I ate at school from 1st grade through 3 years of university. Whenever I had even a moderately reasonable option, I always brought from home. Mom was almost always willing, so the first 12 years were pretty good. But Uni food was… well, there was a sign over the toilet that said “It’s a long way to the kitchen, flush it twice.” … it wasn’t THAT bad, but compared to food made at a non-industrial scale, it was far from good. The last 2 years (of 5) at uni, I lived off campus and made my own. I ate a lot of broiled chicken, wedge salad and lunch-meat sandwiches (hardly any beef: spendy, and cheese is pretty spendy too). And that was better than the food in the cafeteria.
I ate at school from 1st grade through 3 years of university. Whenever I had even a moderately reasonable option, I always brought from home. Mom was almost always willing, so the first 12 years were pretty good. But Uni food was… well, there was a sign over the toilet that said “It’s a long way to the kitchen, flush it twice.” … it wasn’t THAT bad, but compared to food made at a non-industrial scale, it was far from good. The last 2 years (of 5) at uni, I lived off campus and made my own. I ate a lot of broiled chicken, wedge salad and lunch-meat sandwiches (hardly any beef: spendy, and cheese is pretty spendy too). And that was better than the food in the cafeteria.