I know the quality tends to vary from school to school but when it comes to how healthy eating for kids have been emphasized, often times in the school cafeteria the food that are served would look as if they have been dug from the radioactive underground.

Ever experienced something like that? If not, then lucky you.

The burgers sometimes are undercooked and even then they would taste like something have been added in there when it shouldn't have, whatever it was (believe me, it's disgusting and that's in high school). It gets better in college but still, during the early times, bringing your own lunch is the safer bet.

in my old HS, lunches were terrible... however you can't really compare them to what my kid eats at school... they are so much better now a days than they used to be.

At 1/11/13 01:03 PM, DevourerJay wrote: in my old HS, lunches were terrible... however you can't really compare them to what my kid eats at school... they are so much better now a days than they used to be.

They're lucky.

In my days at P.S. 60, you would wonder if some of the stuff they cooked came from the sewage. I know now and then there are some good stuff, but lot of times it's just bad.

The only time they serve good stuff on a consistent basis was summer school, makes you wonder.

At my high school, the food was awful. Sometimes it was only half cooked, other times it tasted disgusting. Funny thing is, I was at a career for half the day and the food there is cooked by students, it was way better than anything my high school served. The students put more effort into cooking than the cafeteria did.

School lunches in my day were ok but very starchy. We ate fries three times a week. and the only vegetable they served was broccoli.

At 1/11/13 01:50 PM, SmartyPants wrote:

Career Campus. Sorry about that. So no one is confused

My secondary school had good meals. Not great by any stretch of the imagination but fully passable as food with reasonable quality, could get a variety of food depending on what the day was and they usually did a great desert with chocolate sauce also. And then once a week forget which day was apple crumble and custard, totally had that every week.

It is a pity that most of the students just bought chips.

It was kind of bad in high school because they didn't have anything decent to eat at all. You were supposed to bring your own lunch and if you forgot then all that was available was candy, cookies and apples.

At university its better since they actually have lunches available. The food is kind of cheap and lacking in flavour though. The soup is often too salty or too peppery with nothing in it. Also, the slightly healthier stuff is very expensive in comparison so most students just eat deep fried things (in other words, they're not exactly promoting healthy eating).

I seriously don't get why people are complaining about school lunches. You can buy a loaf of bread at your nearest store, put some cheese/nutella/peanut butter/egg/etcetera on it in the morning, and you have the lunch you want for less money you would need to spend if you buy it at school.

What's keeping all of you from spending two extra minutes every morning preparing your lunch?

At my University I am on an unlimited meal plan, and each meal is like an all you can eat buffet. The food quality varies, but is generally about B- grade. But what is nice is there are specialty bars where you can get stir fry or pasta or pizza, etc. All meal plans at my University are the same price, so I figure why not go for the unlimited. If you don't, you get a set amount to spend at our cafe, but it pales in comparison.

At 1/11/13 03:02 PM, generalwinter wrote: At my University I am on an unlimited meal plan, and each meal is like an all you can eat buffet. The food quality varies, but is generally about B- grade. But what is nice is there are specialty bars where you can get stir fry or pasta or pizza, etc. All meal plans at my University are the same price, so I figure why not go for the unlimited. If you don't, you get a set amount to spend at our cafe, but it pales in comparison.

That sounds nice, too bad not every schools have that.

Granted in my college, I would go out to other restaurants to eat instead. That or go to stores and buy some foods (especially cheap junk foods) to snack on.

Shame that the government has more interest and spends more money killing kids in the Middle East than in ensuring nutrition and health of children in America

At 1/11/13 04:08 PM, LemonCrush wrote: Shame that the government has more interest and spends more money killing kids in the Middle East than in ensuring nutrition and health of children in America

Not like that would matter since those kids are being used as living bombs anyway. Might as well just put them out of their respective miseries.

I always made my own lunches. It was cheaper and tasted better. People who complain about the unhealthiness of school lunches should make their own lunch, or make their kids' lunches, whatever.

At 1/11/13 04:25 PM, FattyWhale wrote: I always made my own lunches. It was cheaper and tasted better. People who complain about the unhealthiness of school lunches should make their own lunch, or make their kids' lunches, whatever.

