdawg Nov 2024 #8

Thank you Runningdawg, Great post debm55 Nov 2024 #11

worst lunch pamdb Nov 2024 #9

Thank you pamdb, I like your reference to cows and I agree debm55 Nov 2024 #12

Char patty on bun Simeon Salus Nov 2024 #13

Thank you Simeon Salus. I do remember the cinnamon rolls. They were good. debm55 Nov 2024 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 2024 #14

Thank you ArkansasDemocrat1. That fake gov't cheese was nasty. debm55 Nov 2024 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 2024 #34

It was terrible. debm55 Nov 2024 #37

I think every school used to have that Diraven Nov 2024 #29

Got that right. debm55 Nov 2024 #38

'Yum-yum on a bun' in Junior High emulatorloo Nov 2024 #15

HAHAHHAHHHAHA. yum yum on a bun. Thank you emulatorloo. debm55 Nov 2024 #18

... emulatorloo Nov 2024 #19

Your welcome debm55 Nov 2024 #20

bag of Fritos. surrealAmerican Nov 2024 #21

Thank you surrealAmerican. I use to eat those little bags of Fritos too. debm55 Nov 2024 #22

No Cafeteria In Grade School ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #23

I guess so. debm55 Nov 2024 #39

It was called corned beef hash fargone Nov 2024 #24

Prep school.. justaprogressive Nov 2024 #25

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH That's funny. debm55 Nov 2024 #40

Sorry, traumatic memory loss - specific to school lunches. dchill Nov 2024 #27

Thank you dchill. But the sloppy joe isn,t made from mystery meat. debm55 Nov 2024 #41

KitFox KitFox Nov 2024 #30

Thank you KitFox. I can imagine the smell. debm55 Nov 2024 #42

Goulash! Diraven Nov 2024 #31

Hahahhahahahhhahahahahhhaahh That's funny and gross. Thank you Diraven. debm55 Nov 2024 #47

About once a month a vile smell would float from the cafeteria and envelope the hallways zeusdogmom Nov 2024 #32

YOU WIN the Post. My mother would make it at home and it gave me the drive heaves, I can't imaging eating the school debm55 Nov 2024 #43

School lunches were tolerable for me, but later.. Permanut Nov 2024 #33

That doesn't sound like any deli sandwich, I am familiar with. Goodnes. debm55 Nov 2024 #44

Chop Suey that was moniss Nov 2024 #35

Your version on the Chinese lunch is absolutely hilarious. That you so much.moniss. I guess there were other kids that debm55 Nov 2024 #45

The "Manager's Choice" Best_man23 Nov 2024 #36

Thank you Best_man23 That is so funny. debm55 Nov 2024 #46