Waste not, want not our parents remind us. And we agree. So here are a few helpful suggestions on alternative uses or the recycling of cafeteria food.

1. Mashed potatoes smeared under tables do wonders to seal cracks and prevent further erosion.

2. String peas onto gimp. Let dry. Voila an abacus!

3. Cafeteria gravy makes a terrific compound for securing basketball hoops.

4. Lost animals can smell a 3 hour old fish stick for up to 7 miles. Helpful in locating missing pooches.

5. Need a tooth extracted. Try a brownie!

6. Give it to the poor.
   (Contributed by alien.)

7. Unless it's Taco Bell day, let it make friends with the trash can.
   (Contributed by Marcy K.)

8. Take that chunky, smelly stuff your school calls "milk", which it isn't, take the chocolate and white, connect the straws, and push on one. Then you'll have swirly chunky, smelly, milk imposter stuff.
   (Contributed by alien.)

9. Bury it and say a prayer for the poor possum who gave his life to make that crap possible.
   (Contributed by Gabi S.)

10. "FOOD FIGHT!"
    (Contributed by Topher.)

11. Smear custard in someone's hair.
    (Contributed by Rhondda T.)

12. Launch a french fry cup via your fork in the air to hit a plaid princess nun in the head. If you look innocently in your cheesesteak, she'll never know.
    (Contributed by Rachel.)

13. Let the lunch ladies have some of their OWN food ...
    (Contributed by alien.)

14. Use the cardboard pizza as a frisbee.
    (Contributed by Spooky.)

15. The mashed potatoes at my school are like soft clay (they taste like clay too!). Make huge sculptures out of them. Sell them! $$$
    (Contributed by Kyle A.)

16. Abstract art.
    (Contributed by Spencer.)

17. In college, we found that the white, gross, nasty-smelling stuff they called "pudding" there made an excellent epoxy. We used it to seal the rain cracks in the ceiling and to glue the cockroaches that crawled out of the "meat product" to the walls.
    (Contributed by Spencer.)

18. A food fight is a good idea, but only throw at your enemies. You don't want your best friend losing an eye with the sharp stuff your school thinks is apple cinnamon, do you???
    (Contributed by Jess).

19. Use the red, dry, crap known as "pasta" to make a new outfit. String it on yarn, make several rows, and you have the new skirt you've been waiting to get.
    (*** Be sure to smooth the edges of the pasta! ***)
    (Contributed by Jess).

20. Cafeteria orange juice is an excellent cleanser. Use it to remove gum from the underside of tables.
    (Contributed by Ray Bay.)

21. Chop it up into small pieces and give it to your dog. MOST DOGS 'LL EAT ANYTHING!!!
    (Contributed by Cheez.)

22. I must be in the twilight zone, cuz my cafeteria food actually tastes good!
    (Contributed by J.L.)

23. I think the best way to recycle old cafeteria food (which i have lots of growing under my bed) is to put that disgusting gravy on the toilet seats (it makes awseome disinfectant).
    (Contributed by Halloween h2o.)

24. Put it under a teacher's chair!
    (Contributed by Rachel G.)

25. Use the pork sandwiches to extract teeth. They are also good for attracting ants and cochroaches.
    (Contributed by Chinu.)

26. Hi my name is Ashley B and I am sending this message for cafeteria:
    "Special meat can be used as a bouncey ball."
    I love this site and already have 2 other things in this cool site.

27. The food at J. G. Johnson sucks BIG TIME !!!!!!
    (Contributed by Bob T.)

28. Carrot sticks can be used to launch at students by weaving them, over your pinkie, under your ring finger, over your middle finger and under your index finger and then pointing the end at someone and slamming your hand on the table.
    (Contributed by PYRO)