Top 10 Worst Types of Cafeteria Food at School

Chicken Nuggets

I'm vegetarian, but as someone who used to eat chicken nuggets, I never really liked the texture of chicken nuggets, especially school ones.

My school's chicken nuggets aren't really that bad. It kind of just depends on the day.

I'm a vegetarian, and to be honest, I'm not sure whether or not I can eat this.

Pasta

For all the years I've been in school, the lunches consisted of pasta, pasta, and more pasta. How do you think it feels when you generally can't stand the stuff?

For me, it's always partly cold and partly warm, so you never know what to expect.

Soup

I read a comment by a visitor who said that the tomato soup his/her old school served in the cafeteria was pretty much just ketchup and boiled tap water. Gross. I hope that no one has to eat something like that anymore.

The only soup my school has served is Campbell's tomato soup, which seems pretty uncommon in schools. They serve it with grilled cheese, and it actually isn't that bad.

Who wants soup for lunch!? How is that at all filling?

Meatballs

Pizza

Pizza is a yeasted flatbread that is typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese, then baked in an oven. It is commonly served with a variety of toppings, including meats, vegetables, and condiments.

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It depends on which kind of pizza they make. My school has a variety. Pizza "boats" are decent. There are sometimes triangle slices that are good, but the one with only cheese is gross. Square pizzas come in pepperoni (not sure if it actually is, but whatever) and just cheese. The one with just cheese and this weird paste under it is gross.
Then there's breakfast pizza of two kinds. One has cheese, sausage, and other stuff, while the other has cheese, sausage, and eggs. They are both kind of nasty, but the one without eggs is better. Finally, we have "fiesta" pizza, which is basically Mexican pizza. It's not that bad. Wow, I just realized how many different pizzas my school has.

Salad

I actually like the salad because they don't use rotten food like apparently everyone else's school does. I'll only eat it with fat-free ranch dressing, though, because the others taste gross for some reason.

I like salad, but from what I see in images online, the salads they serve in cafeterias look TERRIBLE!

I hate salad. They always have gross toppings, but I don't hate veggies.

Fish

The fish sticks at my school are usually bland and whatnot. I just add ketchup. Ketchup usually fixes everything.

Tofu

Meatloaf

After that long journey, these meatloaves become the mystery ingredient in tomorrow's cheeseburger!

Ingredients: Mud, mold, fungi, poop, and garbage.

Hamburger

I bring my own lunch for this reason: a few of my friends get the hot lunch, and it looks awful. We often joke about how much mustard or ketchup it would take to make it taste "edible."

Lunch lady: "Here is your lunch. It is a special, healthy burger."
Me: "Is that supposed to be a patty?"
Lunch lady: "Well, we could not afford any good stuff because we spent the money on the new desk."

My school's hamburgers taste like disgusting meatloaf on an average bun.

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Sausages

Lasagna

They add eggplants to my lasagna!

Tomatoes

Hot Dog

A hot dog is a cooked sausage that is usually grilled or steamed and served in a sliced bun. It is commonly enjoyed as a casual food item in the United States and many other countries. Typical toppings include mustard, ketchup, onions, relish, and sauerkraut.

At my old school in 2016, a girl in my class kept doing questionable things with the hot dog meat. She started squeezing it, and white fluid started oozing out. They gave the better-looking hot dogs to the staff, but gave the wheat-breaded and purple-colored meat to the students.

The worst part isn't the taste. It's the fact that perverted people cause you to lose your appetite because of the jokes they make about hot dogs.

I saw one with green on it. It freaked me out.

Tuna

The only time I had tuna at school was in elementary school. It came from a Starkist can and had mayo mixed with it. It actually wasn't that bad.

Tuna is gross. I don't remember if my high school cafeteria sold this.

Taco

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. Common fillings include beef, pork, chicken, seafood, beans, vegetables, and cheese. Tacos are often garnished with condiments such as salsa, guacamole, and cilantro.

The tacos always taste strange. I wonder what they put in them.

Fruit

Our fruit is decent. Sometimes there's a spot or a bruise, so I don't eat it. The bananas and apples are usually normal. I just don't care for pears.

The bananas are too overripe for me.

Beans

Mashed Potatoes

Always way too gritty. I know mashed potatoes are starchy, but there's just something wrong and off-putting about school mashed potatoes.

I don't really care about it. I'll eat it - it isn't bad, but it isn't great. It's kind of just eh. If I'm hungry, I'll eat it. If I'm not, I'll give it to my friend.

I actually don't mind my school's mashed potatoes. But that's probably because I love mashed potatoes.