We must have eaten the same food...
When I went to public school, it seems the only choice was the lunch tray. When I switched to a private, Catholic highschool, we could choose the items that we wanted and I lived off of french fries, ketchup, and Mt. Dew for lunch for the next three years. ;-)
Wasn’t it great?!
We didn’t have junk food at home and usually ever had a soda on Sundays— when we would gas up for the drive to my Granny’s house for Sunday dinner. So having soda at school was great!
We did have cereal on the weekends, that is all it would last because we would go crazy on it. The constant was eggs, grits and oatmeal.
I think part of the problem is that nowadays most homes are loaded with sodas, pre-pacakaged and processed foods. Homemaking classes need to make a comeback.
If we wanted a meal at home it took work and knowing how to cook, unless mom put it on the table.