'Lunch Lady' School Pizza

TXCraig1 · February 15, 2023, 12:22:24 PM

Quote from: scott r on February 15, 2023, 12:20:37 PM
That is my kids favorite dessert

Mine too - except that I don't bother to warm the dough at all

jkb · March 02, 2023, 03:12:54 PM

Quote from: TXCraig1 on February 10, 2023, 05:54:45 PM
If by "made huge sheet pans of pizza for rectangle lunch pizza," you mean the opened a box, took out the fully prepared sheets of pizza, put them in a pan, and warmed them in an oven, then yes, I remember. I doubt there has been any made from scratch in the past 75+ years.

My lunch ladies cooked everything from scratch. Unfortunately, we had pizzarettes - sauce and cheese on a hamburger bun. Overall, the food was really good. Those ladies could cook.

caymus · March 04, 2023, 07:17:42 PM

I remember a lot of Tator Tots. Don't think they were handmade.

Timpanogos Slim · March 04, 2023, 09:35:27 PM

Quote from: caymus on March 04, 2023, 07:17:42 PM
I remember a lot of Tator Tots. Don't think they were handmade.

J.R. Simplot developed a high speed french fry cutter that basically fired mechanically peeled potatoes out of a canon through a grid.

Worked great but produced a lot of little chunks of potato.

He invented the tater tot after touring a particle board factory. McDonald's didn't want it.

TXCraig1 · March 06, 2023, 08:37:08 AM

Quote from: Timpanogos Slim on March 04, 2023, 09:35:27 PM
J.R. Simplot developed a high speed french fry cutter that basically fired mechanically peeled potatoes out of a canon through a grid.

Worked great but produced a lot of little chunks of potato.

He invented the tater tot after touring a particle board factory. McDonald's didn't want it.

It's a water-knife. The potatoes flow through a pipe with water. The grid is in the pipe. The potatoes are steam peeled. Tater tots were invented by Ore-Ida, not Simplot.

khayeschapman · January 01, 2025, 05:15:33 PM

I tried this recipe for "Gannie's" School Lunch Pizza. It's delicious also just as I remember it!

hammettjr · January 01, 2025, 08:48:02 PM

Nice timing on this thread being bumped. I was planning to post this: a nice video was recently posted on recreating school lunch pizza (currently with 1.6m views in 8 days). I'm very intrigued, especially the herby sauce.

https://youtu.be/40MvjFaTVzE?si=HpdCktGs-UQmOZXL

TXCraig1 · January 01, 2025, 08:55:29 PM

I don't remember the crust being that thick or floppy.

hammettjr · January 01, 2025, 10:12:37 PM

Quote from: TXCraig1 on January 01, 2025, 08:55:29 PMI don't remember the crust being that thick or floppy.

Mine was. Like a soft Elios that had been sitting for a bit.