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Permanut

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33. School lunches were tolerable for me, but later..

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:22 PM

Nov 2024

I had a chance to stop by for lunch in the school cafeteria with my SO's 5th grade son.

We had "deli sandwiches"; a little dry bun thing with what we assumed was baloney, and some yellow stuff that might have been cheese at one time. No mayo, mustard, relish, nothing.

That was in 1988, but we still laugh about "deli sandwiches".

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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