A Harrisonburg, VA school system thought it was a good idea to put photos of their school lunches on their website. But what they didn't realize is that the food they were taking pictures of was a collection of the most unappetizing piles of garbage you wouldn't feed to a dying hamster.
And for some reason, they decided to give each dish a name (sometimes it would be an "extreme" name like "Chicken Fryz") and put the dish's abbreviation in the upper corner of each photo. I guess this is so you can print these out, put them in alphabetical order and reminisce about the time you once ate a CSS and lived.
This might explain the increase in heart attacks among Harrisonburg sixth graders.
It's no coincedence that the abbreviation for this dish is "BM."
I'm guessing you might need a little more sauce to choke down those cardboard sticks.
If you cut white bread up into rectangles and give it a European name, it's still slices of white bread.
That potato needs some more cheese. And we need a science lab to figure out what's in that cup next to it.
Not only do they us a Z, but they also spell "Fryz" with a Y. Food doesn't get anymore extreme than this. (Kids love to eat extreme things, FYI.)
As you can see, the corn dog is such a complete nutritional package that it needs no sides.
This sandwich used to be called the "Ebola Chicken Sandwich.
This sandwich's abbreviation is "MS" because this sandwich is full of Multiple Sclerosis.
If this meat was any grayer, it would be attached to my grandfather's corpse.
I swear to God, they took a photo of a lunchbox to show you what a packed lunch looks like.
Ahh, the nuanced flavors of French cuisine.
For those of you keeping score at home, the abbreviation for spaghetti is "S."
I don't know what this is.
This could also be called the "Totally Burnt To A Tasteless Crisp Pizza."
This is Thanksgiving dinner just like Mom used to make. (When she was in a coma.)
I think I felt my stomach turning at half the stuff on that page. The taco patty looks like someone dropped a deuce onto a taco shell. Now I remember why students at my high school (myself included) ran across the street to the Burger King or Wendy's. If I ever ate anything in school, it was either the fries or the big chocolate chip cookies.
It was even greater when they added Little Caesar's to the lunch lines. And I didn't become obese either! :-)
My middle and high schools also served the cheese-filled pizza sticks (we called the max pizza sticks, probably so we could be more XTREEM). They were actually everyone's favorite item, the thing there'd be a line all the way down the hallway for. We also had spaghetti that looked similar to what's in the picture above, and while it wasn't delectable, it wasn't horrible. The rest of this shit looks absolutely disgusting. Sorry Rest-Of-The-World, not all of us have parents who forced us to eat this shit and become fat, greasy fucks
Good Lord. That is absolutely not typical of American School food. My family was military so we moved around a lot. Colorado, South Carolina, California, Idaho... I don't remember school meals like this. We had the occasional cheeseburger maybe once a week, and there was a salad bar option in high school. This stuff is nauseating. I'm willing to bet those are pictures from the 70's.
It's so surprising how open they are giving us these plucks of chum and misery, than we watch those old fat cows eat on some pizza at my elementary some time ago, fucking wastes.
someone should sue the school for that crap. serious. and i know some asshole is going to say "you americans sue for everything".... but seriously! that's about the only thing that will get the schools to do anything over here because of stupid and stubborn administrators.
Looking at that lot, I can't help but think how horribly stuck up some of you are.
Some of it doesn't look too great, but I've eaten far worse and wouldn't mind eating most of that. All these "OMG EWW!" comments confuse me. I can agree that many of the dishes look very fatty but compared to some things I subsisted on in school (boarding school - three meals a day..) these things look positively delicious.
BBQ meatballs look a bit rank as does the turkey dish, but other than that they look fine to me. Ye gods, what a bunch of whiners.
Wow. I'm glad my school's food doesn't look like that...not that ours is great but at least I don't want to regurgitate it before I've even eaten it...
lol i was crying really good myself on the comments lol, it looked like the made the meal, locked it in a box, and kicked the shit out of it and served it on a plastic plate lol its just horrid
Man this reminds me of high school... no wonder I never ate lunch. Now at work I work in a supercenter so I have a store full of meal options. Yogurt and fruit 3 days a week, wings or general tso's chicken the other 2! Yum!
