The December list will be the top 30 most memorable teachers/staff (see rules below), and tonight, we're remembering the ladies who lunch -- or more accurately, these LADIES WHO MADE OUR LUNCHES (seen here as pictured in the yearbook, bonus photo of the recipe for their most requested item is below).
For some reason, the ladies who actually took our money (or our tickets, for those of you who were in the poor people bracket like I was) were not in this group photo (I guess maybe they got enough publicity as the "faces" of the operation), but these ladies were the ones who did all the work behind the scenes -- dealing with Reagan-era policies that allowed ketchup to count as a vegetable, pioneering the separate ala carte line (which was relatively new when we were in school), making pizza at least every other day, guaranteeing that the small milk cartons weren't expired and feeding our sugar highs with those Cedar Treats.
And, on a personal note, seeing as how lunch time was where I honed my social skills, moving between tables of different classmates, trying to raise money I didn't have from folks I knew in order to ala carte like the cool kids did ... I was most certainly appreciative of the products they pushed out to us on the daily.
Here's to you, lunch ladies!
RULES FOR THIS TOP 30 LIST: Honorees must be one of the ninety individuals listed in the faculty pages of the '89 yearbook (which means two thirds of the list are already not going to be referenced). Honorees may also be selected from the photos of support staff as well (so long as they are on the surrounding pages of the same section). Honorees must be memorable (if there are no stories, then there will be no post about that person). Honorees are chosen and ranked by me (if you disagree, start your own list on your own blog). All memories are believed to be accurate (but are being told through the lens of thirty or more years, so ... you know.)
BONUS PHOTO OF THEIR MOST REQUESTED RECIPE:
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