School days recipes

jo1972

Waggle_Dancer wrote: »

We didn't have Spam, we used to have "Plumrose Plopped Ham with Chalk!"

Ummmm, sounds delicious :undecided

jo1972

My earliest school dinner memory has to be when I was about 6 or 7 and we there were about 8 of us sat around a table and we were served up semolia with a jam blob _pale_

We all refused point blank to eat it and the dinner lady refused to let us get up from the table until we'd cleared our plates, it makes me gag just thinking of it.

That is my OH's fav pud and he even eats it now _pale_

Gigervamp

I remember when there as a potato shortage, so instead of mash with the dinner, they gave us bread. One day I had greens and put them in the bread. Surprisingly, greens sandwiches were rather nice!

jo1972

Gigervamp, now that actually sounds nice!

Bronnie

jo1972 wrote: »

My earliest school dinner memory has to be when I was about 6 or 7 and we there were about 8 of us sat around a table and we were served up semolia with a jam blob _pale_

We all refused point blank to eat it and the dinner lady refused to let us get up from the table until we'd cleared our plates, it makes me gag just thinking of it.

That is my OH's fav pud and he even eats it now _pale_

Actually, if I remember rightly the wallpaper paste, sorry semolina, was the pudding that usually followed the greasy pastry, pallid cheesy filling pie and watery, tinned...etc etc etc !!!!!:rotfl:

Mind you I credit those early character building experiences with making me into the woman I am today!! (Whatever that is?)

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jo1972 wrote: »

My earliest school dinner memory has to be when I was about 6 or 7 and we there were about 8 of us sat around a table and we were served up semolia with a jam blob

Did you not whizz it round and round with your spoon till it went pink?

jo1972

Waggle_Dancer wrote: »

Did you not whizz it round and round with your spoon till it went pink?

Oh god!! That is just wrong wrong wrong :eek: :eek: :eek:

kezlou

Hi all some of the recipes on here sound lush. Shame our school meals weren't like that. Ours were the most most vilest concoctions known to man. Only those aged 4-7 got nice food after that down hill. Custard with skin, gravy with skin,hard mash potato, hard bread, cold beans urghhh. Only barely edible things were yoghurt's and boiled potatoes with mint and even that's pushing it.
Used to find all sorts in the food, glass, sricks, ash _pale_ Seriously disgusting.

Mid ninties may have 1992 ish ALL of Y3,4,5,6 came down with salmonella poisoning, i managed to contract yellow jaundice along with 100 other pupils, school food to blame.

School meals now are much nicer, the school had an open day so :drool: moreish could eat they everyday esp the jacket pots yummy!

By the way pease pudding is just boiled down yellow split peas mixed with mustard, always a firm favourite in our house.

scotsaver

Thanks to everyone who has contributed recipes to this Thread, I've made a note of a few and tonight we are trying the Cheese Pie and the Chocolate Concrete - yuuuuummmmmm.;)

rosieben

scotsaver wrote: »

Thanks to everyone who has contributed recipes to this Thread, I've made a note of a few and tonight we are trying the Cheese Pie and the Chocolate Concrete - yuuuuummmmmm.;)

2 of my favourites! I'm first in the queue outside your door

we had lovely school meals, Ma Perret's roasters are legend!