I once trading my lunch for a mates "mystery box". Turned out his mum prepared his on like a Monday or Tuesday, the trade actually took place on a Friday.
...what? Most American schools don't have the luxury of having a canteen near/on school grounds, and a vast majority of students aren't permitted to leave school grounds without a parent or guardian checking them out of school.
You either bring a boxed lunch, buy a lunch from the cafeteria (which are [normally] held to strict nutrition guidelines), or go without. Some schools, however, don't allow students to bring in outside food, and that includes homemade lunches. Students at those schools are required to purchase their lunches from the school cafeterias.
I guess you just went to some fucked up school if they didnt let you bring your own lunch. Must have had padding on the walls and made you wear helmets. Either that or they kept your ass locked up.
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August 31st, 2008 at 05:55 pm
I think I felt my stomach turning at half the stuff on that page. The taco patty looks like someone dropped a deuce onto a taco shell. Now I remember why students at my high school (myself included) ran across the street to the Burger King or Wendy's. If I ever ate anything in school, it was either the fries or the big chocolate chip cookies.
It was even greater when they added Little Caesar's to the lunch lines. And I didn't become obese either! :-)
September 1st, 2008 at 02:23 am
Is it truly possible that you have not seen the goodness ... um ... no, no -- that's not the word for it. Lemme just sum up. I present: Ham and Cheese Pita. http://www.elsewhere.org.nyud.net:8080/harrisonburg-lunches/ham-c-pita.jpg
September 2nd, 2008 at 04:15 pm
Dude try boarding school, that stuff looks fucking divine.
September 4th, 2008 at 01:12 am
My middle and high schools also served the cheese-filled pizza sticks (we called the max pizza sticks, probably so we could be more XTREEM). They were actually everyone's favorite item, the thing there'd be a line all the way down the hallway for. We also had spaghetti that looked similar to what's in the picture above, and while it wasn't delectable, it wasn't horrible. The rest of this shit looks absolutely disgusting. Sorry Rest-Of-The-World, not all of us have parents who forced us to eat this shit and become fat, greasy fucks
September 6th, 2008 at 04:37 am
Good Lord. That is absolutely not typical of American School food. My family was military so we moved around a lot. Colorado, South Carolina, California, Idaho... I don't remember school meals like this. We had the occasional cheeseburger maybe once a week, and there was a salad bar option in high school. This stuff is nauseating. I'm willing to bet those are pictures from the 70's.
September 6th, 2008 at 02:33 pm
It's so surprising how open they are giving us these plucks of chum and misery, than we watch those old fat cows eat on some pizza at my elementary some time ago, fucking wastes.
September 8th, 2008 at 09:02 pm
Man, I ain't joking. That stuff looks mighty tasty. Put cheese on anything and suddenly it gets really good.
Bring it on. That is some down-home good cookin' there.
Chow time.
Yum
September 10th, 2008 at 03:25 pm
happy to be in France ...
January 18th, 2009 at 01:52 pm
franc is gay
February 19th, 2009 at 02:02 pm
hell yeah it is
March 5th, 2009 at 03:33 pm
What a stereotype. I happen to have a friend from France, and he is the most heterosexual guy a person could know. People like this piss me off.
March 31st, 2009 at 06:17 pm
coverup no doubt
September 11th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Well this looks a lot more appetising that the shite they used to serve us up at my school in the UK during the 1980's.
September 23rd, 2008 at 01:00 am
someone should sue the school for that crap. serious. and i know some asshole is going to say "you americans sue for everything".... but seriously! that's about the only thing that will get the schools to do anything over here because of stupid and stubborn administrators.
February 13th, 2009 at 08:24 am
no one forces teh little fuckers to eat it, if students not wanting shitty food, bring their own or go without.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 am
Looking at that lot, I can't help but think how horribly stuck up some of you are.
