School Lunch Memories: Are Yours Made up of Cardboard Pizza and Mystery Meat?

School cafeterias have come a long way since the days of mystery meat, cardboard pizza and sugary fruit cocktail — today, the U.S. Department of Agruciulture regulates what's being fed to kids — and recently the National School Lunch Program adopted stricter requirements for incorporating more fruits and veggies into schools across the country.

Sure, there's less sugary sodas offered and more fresh produce available, but tomato paste still counts as a serving of vegetables and pre-made commodity foods like frozen chicken patties and burgers are still heavily subsidized by the government — making them more affordable for school districts who continuously fight budget cuts.

We're continuing our series of stories looking at where the food in Cotati-Rohnert Park comes from, and we're making great headway. Here, we're asking you, what are your memories of school lunch as a kid?

We asked readers on Facebook yesterday, and the worst we've heard so far is green hotdogs on St. Paddy's Day.

"Worst hands down would be green hot dogs...ewww! They must have been bad for me to remember them 35 years later," one reader wrote.

I remember bouncing my meatloaf on the floor...what was your school lunch like?