School Kids Today Miss Out on a Lot

Unable to sleep, I arose at 4 a.m. and decided to make the Los Angeles City Schools Old-Fashioned Crumb Cake (Culinary SOS, April 29). As the delicious cinnamon smell began wafting through the house, I was remembering several other LAUSD cafeteria food items that I dearly loved as a kid. I pity the children of today who only have prepackaged and/or fast-food franchises to remember for their school lunches. My favorites were the oatmeal coconut cookies (5 cents each), Spring Garden (a main dish with ground beef, tomatoes and green beans) and those wonderful yeast coffee cakes that were in the shape of twists and had a covering similar to the crumb cake topping. By the way, the coffee cake was yummy!

MARY LOU WILLIAMS

Monrovia