# Food Feast **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 9, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539 "2019-10-09T17:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 242
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4823 "2023-10-06T13:10:13Z")
**An Easy Comfort Food Dinner** 1. Waffles with applesauce 2. Melt in Your Mouth Chicken with Instant Pot macaroni and cheese 3. Campbell’s condensed tomato soup, reconstituted with milk instead of water, with oyster crackers and a grilled cheese sandwich 4. Whole roast chicken with root vegetables in the pan 5. Scattabuchi 6. Meatloaf and roasted vegetables ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4824 "2023-10-06T16:53:38Z")
**An Easy Comfort Food Dinner** 1. Waffles with applesauce 2. Melt in Your Mouth Chicken with Instant Pot macaroni and cheese 3. Campbell’s condensed tomato soup, reconstituted with milk instead of water, with oyster crackers and a grilled cheese sandwich 4. Whole roast chicken with root vegetables in the pan 5. Scattabuchi 6. Meatloaf and roasted vegetables 7. Chili and Cornbread ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4825 "2023-10-06T20:59:51Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > **One of your favorite foods at your favorite restaurant (Part 3)** > > 1. Lobster Roll on fresh-baked pretzel bread with flight of craft beers, Friars’ Brewhouse Tap Room, Bucksport, ME I enjoyed a terrific lobster roll when I was in Bucksport! I don’t remember the name of the place, I’m thinking it was more coffee-shoppish than tavern. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4826 "2023-10-06T21:01:53Z")
**An Easy Comfort Food Dinner** 1. Waffles with applesauce 2. Melt in Your Mouth Chicken with Instant Pot macaroni and cheese 3. Campbell’s condensed tomato soup, reconstituted with milk instead of water, with oyster crackers and a grilled cheese sandwich 4. Whole roast chicken with root vegetables in the pan 5. Scattabuchi 6. Meatloaf and roasted vegetables 7. Chili and Cornbread 8. Chinese take-out ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4827 "2023-10-06T22:14:06Z")
**An Easy Comfort Food Dinner** 1. Waffles with applesauce 2. Melt in Your Mouth Chicken with Instant Pot macaroni and cheese 3. Campbell’s condensed tomato soup, reconstituted with milk instead of water, with oyster crackers and a grilled cheese sandwich 4. Whole roast chicken with root vegetables in the pan 5. Scattabuchi 6. Meatloaf and roasted vegetables 7. Chili and Cornbread 8. Chinese take-out 9. Tomatoes and rice; egg rolls; and pot stickers ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4828 "2023-10-07T06:05:03Z")
**An Easy Comfort Food Dinner** 1. Waffles with applesauce 2. Melt in Your Mouth Chicken with Instant Pot macaroni and cheese 3. Campbell’s condensed tomato soup, reconstituted with milk instead of water, with oyster crackers and a grilled cheese sandwich 4. Whole roast chicken with root vegetables in the pan 5. Scattabuchi 6. Meatloaf and roasted vegetables 7. Chili and Cornbread 8. Chinese take-out 9. Tomatoes and rice; egg rolls; and pot stickers 10. Big stuffed omelet, with cheese, onions, peppers and bacon bits **Best School Lunch Dish** 1…Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4829 "2023-10-07T06:43:00Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1…Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4830 "2023-10-07T08:04:22Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1…Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4831 "2023-10-07T14:48:10Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1…Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich I came here to say rectangular pizza but my teen likes the spicy chicken they serve at his school. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4832 "2023-10-08T19:49:52Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1…Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4833 "2023-10-09T19:13:04Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1. Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni 6. Pizza burger It was a hamburger bun with pizza sauce and melted cheese. Mmm! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4834 "2023-10-10T04:24:25Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1. Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni 6. Pizza burger 7. Lasagna Yes, believe it or not, back in the early 1970s they used to have real kitchens in the high schools, with real cooks who actually made and served real food instead of today’s microwave meals-in-minutes. And based on the punch-card meal tickets we used _(five punches for $2.50 or so, as I recall)_, it cost students about 50¢ per serving. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4835 "2023-10-10T13:12:20Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1. Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni 6. Pizza burger 7. Lasagna 8. Chicken and waffles ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4836 "2023-10-10T15:01:21Z")
**Best School Lunch Dish** 1. Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni 6. Pizza burger 7. Lasagna 8. Chicken and waffles 9. Mini corn dogs ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4837 "2023-10-21T06:19:35Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:4836, topic:841539, full:true”] **Best School Lunch Dish** 1. Potatoes au Gratin ( I am not kidding) 2. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes 3. Rectangular pizza 4. Spicy chicken sandwich 5. Beefaroni 6. Pizza burger 7. Lasagna 8. Chicken and waffles 9. Mini corn dogs 10. Torte burger From New Mexico, a burger with cheese and green chile wrapped up in a flour tortilla and baked. **Food that sounds worse than it is:** 1. Toad in the hole. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4838 "2023-10-21T07:24:18Z")
**Food that sounds worse than it is:** 1. Toad in the hole 2. Spotted dick It’s actually a type of pudding, with raisins or currants _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4839 "2023-10-21T07:51:51Z")
**Food that sounds worse than it is:** 1. Toad in the hole 2. Spotted dick 3. Ants on a log ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4840 "2023-10-21T14:37:30Z")
**Food that sounds worse than it is:** 1. Toad in the hole 2. Spotted dick 3. Ants on a log 4. Pigs in a blanket ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4841 "2023-10-22T11:51:34Z")
**Food that sounds worse than it is:** 1. Toad in the hole 2. Spotted dick 3. Ants on a log 4. Pigs in a blanket 5. Doner kebab Pronounced like it would only be appealing if you were _really_ snowed in for the winter 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-feast/841539/4842 "2023-10-22T17:33:31Z")
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