The majority of the food served to us in high school was not actually cooked, as it was already prepared. This means that the school doesn't actually make the food, because they most likely already buy it from companies. I saw one of the cafeteria workers open a plastic bag of chili and throw it into a pan to heat it up. Not many people like the starters served by the school, so we had the option of replacing them. The substitution choice would be between a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a sub sandwich with turkey, ham or roast beef. Many times the school ran out of sub sandwiches, and the bread used for the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was hard, frozen, or dry when biting into it. Many times when I received the peanut butter sandwiches, they were frozen when I tried to eat them. Other substitutions handed out are hamburgers or cheese pizzas. Rarely did people want these options because the burgers were soy burgers and the pizza was always hard and cold. In the state of Indiana, in the lines, they served the same dishes almost every day. From time to time the menu may be different, but most of the time the same food was served every day. Almost everyone is tired of eating the same food over and over again for an entire school year. Another option could be to go eat at a fast food restaurant located in the commons, but you might not feel like eating.