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GreenWave

(12,650 posts)
47. College cafeteria meal
Sat Jan 20, 2024, 01:17 PM
Jan 2024

The day the fundies first showed up to harass us.
I was first in line as usual.
Lady at counter: Where's your suit? Where are your parents?
My bestie interrupts her: Leave him alone. He's an orphan!
Lady: Oh forgive me Jesus for I have sinned!
Not learning her lesson, she challenges him about no parents invited or suit!
Greenwave: Ma'am. How do you think we know each other? From the orphanage! Do you know what it is like to be rejected for years from your would be parents?
And the fundie ladies did not lop on the extra food as it was Sunday and NO dinner despite the ad to have three meals a day.
So apparently the rest of the gang from the same orphange got together and we pushed the tables together to have a massive group table.
Then the angry counter lady came over to me.
You! You started all this! Now give me your name!
Greenwave: I beg your pardon ma'am. We have not been properly introduced and I prefer an age appropriate person for my hand in marriage.
Angry lady: I am going to report you to the Dean. Just tell me your name!
GW: OK ma'am. Since it is Sunday I will not tell you one lie. My first name is Ernesto. But my friends call me Che.
Angry lady: I will call you Ernesto. Now how about that last name?
GW: Guevara.
Angry Lady: Spelled as Gay?
GW: Yes as in not heterosexual. (Recap: I told her three lies not one.)
That day the fundie lady had all our names: Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman; Eldridge Cleaver; Meow Say Tongue; Carl Marx; Leon Trotsky etc. They sure don't let them read them there sinning books about politics!

I don't remember the meal.

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Lol, I loved that meal that you're talking about haha. Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #1
Oh my, debm55 Jan 2024 #3
I loved the burritos Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #128
Thank you. We never had burritos or tacos. debm55 Jan 2024 #129
😥 Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #132
We called it "shit on a shingle" Chipper Chat Jan 2024 #2
I scraped the "meat" off and just ate the potatoes. debm55 Jan 2024 #4
shit on a shingle has an actual definition lapfog_1 Jan 2024 #55
Yeah that looks like it Chipper Chat Jan 2024 #67
"SOS" was one of my favorite breakfasts in the Army mess hall. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2024 #116
there was some kind of meat pattie .... stopdiggin Jan 2024 #5
My school had a choice of sandwiches--tuna, BPJ at the end of line. After you got your crummy meal.I think every day I debm55 Jan 2024 #6
that's funny that the veggies would be better then the meat. TY 😀 debm55 Jan 2024 #84
Frito pie RoadRunner Jan 2024 #7
. Did you eat it? debm55 Jan 2024 #9
Negative RoadRunner Jan 2024 #10
Funny, did he have Oscar Meyers bologna sandwiches like the commercial? debm55 Jan 2024 #12
Ha ha. This was before people had televisions RoadRunner Jan 2024 #13
I loved Frito pie! Still do - so do my kids.... alittlelark Jan 2024 #76
It must be very good, Thank you.😀 debm55 Jan 2024 #85
Sloppy Joes, I've always hated them. n/t malthaussen Jan 2024 #8
I like them, when I make them. Not a school choice for me. It would have been tuna sandwich day. The thing is we never debm55 Jan 2024 #11
In my high school they were the daily alternate choice to the main meal. rsdsharp Jan 2024 #14
We had the sandwiches as our alternatives debm55 Jan 2024 #16
IIRC, we had hot dogs as the daily alternate. malthaussen Jan 2024 #79
i remember chicken a la king, Ours were served on the infamous muffin. debm55 Jan 2024 #81
The (French speaking-only) French Canadian students called them jpak Jan 2024 #78
Why? debm55 Jan 2024 #100
They had very little ability to speak English jpak Jan 2024 #121
Thank you. debm55 Jan 2024 #122
You didn't want to hold up the lunch line if you valued your life. jpak Jan 2024 #124
I remember that.------the lunch line. TY jpak debm55 Jan 2024 #125
Ours was a one-time disaster Wicked Blue Jan 2024 #15
That sounds terrible. One time I did eat their spaghetti. Luckily, I got there early. They ran out of noodles and put debm55 Jan 2024 #17
Your school gave you some unusually revolting choices! blue neen Jan 2024 #22
The school was huge--700 students in each grade AND it was from an upper middle class suburb of Pittsburgh. debm55 Jan 2024 #23
The "Salisbury steak". surrealAmerican Jan 2024 #18
