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29. Breakfast for lunch: Piggle sticks (a pancake wrapped around a sausage) with maple syrup for dipping.

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:26 PM

Nov 10

I forget what the side was, probably a small banana or fruit cup and white milk. I also liked their pizza and grilled cheese/tomato soup.

I refused to buy my lunch at all between the 2nd and 9th grades so my mom packed one for me. When packing lunch, the sandwich would be either bologna/cheese/mustard, pb/black raspberry jelly, tuna fish, or egg salad. If I took tuna fish or egg salad, she'd also pack a frozen juice box. Then mom would add in a pack of crunchies (munchos/carrot/celery sticks or corn chips/a pickle), and a sweet of some kind (a TastyKake butterscotch krimpet, Peanut butter Tandy Take, or a Hostess cherry pie). Most days I'd go through the drink line to buy white milk.

Our school had it's own kitchen so everything was made there.

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What school cafeteria foods were actually good? Let me think -------------- [View all] debm55 Nov 10 OP

I always enjoyed True Dough Nov 10 #1

HAHAHAHHahHAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you for the laugh, True Dough. debm55 Nov 10 #2

Mallow cups WmChris Nov 10 #3

I used to like Mallow Cups. Thank you for the funny. WmChris. debm55 Nov 10 #4

Back in the dark ages Jilly_in_VA Nov 10 #5

Thank you very much, Jilly_in_VA. fpr sharing. debm55 Nov 10 #8

I rolled my own. Lochloosa Nov 10 #6

Ok, thank you Lochloosa. debm55 Nov 10 #9

Depended on what state we lived in. Arizona actually had some pretty good food. I liked the bean and cheese burritos Dorothy V Nov 10 #7

Dang ! A shame you missed out on French school lunches. I've heard they're pretty good, esp. compared to US. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #11

Thank you very much Dorothy V for sharing with us. I got it ---and you helped me---I liked the tator tots. debm55 Nov 10 #12

The cinnamon rolls were good. THERE'S a well balanced diet. rsdsharp Nov 10 #10

Yes they were, rsdsharp. I like that memory. debm55 Nov 10 #14

Spiced apple crumble ! My grade school cafeteria did a pretty good job on that one. I can't remember much else. eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #13

Thank you eppur_se_muova. That is another one I really liked. debm55 Nov 10 #15

We had Italian food every day GreatGazoo Nov 10 #16

That sounds wonderful. You were very luck to have those choices. Thank you for sharing, GreatGazoo. debm55 Nov 10 #25

Grilled cheese Delarage Nov 10 #17

I have to agree, Delarage . How could you mess up grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. debm55 Nov 10 #18

pizza keroro gunsou Nov 10 #19

Thank you very much for sharing with us, keroro gunsou. debm55 Nov 10 #24

I was always hungry and cleaned my tray. multigraincracker Nov 10 #20

Thank you very much multigraincracker. My husband and I go to the senior center and eat a couple times a months. You and debm55 Nov 10 #22

OMG John Coktosten Nov 10 #21

I remember the Mexican pizza. but didn't like the pizza made on a muffin. Thank you John Coktosten. debm55 Nov 10 #23

the homemade hot rolls. yellowdogintexas Nov 10 #26

Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. I love the idea of getting a large salad. debm55 Nov 11 #40

cherry 🍒 cobbler 🥧 List left Nov 10 #27

Yes, the cherry cobbler. Thank you very much List left for sharing. I liked the apple crisp too. debm55 Nov 11 #39

Peanut butter cookies. Solly Mack Nov 10 #28

YUMMY. Thank you very much, Solly Mack. Isn't it odd that the best part of lunch was the dessert? debm55 Nov 11 #38

The yeast rolls were also good. That cookie was sheer perfection. Solly Mack Nov 11 #43

Breakfast for lunch: Piggle sticks (a pancake wrapped around a sausage) with maple syrup for dipping. woodsprite Nov 10 #29

Thank you very much. woodsprite. Your bag lunches sound great. debm55 Nov 11 #42

Every school I went to had good chili radical noodle Nov 10 #30

Thank you very much radical noodle. I don't think I could eat both in one sitting, though. debm55 Nov 11 #37

The bowls of chili were small and radical noodle Nov 11 #41

My high school, boonecreek Nov 11 #31

Thank you very much, boonecreek. That sounds good. debm55 Nov 11 #36

I recall the cafeteria in my elementary school was pretty good. hunter Nov 11 #32

Thank you very much, hunter for sharing with us. debm55 Nov 11 #35

Bread-and-butter. no_hypocrisy Nov 11 #33

You are right. Thank you so much, no_hypocrisy. debm55 Nov 11 #34

Chocolate cake LogDog75 Nov 11 #44

Fish and Chips and Stewed Tomatoes every Friday in my Eastern Ohio school. ArnoldLayne Nov 11 #45

Got Lucky ProfessorGAC Nov 11 #46