If you grew up in the States and went to elementary or high school in the decade of the 80's, then you'll know about cafeteria lunches. There are a few choice menu items.
1. Meal Ticket Lunch: the cheapest choice and you could pay for a month in advance. Usually consists of main course slop, fruit and a carton of milk. Slop is usually composed of a main course of mac and cheese, a corn dog, or spaghetti and something, or something with vegetables. Consistency of slop and a distinct flavor of cardboard, although "healthy". The fruit is made out of either a fruit salad bowl, a single apple, orange or banana.
2. A la Carte: any of these non-healthy offerings: slice of pizza, nachos, hamburger and fries, hotdog, and the ultimate - meatball sub (my personal favorite). Then various dessert offerings such as drumsticks, chocolate sundaes, popsicles, so on.
3. Get out of the cafeteria and go somewhere like a pizza place, MacDonalds, Jack in the Box, Carl's Junior, etc. and get more expensive types of pizza, nachos, hamburger and fries, hotdogs, and the ultimate - meatball sub (my personal favorite).
Now that I'm all grown up, I usually fix more delicious fare like Boboli crust with tasty tomato sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, gorgonzola, basil, green olives, sometimes anchovies or Italian sausage...pizza. Sometimes I feel like something more along the lines of tortilla chips, broiled marinated shredded beef, jalapenos, black olives, guacamole, sour cream and shredded cheddar...nachos grande. Or even lots of roasted garlic and basil pesto with sun dried tomatoes over spaghetti nooodles. And lastly bread, meatballs, tomato sauce, provolone and pepperoncini to make a tasty meatball sub - one of my personal favorites.
I wonder if school cafeterias have become even more healthy with low carb diets being so huge: lettuce wrapped burgers, breadless meatball subs, and cheeseless nachos. I should eat more fruit and vegetables.
5:19 AM | |