hahahahahahh Did it have American cheese on top? debm55 Jan 2024 #19
the pizza? surrealAmerican Jan 2024 #20
Yes, my school English muffins, I swear ketchup and American cheese. debm55 Jan 2024 #21
Our school tried soy burgers. Archae Jan 2024 #24
Oh too bad.😒 debm55 Jan 2024 #39
My school was great! North Shore Chicago Jan 2024 #25
That's great. Ours was pre-made. 👍 debm55 Jan 2024 #40
Chow Mien in a can parkia00 Jan 2024 #26
We had something like that but with a side of scallop potatoes. Our "ham" had a red color but the pineapple was there. debm55 Jan 2024 #42
I loved all the food. A particular favorite was MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #27
What is a mock chicken leg? Yes I liked the cobblers they made. TY debm55 Jan 2024 #43
I liked "hot" lunch. Especially sloppy Joe day. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #28
Salisbury steak was a no go for me. debm55 Jan 2024 #44
We both will eat the Swanson frozen Salsbury steak. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #68
oh no. Everyone has their own tastes debm55 Jan 2024 #86
All our wonderful school cooks were great jpak Jan 2024 #29
My parents couldn't afford the school lunches. We got lousy sandwiches. Squaredeal Jan 2024 #33
Thank you for your answer. Most kids in my cafeteria just ate the things they liked and talked the rest of the time. debm55 Jan 2024 #45
Whereabouts did you grow up? My husband is from Boston and remembers the American Chop Suey and he beaglelover Jan 2024 #71
Maine jpak Jan 2024 #74
Thank you jpak, debm55 Jan 2024 #101
Pork and beans liberal N proud Jan 2024 #30
Agree.👍 debm55 Jan 2024 #46
Dad was in the Army, so we were moved around a lot. The best cafeteria japple Jan 2024 #31
My mom was my high school's head cook. Squaredeal Jan 2024 #35
Yours sound good. Mine was in the 60s and 70s. Most was really nasty,😒 debm55 Jan 2024 #48
Thank you, japple, debm55 Jan 2024 #83
Agree, debm55 Jan 2024 #95
Thank you japple, debm55 Jan 2024 #102
We called it Mystery Meat. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #32
We called it that too. 😜 debm55 Jan 2024 #50
The worst one, for which I was not present, was cold "meat"balls stuffed with niyad Jan 2024 #34
That is so true--Goulash is stew. I worked in schools for 40 years. and if you think it was bad then, you should see it debm55 Jan 2024 #52
Liver! Forced to eat it in grade school. Back in the 60s there was still a lot of corporal Ziggysmom Jan 2024 #36
Same here. Could not stomach the liver and it still makes me nauseous japple Jan 2024 #38
Children should NEVER be forced to eat something . Give them alternatives to pick from--a salad bar, sandwiches, etc. I debm55 Jan 2024 #56
Worst meal was unknown meat on the day all the cats disappeared. Wonder Why Jan 2024 #37
HAHAHAHAHAHAH, Who knows that may be true. debm55 Jan 2024 #57
That's it... Picaro Jan 2024 #41
I Taught for 40 years, saw the cans that stuff came out of. If only you knew. debm55 Jan 2024 #58
College cafeteria meal GreenWave Jan 2024 #47
HAHAHAHAHAHA, That is great. TY----- debm55 Jan 2024 #59
College dorm cafeteria..a cafeteria staff member mashed cold cream cheese into a salad Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #131
Ironic, but the worst meal k55f5r Jan 2024 #49
You were the person to sit next to for weenies and saurerkraut day. 😜 debm55 Jan 2024 #60
not AFTER lunch. ;) k55f5r Jan 2024 #92
Hahahaha So true debm55 Jan 2024 #93
"Deli" sandwiches.. Permanut Jan 2024 #51
Teacher here, you were most likely eating Government issued "meat" and "cheese" When we had it at out school , I would debm55 Jan 2024 #61
I might be able to compete for the worst sandwich ward. 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #87
I yield to your sogginess. Permanut Jan 2024 #89
Not good at all. debm55 Jan 2024 #94
What was advertised as "PIZZA" Thunderbeast Jan 2024 #53
Sounds like ours. I swear the sauce was ketchup. The "cheese" was Government issued American. debm55 Jan 2024 #62
That sounds bad. Could you ask for potatoes only? I would have. CrispyQ Jan 2024 #54
Our school was huge. HS 700 kids in each grade. It was two big to that . You got what you got. Yes, fish sticks every debm55 Jan 2024 #64
Do you know why you and the kids today are served such crap in schools? Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #63
Agree with you. Today. in most schools, you have servers not cooks. As a teacher I saw the huge cans of ravioli, chop debm55 Jan 2024 #65
The canned green peas that were mushy and brown Generic Brad Jan 2024 #66
