Post 50: Cafeteria Food Pt. 2

So, I was just looking over old posts to get some idea about what I should blog about today and realized I had a cafeteria food part 1, but no part 2. I realize Part 1 ended up being more of a rant than anything else, so I will try and keep the ranting to a minimum in this post.

In the first post about cafeteria food, I talked specifically about the food at the University I currently attend and didn't end up branching out much more than that. So, in this post I will try and talk about the other cafeteria's that I have had the privellege or misfortune to eat at.

Going back as far as I remember, I can remember the pizza at my elementary school (where I attended in first grade). Pizza day was Thursday and it was one of the most exciting and most dreaded days of the week. Why? Because pizza day entailed two different types of pizza. Those who got to the cafeteria first got two slices of the yummy pizza ordered from Pizza Hut, or someother pizzeria that delivers, while those who did not get there on time got the Chuck E. Cheese monstrosity, frozen personal pizzas. It was gross and, usually, it was burnt. The cheese tasted like plastic and the whole thing was kind of bland.

That is all I remember about that school.

The next elementary school cafeteria had better food, even though I almost died there. They had these teriyaki bites and while waiting for the kid infront of me to count out the food price in dimes and nickels I took a bite. I was rather abruptly addressed by the person behind the register causing me to swallow without fully chewing. Now, luckily I knew the international sign for choking. Unfortuanetly, it went entirely ignored. By everyone. I made it to lunch lady, nothing. I handed her my milk so I could drink it (I didn't know at the time that you shouldn't do that). She just took it and set it down on the table, assuming I didn't want it. Even though, I clearly could have set it down my self if I weren't DYING. Anyway, I managed to give myself the heimlich on a nearby table just as I was turning purple.

Anyway, back to the food. They had a daily special, the only thing you got to choose was juice or milk and apple or banana. But, there was usually pretty good. I mean, it still seemed like something that was frozen and had been cooked up, but it was better than the Chuck E. Cheese nightmare.

Next, we come to Junior High, the first school that gave students a choice in what they eat. They still had a daily special, but they also had sandwhiches, burgers, wraps, salads and nachos. Nachos that the highschoolers a few blocks away would walk to get.

Though, my favourite were the burgers. The period right before lunch they pulled out a grill and made about freshly grilled burgers. It smelled so good! And they tasted good too.

Since this post is already pretty long, and I haven't hit high school yet, I am going to cut it off here and talk about high school cafeterias and my first University cafeteria in Part 3.

What are your first memories of school cafeterias? Are they good or bad?

Did you ever almost die on campus?