When I was a kid we used to the following in our school cafeteria:
Corn Bread
Navy Beans cooked with pork fat
Fried Potatoes
Sweet Corn
A Huge piece of cake cooked with lard
On some days we’d get some kind of meat, usually fried.
And twice a day we’d get a half pint of whole milk. Drinking it through a straw seemed to make it taste better. In fact, I think I’ll get me a glass and drink it through a straw right now!
Yep, late 40s and 50s in CA same here and there were few overweight kids.
I think it only tasted better because of the paper straws. ;-) Ya can’t get those any more.