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22. We brown-bagged it (or lunch-boxed it) all thru...

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Sun Sep 19, 2021, 01:14 PM

Sep 2021

…elementary school - mid 1950s t0 early 1960s. My mom wanted to keep morning hassle to a minimum, so every Sunday evening, we would make a week’s worth of sandwiches and freeze them. Pop them in the bag/lunchbox before heading out the door. Her theory was that being frozen would keep the sandwiches fresh as they gradually thawed out by lunch time, and we wouldn’t be eating spoiled food.

Egg salad sandwiches DO NOT freeze well, and thawed out as a disgusting, soggy mess. To this day, I cannot eat an egg salad sandwich.

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Expired milk, frozen sandwiches and undercooked burgers for school lunches anger parents [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP

Meanwhile, in France..... marmar Sep 2021 #1

The best school meals ever! burrowowl Sep 2021 #4

We took our lunches to school all 12 years jimfields33 Sep 2021 #14

Many students are unable to LanternWaste Sep 2021 #24

Brava!!!! jimfields33 Sep 2021 #32

I wonder if the poor students in your school felt that way dsc Sep 2021 #28

Nope. Not at all. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #33

Article on French lunches makes a good point - that spooky3 Sep 2021 #29

Damn! LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #34

I see meat, green beans on the plate. What is the other item? LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #42

Wow! Treefrog Sep 2021 #44

I remember the school cafeteria at my high school in the early 1960s. MineralMan Sep 2021 #2

Same here. They made what most of us ate at home. Same recipe, from scratch. Budi Sep 2021 #3

Yes. It was very similar to my own mother's cooking. MineralMan Sep 2021 #11

When did it change? 80's? Just curious. Budi Sep 2021 #15

1970's. School districts were under fire, so they cut the cafeteria d haele Sep 2021 #20

Institutionalization. For profiteers. Budi Sep 2021 #21

Yes, I think it started about then, and accelerated in the 90s. MineralMan Sep 2021 #23

Yup, school cafeteria pizza from my youth... dixiechiken1 Sep 2021 #6

Stromboli for me. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #35

In high school, we used to comment that the pizza Totally Tunsie Sep 2021 #43

Covid changed a lot of things. I know many schools were already doing this, but ours started doing GPV Sep 2021 #10

Oh, the outsourcing of school cafeteria food started long before COVID. MineralMan Sep 2021 #13

No, the explanation is someone isn't doing their job. How hard is it to maintain GPV Sep 2021 #16

No, it's just a race to the bottom. aocommunalpunch Sep 2021 #19

Yes. Same here. LisaM Sep 2021 #27

Same in my HS in the 80s obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #31

Meatloaf! Roast turkey! mainer Sep 2021 #36

At my school, the meatloaf had rolled oats, like regular MineralMan Sep 2021 #38

I may try the oats, thanks. mainer Sep 2021 #40

Add them to the meat mixture uncooked, if you try them. MineralMan Sep 2021 #41

Same Here, Early 70s ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #37

Contracted out to lowest bidder--substandard Slop in their Joes. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #5

I remember at my convent school we were served lunch by a very old, very french nun. pennylane100 Sep 2021 #7

ahh, the sweet smell of privatization onethatcares Sep 2021 #8

Don't get mad multigraincracker Sep 2021 #9

I remember when our kids were in school Turbineguy Sep 2021 #12

There's a Starbucks in my granddaughter's HS. She's 9th grade & thrilled. Budi Sep 2021 #17

Some would oppose that left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #26

Oh yeah, kids on caffeine. Ka-Dinh Oy Sep 2021 #39

That's borderline criminal. lpbk2713 Sep 2021 #18

We brown-bagged it (or lunch-boxed it) all thru... 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #22

I smell Republican influence. This is why voting counts. gulliver Sep 2021 #25

What School Lunch Looks Like Around The World keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #30