My grandparents told me something similar was the norm in schoolhouses of Appalachia circa 1930s. Read: a few kids in assorted grades. Everyone brought along w

My grandparents told me something similar was the norm in schoolhouses of Appalachia circa 1930s. Read: a few kids in assorted grades. Everyone brought along what they could, the teacher tossed it into a pot, and by lunchtime that was it. Per my grandfather's telling, squirrel was not uncommon, and any meat was welcome.