1. Having a themed lunch box with a matching thermos.
2. Trying to balance your lunch items on a flimsy styrofoam tray.
3. Having school lunch tickets.
4. The incredibly difficult task of sliding the sharp end of that thin yellow straw into a Capri Sun's hole.
5. Drinking juice from these little cups with the foil lid.
6. Or drinking milk from these little paper cartons.
7. Having calendars that listed the cafeteria menu for each day.
8. Eating things like a pretty unexciting chicken sandwich.
9. Or some mystery meat filled tacos.
10. There were even things like Salisbury steak.
11. Or rectangle pizza with sides that typically included a serving of mixed fruit.
12. Sometimes, if you were lucky, you got these magical Fiestada pizzas.
13. And if you were very, very fortunate, you got to indulge on some Bosco sticks.
14. Mashed potatoes were often served with an ice cream scoop.
15. Sitting at large tables with these round seats.
16. The most important elements in any packed lunch — the beverage + dessert, which often meant a Little Debbie snack and some type of sugary juice.
17. Of course, sometimes your school had ice cream as an option and it probably had one of these little wooden spoons.
18. And finally, one of the hottest commodities in lunch boxes across the globe (outside of Gushers) Dunkaroos.
