VNHS Samurai S'59 Food Memories

What do you remember about the food at Van Nuys High in the 1950's?

Here's what I remember:

• Tuna sandwiches with so much pickle relish in them they were positively sweet. (I got used to this.)
• Trays of pickled beets topped with sliced onion.
• Cole slaw with sesame seeds in it.
• Great chili mac.
• Coffee cake.
• Lots of cookies, puddings, Jell-O and fruit cups.

And if you weren't up to any of this, there was that apple machine in the quad.

Do you remember coming out of the band bungalow after period 2 and walking near the fast food place (hash lines) and smelling those great cinnamon rolls. That was so great on a cold winter day. I do have the official LAUSD recipes for both the cinnamon rolls and the coffee cake if you are interested.

I remember the spaghetti and hamburgers from the hash lines, but can't remember if they were at VNHS or in junior high. Both were particularly gummy, which I found pleasing at the time.

I worked in the cafeteria one year. My job was scooping mashed potatoes and putting gravy on them. My significant memory of that job is that Mike Alcalay and I used to exchange notes written on napkins, since he was working there on another shift. I may still have some of the napkins somewhere.

If you want to contribute your own memories, please write to Jody at samurai59@earthlink.net.