The Food Thread (Non Instagram Edition)

[D'Snowth]

My school cafeterias also seemed to always overcook the pizza: they'd always be brown and crunchy.

And the chicken patty sandwiches were disgusting.

In middle school, we had more choices: in addition to the two main selections, there were also pre-packaged lunches you could get, either a salad, or a hoagie that came with a small bag of Fritos and I think an apple . . . the latter of which, for some reason, lead to something of a fad in our cafeteria with I was in Grade 8: kids would put the Fritos on their sandwiches. Never got that.

 

[LittleJerry92]

I actually never had a bad cafeteria chicken patty..... sure, it is a bit more on the chewy side but they were still quite satisfying for me.

 

[LittleJerry92]

In regards to pizza, my learning disabled school actually made some decent pizza. But at the same time I always made sure I could get a slice where the cheese was more darkened and there was crust at the end..... sometimes I wasn’t always lucky so I just toughed it out.

The main issue though is the fact that the cheese in the middle barely gets anything, so it’s melted but it still has a very white uncooked look to it.

But dear god, my elementary school cafeteria had the WORST pizza! I could barely scarf it down without having the urge to gag.

 

[D'Snowth]

When it comes to the cheese on pizza, the brownest I'll eat it is if it's a golden brown . . . but once it starts getting more like a Baby Bear brown or darker, then no thanks.

 

[LittleJerry92]

I actually like my pizza having those dark brown spots if that’s what you mean.

 

[D'Snowth]

I'm just talking about the overall appearance of the cheese on the entire pizza.

 

[LittleJerry92]

You mean like this?

 

[D'Snowth]

Exactly.

 

[LittleJerry92]

I actually love it this way cause of the nice flavor it has. But to each his own on that.

 

[D'Snowth]

My mom is actually the same way about burnt popcorn.

On another note, I myself actually don't mind popcorn that's actually aged a day or two after it was popped fresh . . . has an interesting, albeit chewy texture.

I also like underdone Jell-O. What I mean by that is when the Jell-O hasn't been sitting in the fridge for its entire suggested hardening time, because I find when Jell-O is still a little soft, it retains a lot more of its flavor; it seems like the harder/firmer Jell-O is, the more flavor is lost.