With school fast approaching, if it hasn’t already arrived, I thought it would be fun to have a little look at the history of school lunch in the United States.
I won’t be covering the historical evolution of the school lunch programs or nutritional requirements in detail, at least not right now. This is more of a sampling/selection of recipes and resources I found dated between the years 1916 and 1960. Consider it something of a visual timeline!
There are plenty more where these came from, just click the links to the digitized texts in the Internet Archive. I hope you have as much fun as I did perusing these old recipes!
School Lunch Recipe Timeline
1916: “The Rural School Lunch.”
Cheese Fondue (more common than you’d think)
1928:“School Lunch Box.” Radio Transcript
Sandwiches Six Ways
1929: “School Lunch Box.” Radio Transcript.
Scotch Wafers plus Sample…
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