For years, Mom packed my lunch — a fried egg sandwich with mustard. My choice ‘cause I loved it. Still do. (No fridge at school, and no ptomaine.) We didn’t have a lot, but we had enough.
We couldn’t afford to buy school lunches (NYS) — $.24 for school lunch and $.02 for chocolate milk. I was jealous of the kids who could buy lunch.
We could not afford anything so we never got the 3¢ for chocolate milk.
And half the time the milk was so warm from sitting out so long it was sour. And the lunch ladies told us to just quit complaining.