Some of it doesn't look too great, but I've eaten far worse and wouldn't mind eating most of that. All these "OMG EWW!" comments confuse me. I can agree that many of the dishes look very fatty but compared to some things I subsisted on in school (boarding school - three meals a day..) these things look positively delicious.
BBQ meatballs look a bit rank as does the turkey dish, but other than that they look fine to me. Ye gods, what a bunch of whiners.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Dave, it's not the food as much the presentation. The pictures make the food look absolutely horrible.
September 26th, 2008 at 06:41 pm
...This actually looks quite appetizing. Except for the thin crust pizza and the "taco". What the hell.
But seriously, these are just examples of terrible photography. I think you may have exaggerated a bit here :/
January 27th, 2009 at 05:48 am
No one exaggerated anything. You just favor food of extremely poor quality.
February 13th, 2009 at 08:22 am
For real, thats exactly what this shit looks like. And you.. thought it looked edible?
September 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am
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September 29th, 2008 at 01:47 am
Wow. I'm glad my school's food doesn't look like that...not that ours is great but at least I don't want to regurgitate it before I've even eaten it...
October 3rd, 2008 at 04:17 am
I laughed until I had tears in my eyes. Frickin' hilarious!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
lol i was crying really good myself on the comments lol, it looked like the made the meal, locked it in a box, and kicked the shit out of it and served it on a plastic plate lol its just horrid
October 5th, 2008 at 02:40 pm
actualy some of it looks fuckin good like turkey roast with gravy and italian chicken sandwich
January 6th, 2009 at 07:33 am
Surely you were on some sort of hallucinogenic substance at the time of writing this.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I agree with you there.
February 19th, 2009 at 02:01 pm
x2
October 7th, 2008 at 04:11 pm
This is what you're feeding your kids? No wonder they go on rampages.
"Garbage in, Garbage out" after all!
October 8th, 2008 at 03:01 pm
i think this crap looks like a dogs shit after it had diheria. ewwwww!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 03:43 am
Man this reminds me of high school... no wonder I never ate lunch. Now at work I work in a supercenter so I have a store full of meal options. Yogurt and fruit 3 days a week, wings or general tso's chicken the other 2! Yum!
October 11th, 2008 at 04:18 am
I had that lunch box in grade school!!!!!!!!!
Those lunches look absolutely repulsive. I hope parents saw that and packed lunches as well.
October 20th, 2008 at 03:30 am
Hmmmm, seems like in australia, our food is different.
Usually we make our own lunches, and tke them to school. or get food from the tuckshop (canteen) and tharts only like a burger, or hotdog.
ABSOLUTLY no meals, just snack things or burgers/meat pies/hotdogs
Man you americans are lazy that you can't even make your own lunch!!
January 19th, 2009 at 09:39 pm
I once trading my lunch for a mates "mystery box". Turned out his mum prepared his on like a Monday or Tuesday, the trade actually took place on a Friday.
January 29th, 2009 at 05:24 pm
...what? Most American schools don't have the luxury of having a canteen near/on school grounds, and a vast majority of students aren't permitted to leave school grounds without a parent or guardian checking them out of school.
You either bring a boxed lunch, buy a lunch from the cafeteria (which are [normally] held to strict nutrition guidelines), or go without. Some schools, however, don't allow students to bring in outside food, and that includes homemade lunches. Students at those schools are required to purchase their lunches from the school cafeterias.
February 13th, 2009 at 08:20 am
I guess you just went to some fucked up school if they didnt let you bring your own lunch. Must have had padding on the walls and made you wear helmets. Either that or they kept your ass locked up.
May 31st, 2009 at 01:57 am
you are a stupid bitch
October 24th, 2008 at 01:47 pm
dude i freakin live like 5 minutes away from harrisonburg...haha i wanna know which school did this (wasnt mine)
October 27th, 2008 at 12:29 am
wow half of the things on here i've seen either my elementary, middle, or high school serve me. lol thats sad.
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