The state of mass food serving here is so dire, we need to just straight up steal the idea of those temples that cook ENORMOUS pots of dal and stir it with a giant ladle:

Probably way, way cheaper too.

I work in a public school. Same story but more industrialized. You ever heard of a steamed cheese? It's a grilled cheese that is cooked in a plastic bag 🤢 Their lunch today is mass produced, ready made pb&j sandwiches. Students and I have complained for years.

its crazy to me the simplest shit like putting salt on things is a mystery to some people. cooking gulag for them all I swear.

I still have nightmares (well, persistent unpleasant memories) about school lunch. I'm sure it was made on a tight budget but that excuses only some of it. Like deep dish pizza with a two finger thick "crust" that hasn't cooked through all the way.

Whenever I prepare meat I always marinate it for at least 5-6 hours, usually in hot sauce or mustard and it comes out banging and I am a shit cook (I do enough to keep myself fed).

Also gotta press the tofu in the marinade so it draws it in like a sponge.

But if I say anything about how the quality of food is the reason people aren't coming in to eat people act like i'm an asshole

I get why people think like that but also I wish we were all less worked up about being perfect and just accepted feedback as a response to something you did and not a response to you as a person.

Not that youre doing it, but I rather someone just tell me my shit is ass and they know I can make it better because like- it will be ass regardless if I am told and everyone will know. I rather it only be ass once. Not that they even have to be that flippant either but I'd take flippant over vague if I had to chose lol.

I want to make my shit good, I accept it won't always be good even when I try my best, give me your eyes. 👁️👁️

Gimme a flattop, a wok, and a stocked spice cabinet, and I'll turn whatever slop you give me into something at least decent. I haven't worked a second of my life in a professional kitchen, but cooking something edible is not exactly rocket surgery.

You'd think knowing how to make food edible would be a prerequisite for the job

I am remembering the soupy scrambled eggs I used to be served in college, which cost me ~$8 per meal.

in my university, food was so bad I would rather go hungry

You could make food your style and put it next to theirs when people are eating next time, show them that you can back up your claims. Everyone claims they are the best these days I can't exactly blame them for dismissing empty words.

Don't treat people like background NPCs, have you ever actually thanked anyone who helped make you this far or do you think you're the MC who is so much better than us? People know if they improve all they'll get in return is more empty words anyways, so they don't give a damn anymore.