School days recipes

calleyw

patchwork_cat wrote:

We used to have a chocolate pudding called mersey mud anyone else have this.( realise that I am narrowing my area down rather!)

we use to have a chocolate pudding called wellington fudge, It was cake top with a fudgey bit underneath. And it was made with the mixture for the fudge bit on the top.

Does that sound anything like it.


Yours


Calley

bexxie90

HI all
Does anyone have the above recipes,I would so love to make these and even bought the Dinner Lady book but still weren't in there :-(
Would be well grateful and I have all the other recipes to trade,like Toffee Tart and the school scotch eggs ;-)
Bex

squeaky

Hiya

I've just merged your post into an older thread on school recipes and you'll find that chocolate crunch is one of the first mentioned if you'd like to read this new thread from the beginning.

thriftmonster

I have to say that all I remember with fondness about school dinners are the puddings - I do not remembere liver days with any gratitude at all. I cook it occasionally for dh and ds's but eat it .........

My kids got a new school cook this year and what a transformation - and they had butterscotch tart and custard yesterday - today was either spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce or chicken tikka masala with rice and selection of veggies and then Arctic roll and fruit.

Does anyone else remember Arctic roll - I love it and you can get it in Tesco quite cheaply

debbym

moonbeam682 wrote:

hope you don't mind me posting on this old thread but I wondered if anyone has heard of 'The dinner lady' by Jeanette Orrey? its a really great cookbook full of cheap delicious recipes including some that have been mentioned on this thread cornflake tart, jam roly poly etc. the recipe for chocolate chip cookies is delicious!
hope this may be of help.

My fav book of the moment OH feels he is really being looked after cos they are all non-nonsense kind of recipes with the old favourites plus a few new ones. My DD (4) recently got persuaded to try pineapple at nursery and so I tried her recipe for sweet and sour chicken - clean plates all round and cheaper than using a ready made sauce which is what I would have done before.
Reserve it from your local library if this kind of food is your thing!
'The dinner lady' by Jeanette Orrey
published by Bantam Press
RRP £16.99 (although I got mine for a tenner from Tescos)

lex

I've recently bought The DInner Lady too! The chocolate chip cookies are fab.


I'm looking for a recipe for cookies that we used to have at school. I've googled and googled and can't find it. What's even more annoying is that I used to have the recipe from a dinner lady, but it got lost :eek:

They were large, flat and chewy. Had golden syrup and raisins in them. Golden in colour. Then just flour, sugar, marg, bicarb etc. Sure there wasn't anything more too them that that. Anyone got any ideas? Or remember them?

lex

thriftlady_2

Sorry,can't help with the biscuits,but thought you guys might like to know there's a new Jeanette Orrey book out in March.I would do a link to Amazon but I still can't do them.Sorry I just don't get all the copying and pasting,I'm really very computer illiterate

Smashing_Blouse

My mum was school cook at my lower school in the 70's, so we were lucky enough to get all the left overs at home. Homemade crisps, chocolate spnge with mint custard. She died in 1985 and I think my dad has got rid of the old cookery books. Was hoping to re live my child hood and make some things for my daughter.

lex

This is the book - wow looks good!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0593054822/qid=1139571162/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_2/026-3071645-5079621

Thanks for the advance notice :j

lex

halloweenqueen_2

Mint custard - my lot would love that with choccy sponge - anyone know how to make it or is it peppermint essence in birds!!
Anyone remember that cold,white creamy bubbly sauce they put on biscuits and cold desserts - recipe would be great!!
It might be worth checking with your Dad to see if he has any books still!