That is disgusting that they made in drink/eat the concoction. debm55 Jan 2024 #96
Private religious school Generic Brad Jan 2024 #120
Me too and I agree. debm55 Jan 2024 #123
Surprise Burgers jmowreader Jan 2024 #69
Wow. that sounds terrible. debm55 Jan 2024 #105
The fish they served on Fridays was nothing like the fish my dad caught and cooked. hunter Jan 2024 #70
You had real pizza dough??? My school must have had a ton of government issued muffins or they read a book on 101 debm55 Jan 2024 #106
In high school it was "Salisbury Steak". LudwigPastorius Jan 2024 #72
HAHAHAHAHHAHA I love your post. debm55 Jan 2024 #107
Hamburgers. Paladin Jan 2024 #73
Afterburgers.. Permanut Jan 2024 #88
Ah, yes. High school hilarity. (nt) Paladin Jan 2024 #90
Yes. you would think that you couldn't go wrong with a burger, WRONG. I ate one one and cracked a tooth on something debm55 Jan 2024 #109
In Texas, public schools served Mexican food on Wednesdays. Paladin Jan 2024 #112
That is upside down Shepherd's Pie. We get it fresh made at our food market (cold months only). Hubby loves it. CTyankee Jan 2024 #75
I love Shepherd's Pie. It is easy to make. The everyone likes it. debm55 Jan 2024 #99
Fish heads and rice. . . WheelWalker Jan 2024 #77
I would not eat that. debm55 Jan 2024 #98
Thank you for your "survey" posts. Such a welcome respite from Trump, Trump, Trump. LoisB Jan 2024 #80
Thank you. debm55 Jan 2024 #82
Besides many/most/maybe all of the above mentioned... 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #91
Remember the jello stuff with shredded carrots and peas. I have made Welsh rarebit with melted chees over toast. Glad we debm55 Jan 2024 #97
the worst fish I ever tasted. I think it is the reason I am very picky about yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #103
That's because it was low graded fish , Who knows what the heck it really was. debm55 Jan 2024 #110
poorly cooked too. I did not even want to know what it was. yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #148
Agree. debm55 Feb 2024 #149
School cafeteria meal? piddyprints Jan 2024 #104
It wasn't, debm55 Jan 2024 #111
Among other things, canned peas RobertDevereaux Jan 2024 #108
Yes those canned peas with the "liquid " in them were terrible. debm55 Jan 2024 #113
My Jr. High school Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #114
Same here with the pizza, Never for meals. Evening snack only while watching TV, I think the sauce in tomato beef debm55 Jan 2024 #118
Not the meal but just the side - Spinach TlalocW Jan 2024 #115
They had to as the government kept very close tabs on what was used and what to replace. The staff had to fill out debm55 Jan 2024 #119
No Cafeteria In Grade School ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #117
Tuna casserole. I couldn't even eat my brown bag lunch in the cafeteria on those days. The smell..... Runningdawg Jan 2024 #126
Oh my. yes the tuna casserole. Meow. debm55 Jan 2024 #130
Thats a small school! My schools had more than 1000 for only three grades!!! Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #133
My HS had 3 grades 700 in each grade, no wonder the food was processed. debm55 Jan 2024 #134
Your HS was in Calif, NY or Chicago? Demovictory9 Jan 2024 #135
Western PA, It was a mix of 3 local smaller districts--- new name Norwin School District ,We had two Jr Highs, debm55 Jan 2024 #137
Ok. Thx for info. My big hs was in big city Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #146
No problem, alot af the districts were merging and forming Mega Schools. The problem now is they are not needed , So now debm55 Feb 2024 #147
At that time I wouldn't eat spaghetti, my favrite was sloppy joe day. doc03 Jan 2024 #127
I pass on both, I did the cooking at my house and I made the best spaghetti and sloppy joes and Isaly's BBQ sandwiches. debm55 Jan 2024 #138
I don't remember the last time I went to the cafeteria sakabatou Jan 2024 #136
Didn't you eat your bag lunch in the cafeteria? We had to. debm55 Jan 2024 #139
No, there were benches/tables outside sakabatou Jan 2024 #140
You were lucky. debm55 Jan 2024 #141
My kids would go to a summer program where they had free sack sandwiches. LeftInTX Jan 2024 #142
Gross, Did you go to the administrator of the program? debm55 Jan 2024 #143
Nah....I live in a pretty ghetto area... LeftInTX Jan 2024 #144
Thats a shame because people in poor areas need healthy and nutrious food debm55 Feb 2024 #145
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