Chief Longwind Of The North
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I was fortunate enough to be in school from 1960 through 1974. We participated in the hot lunch program at the 3 diffident schools. The meals were cooked in the school kitchens, and were top quality. Here are some of my remembered favorites.
When we moved to the river, We changed schools, and no longer had the otion of walking home for lunch.l We were bussed to, and from school. The lady who cooked made everything from eal food. We had real baked potatoes, real mashed potatoes, roost beef with gravy, freshly steamed veggies, and every Friday, some kind of fish. Some of my favorites at this school were:
Fish sticks, open faced roast beef sandwiches with gravy, mashed potatoes, and a veggie, Pizza, hot dogs and beans, shepherds pie, and the sticky buns. I loved the pork roast, cheese, It was all prepared in the school kitchens, with the aroma of freshly baked bread drivint me nuts until lunch time. Often, there would be class mates who didn[t like this, or that, and so piled it on my plate. The milk was in little half pint cartons, and you could choose white or chocolate. There was often a slice of fresh pie for desert.
The cook, Mrs. Wallace, knew what she was doing and made well seasoned, and ummy food. After the other kids had left for the playground, i often went back for 2nds. Myfavorites were sloppy joes, roast pork with pottoes, adn gravy, the sticky buns - essentially really good cinnamin rolls with a sticky glaze on top, I loved everythig, and was a walking a0etite that weighed well under 100 lbs. when I was taransfered to a Catholic school.
At St. Mary's School, there were two Italian ladies who did the cooking. Favorites there were similar to those at Soo Township school. The milk came in half pint glass bottles instead of cartons. There breads, and basically everything they made was wonderful. My favorites included pigs in the blanket - whole ot dogs wrapped in fresh bread dough and baked to perfection, the pizza, the sloppy joes, roasted meats with mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed vegiees, and really good pie slices. And of course, their pastas, be it American Gojlash, lasagna, or spaghetti was top Again, I always hung around until all others had eaten so I could go back for 2nds.
I was at least 2 grades behind my peers in height, and was skinny, though strong. I ate like a horse an managed to achieve about 92 lbs or weight by the time I graduated high school.
Though from what DW said about the lunches they got in CA, my children ate far better hot lunches, but not nearly as good as I had.
So, what were your favorites if you ate hot lunch?
Seeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
When we moved to the river, We changed schools, and no longer had the otion of walking home for lunch.l We were bussed to, and from school. The lady who cooked made everything from eal food. We had real baked potatoes, real mashed potatoes, roost beef with gravy, freshly steamed veggies, and every Friday, some kind of fish. Some of my favorites at this school were:
Fish sticks, open faced roast beef sandwiches with gravy, mashed potatoes, and a veggie, Pizza, hot dogs and beans, shepherds pie, and the sticky buns. I loved the pork roast, cheese, It was all prepared in the school kitchens, with the aroma of freshly baked bread drivint me nuts until lunch time. Often, there would be class mates who didn[t like this, or that, and so piled it on my plate. The milk was in little half pint cartons, and you could choose white or chocolate. There was often a slice of fresh pie for desert.
The cook, Mrs. Wallace, knew what she was doing and made well seasoned, and ummy food. After the other kids had left for the playground, i often went back for 2nds. Myfavorites were sloppy joes, roast pork with pottoes, adn gravy, the sticky buns - essentially really good cinnamin rolls with a sticky glaze on top, I loved everythig, and was a walking a0etite that weighed well under 100 lbs. when I was taransfered to a Catholic school.
At St. Mary's School, there were two Italian ladies who did the cooking. Favorites there were similar to those at Soo Township school. The milk came in half pint glass bottles instead of cartons. There breads, and basically everything they made was wonderful. My favorites included pigs in the blanket - whole ot dogs wrapped in fresh bread dough and baked to perfection, the pizza, the sloppy joes, roasted meats with mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed vegiees, and really good pie slices. And of course, their pastas, be it American Gojlash, lasagna, or spaghetti was top Again, I always hung around until all others had eaten so I could go back for 2nds.
I was at least 2 grades behind my peers in height, and was skinny, though strong. I ate like a horse an managed to achieve about 92 lbs or weight by the time I graduated high school.
Though from what DW said about the lunches they got in CA, my children ate far better hot lunches, but not nearly as good as I had.
So, what were your favorites if you ate hot lunch?
Seeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
The smell of the mac and cheese that they made is probably the reason I have never taken a liking to mac and cheese. It certainly wasn't something my Danish mother made.