You have to admit, some people are too lazy to make their own lunches so in the end they would rely on paying for the lunch money to help feed the kids. The same lunch money which in popular cultures features them getting bullied out of students by thugs the principal would do jack shit about thinking it's "harmless".

It's been an issue now and then.

At 1/11/13 04:39 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: You have to admit, some people are too lazy to make their own lunches so in the end they would rely on paying for the lunch money to help feed the kids.

I have heard arguments like this before. "I don't have time to make my lunch." You don't? It takes 5 minutes to make a sandwich and put some snacks into a paper bag. I refuse to believe that no one can spare 5 minutes a day.

People who gripe about school lunches really annoy me for this reason.

At 1/11/13 04:53 PM, FattyWhale wrote:

At 1/11/13 04:39 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: You have to admit, some people are too lazy to make their own lunches so in the end they would rely on paying for the lunch money to help feed the kids.

I have heard arguments like this before. "I don't have time to make my lunch." You don't? It takes 5 minutes to make a sandwich and put some snacks into a paper bag. I refuse to believe that no one can spare 5 minutes a day.

People who gripe about school lunches really annoy me for this reason.

I know, if you have the right products then it shouldn't take long to make a sandwich. Not to mention the lunch bag can also have a more healthier option such as an apple and some juice (despite the high sugar content). Guess some people are more content on treating the school as a daycare system.

At 1/11/13 05:43 PM, Cootie wrote: Our school served fries and pizza as an option daily. Now that is what I call healthy.

Remember, according to the government, ketchup and tomato sauce is a veggie now.

At 1/11/13 05:51 PM, LemonCrush wrote:

At 1/11/13 05:43 PM, Cootie wrote: Our school served fries and pizza as an option daily. Now that is what I call healthy.

Remember, according to the government, ketchup and tomato sauce is a veggie now.

I blame Ronald Reagan.

Though I consider tomato as a vegetable disguising itself as a fruit because it's confused.

In my school there is no cafeteria. Bringing your own lunch is mandatory, unless you want to eat fast food everyday. (There's a Mcdonalds across the street.)

Hot dogs at my school taste like shit

The university cafe next to the building I work in is dire. Cold, undercooked burgers or reheated chinese food prepared elsewhere. Best you can say about them is that the chips are fine. Don't even want to think about the breakfasts.

It used to be okay 2 or 3 years back as well. They'd do little pizzas which were really nice, and perfectly decent yorkshire puddings full of beef and veg, but that's all gone now.

With regards to actual school lunches, I've never eaten one. My primary school was around the corner from my grandparents' house, so I went home for dinner, and in comprehensive I'd go to the local shops. Either a steak bake and a doughnut from Greggs, or a cone of chips and a bacon sandwich from Dicksons, then on to the paper shop for a drink and a chocolate bar.

I heard from my brother that school food was better in the eighties. I wouldn't know from experience.

I usually didn't eat school lunch anyway, it would make me violently ill (tested and proven) so I always had to bring lunch from home.

I've actually been blessed with a high school with good cafeteria food. There's pizza, sandwiches, burgers, and even wings on some days, and it's all hot and fresh. I was pleasantly surprised.

Wow, from all the replies in here it seems I'm lucky to be in a school that serves a decent lunch.

There is no cafeteria at my school instead we have a canteen/shop thing with the types of food you would find in a deli. There is some food that is cooked (usually the special) and its always pretty well cooked.

In my old elementary school, they probably have some of the worst cooked food ever, and even if they were cooked right, they were barely edible at best, I dare say that this is one step above prison food and airline meals on a shitty airline. Middle and High school were somewhat better in the fact that you had some choice in what you want, such as pizza, cheeseburgers or sometimes subs along with fries or fruit, and they didn't taste like shit. {hell, you can even buy soda/Gatorade in the HS cafe, but I think they stop doing that recently} Although, most people packed their own lunch to begin with because it was much cheaper than those school meals, which were overpriced to begin with.

My guess is that because a lot of schools are in the red, they either have to take a lot of cutbacks on small things like food or even chairs, or just simply don't bother upgrading their menus at all, as a way of flaunting their smart-ass arrogance.

When I was a kid it was basically slop on a plate. I never ate that shit and I never will.

every high school will not have quality lunches

bring your own lunch you pussy

I'm happy that my schools never have had a cafeteria.