Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 1/24/2021 9:57 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 1/24/2021 9:14 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > On 1/23/2021 9:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The school cafeteria was an unknown quantity.Â* I recall when I
> > > > was about 7 years old and we lived in Vista, CA.Â* I saw a sign
> > > > saying they were going to be serving Tacos in the cafeteria.Â* I
> > > > begged my mother, could I please buy my lunch?Â* She warned me,
> > > > "They'll have lettuce on them." Silly me, I don't know why but
> > > > I thought going through the lunch line would be like going to
> > > > Taco Bell.Â* (Yes, my mother took us to Taco Bell back in 1967
> > > > and she specified "no lettuce".)Â* I tried to say that and the
> > > > lunch lady looked at me like I was crazy.Â* She can't possibly
> > > > NOT add lettuce!Â* I was told here's your taco, now go eat it!
> > > >
> > > > I wound up sitting in the cafeteria after school waiting for my
> > > > mother to come pick me up because I refused to eat a taco with
> > > > iceburg lettuce. Â*Seems I was just as stubborn as they were.Â*
> > > > Why on earth would you insist I eat something I don't like?Â*
> > > > Why tell the staff they HAVE to put shredded lettuce on every
> > > > single taco ordered?
> > >
> > > That's actually a very odd story, Jill. Seriously.
> > > They made you sit in the cafeteria all the rest of the day and
> > > your mother had to come pick you up after school.Â* All because
> > > you refused to eat your taco?
> > >
> > > Also, why didn't you just pick the lettuce off of your taco?
> > >
> > I was six years old, Gary.Â* First grade, Olive Elementary School in
> > Vista, CA.Â* I don't know why I didn't pick the lettuce off.Â* I also
> > don't know why they insisted they had to put lettuce on the taco.
>
> Probably some stupid regulation. Without lettuce it would not meet
> the standards for a nutritious meal. Besides, you don't screw with
> the lunch ladies!

LOL, I was always bean-pole thin (clocking at 106 right now after
dropping to 103) so once I could get lunches, I'd get whatever was
least popular and they'd feed me extra. Sara in particular (lunch lady
in Clemson SC) would 'feed me up right' (grin). I was probably 89lbs
then at age 16? I like me better at 110 but I'm still well within
healthy charts for my height and size.