When I was in grade school (mid-1970s), I remember having a lunch box (one of the tin ones that’s vintage now) and my mom would make cream cheese and jelly sandwiches, and there would be a piece of fruit and the Thermos with milk in it. She used wax paper, so now, whenever I see wax paper, it reminds me of my childhood. Occasionally she’d give me a ham sandwich or liverwurst.
When I was in 5th, 7th and 8th grade (I skipped 6th), I went to private school and they had decent food in the cafeteria. I remember chicken a la king being on the menu. Now, no school cafeteria would make that but that’s one of the things on the menu there.