Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for March 18, 2024

Tell me the food is bad without saying the food is bad.

But is it fresh?

At least she’s honest.

In that case, I won’t be asking for firsts. Bye!

Times and things have sure changed. When I was in grade school the schools actually cooked a nutritious lunch. It was not unheard of kids (myself included) going back for seconds. They were actually quite good. After the good ol gov’ment stepped in and set nutrition “guidelines” on what could be served it all went down hill. What my 9 year old eats for lunches now, can hardly be called more than a snack. Hot lunches are a thing of the past.

I went to Edwin Markham Jr Hi in San Jose, in late 50s. Because of the catholics in school, we had a fish type lunch every friday. One, like creamed chipped beef, was called tuna ruuna. We called it ruin the tuna.

Anybody remember the days of SPAM???? Gawd, we had that at least once a week. . .

She just means the helpings are really, really big! Good food and lots of it!

That was less of an answer and more of a warning.