Pizza day was not a thing when I was going to school. We brought our lunches in a lunch box, ate in the lunch room and about the only thing we had on offer to purchase was milk, which was always warm. Blech.
I can remember reading about school cafeteria's in the big cities and wondering what it might be like to actually have a hot lunch on offer at school.
When I got to University (short lived) at Acadia there was a cafeteria and they had the BEST French fries. Mind you, any kind of French fries were good to me at that age!
When my own children were going to school, they did offer a hot lunch program, three days a week. I used to volunteer for it. The kids love LOVED pizza day, or pizza pocket day. They always got a nice slice of pizza and some crisp vegetable sticks with ranch dressing.
I loved being able to volunteer for this program. My cohort in crime was my friend Debbie from across the road. We used to prepare the pizza pockets etc. in her kitchen and then warm them up at the school. Everything else was made on premises. (We are talking 30 years ago now!)
My cousin Hal owns the best pizza place in the Valley. The Pizza Factory here in town. He supplies pizza for all of the elementary schools in the area once a week. If you are ever in the Valley look him up, and tell him I sent you.
Best pizza ever. The crust is a secret recipe that only he and my cousin Sheri know. My bro...
