Remember School's Chocolate Concrete and Pink/Mint Custard

Fredula

That delicious pudding which I loved so much as a kid has been made! I found a recipe for it online. I've not tasted it yet but it looks lovely.

Here's the recipe for anyone who remembers it and liked it as much as I do! It's cheap as chips too.

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/9885/chocolate-concrete-like-school-makes-it.aspx

thehappybutterfly

Reminds me of the song that went something like:

Schoo-ool dinners, schoo-ool dinners
Concrete chips, concrete chips
Soggy semolina, soggy semolina!
I feel sick, toilet quick
Ooops too late, done it on my plate.

I can't remember this chocolate concrete but I do remember a sponge cake with pink custard, the little paper rectangle of warm icecream and of course spam fritters!

somersethillbilly

Ah yes! "Hard Chocolate" was what we called it, a real hammer and chisel job it was too! Usually accompanied by the mint/green custard.

I remember the pink custard was served from a huge (gallon?) jug with a sponge roll of industrial proportions several feet long on a steel tray.

Happy days, although I hated the "fish head" pie, which, with the benefit of hindsight was probably whitebait :rotfl:

minimad1970

My 2 favourites were chocolate sponge with mint custard and jam and coconut sponge with pink custard I hated the spam fritters but my friend loved them so we always swapped, double dessert for me.

PasturesNew

We had pink custard, but I can't remember what it was served with.

geri1965_2

I used to love that chocolate pudding with green custard!

thehappybutterfly

We were obviously neglected up here in Scotland, even my hubby who was a school dinner regular doesn't remember mint custard. How posh!

somersethillbilly

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

We were obviously neglected up here in Scotland, even my hubby who was a school dinner regular doesn't remember mint custard. How posh!

Here you go, enjoy.

http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/mintcustard.htm

Callie22

We used to have mint custard with chocolate sponge. I don't ever remember the concrete but we used to have something we called 'chocolate tarmac' and it was a bit like a rice crispy cake, but chewier.

thehappybutterfly

somersethillbilly wrote: »

Here you go, enjoy.

http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/mintcustard.htm

I must give this and the concrete thing a try! Sunday pudding I think!

thehappybutterfly

Semolina and prunes. Why teachers wanted children to get the !!!!!! I'll never know!