FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 20, 2024

Must be a dream sequence.

I wonder do American students like school food as much as they like house food?

Looks can be deceiving.

I once saw a documentary series called Jamie’s School Dinners, where Jamie Oliver taught dinner ladies (“lunch ladies” for Americans) how to cook “real” food. After that, they did study that showed that the kids’ grades had gone up as a result. There was one case where the kids were getting nothing but junk food and sweets at home, and Jamie went and taught the mother to cook. It completely fixed the kids’ hyperactivity.

I haven’t lived in America since 1975, but from what I’ve heard, you need something like that there.

Anything is palatable if served with tater tots.

Now all they need is a chef, not some culinary flunky.

My junior high school had surprisingly good food. That was back in the 60s, when the food was actually made on site. My high school was in town, close to a lot of eating places, so I never ate in the cafeteria there.

A high school buddy of mine used to say of his mother’s cooking, “They say marriage is an institution; the food is the same.”

Nothing tastier than glop!

It’s sad that kids today will never know the joy of the “hot open face turkey sandwich” : one slice of turkey loaf on a slice of white bread, smothered in neon yellow gravy (or was that just the fluorescent lights?) with a perfectly round scoop of instant mashed potatoes on the side. Sadly, that was the best of the lot in the mid-70’s.

Don’t be so excited, Peter.

Our food in school was pretty good. Best was chili mac.

There’s a reason school kids would rather throw cafeteria food than eat it!

Careful Peter! It may ‘look’ edible but is it?