[Mal80]

Originally Posted by ylomyloh

I think the first few were a bit naff but on the whole looks nicer than the slop I had in primary school.

They are reasonable. What bothers me is the heavy reliance on pasta, rice, bread and potatoes - often two at a time, I don't remember my school food being like that. I remember them having lots of meat/fish and vegetables with some form of potatoes. I know why they are doing it though, those ingredients are cheap.

[scorpio man]

A Scottish council has overturned a ban on a school girl's food blog after a public protest.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/...rls-food-blog/

[Fizix]

Her charity fund is at 60k now, I think her parents have every right to gush!

Am I the only one that thinks the food pictured largely looks a big naff? Or maybe I'm a snob?

[lemoncurd]

Originally Posted by Fizix

Her charity fund is at 60k now, I think her parents have every right to gush!

Am I the only one that thinks the food pictured largely looks a big naff? Or maybe I'm a snob?

It's a mixed bag. Some stodge, certainly, and they're a bit mean with the veggies, IMO, but for £2, it's not terrible.

[lemoncurd]

Originally Posted by Mal80

They are reasonable. What bothers me is the heavy reliance on pasta, rice, bread and potatoes - often two at a time, I don't remember my school food being like that. I remember them having lots of meat/fish and vegetables with some form of potatoes. I know why they are doing it though, those ingredients are cheap.

Exactly - it's also easy to mass produce dishes like that, whereas meat portions are harder to do en-masse unless you've got lots of oven/grill area.

[koshernostra]

I have being following Martha's blog since she started it. Glad to hear the council have over tuned the ban.

Power to the people.

[howard h]

I think this furthers my call for a law against "being a berk".

The law should be envoked against councils and council staff and such like, jobsworths etc who won't let the public go about their lawful business. Things like when the hi-vizstapo prevent a person from photographing on a street. Or when councils won't let kids blog about their school dinners.

Berks that fall foul of the "being a berk" law should be fined (out of their own cash, not the public purse) and the money goes directly (after costs) to charity.

So for the person that decided the girl was in the wrong should be summonsed for "being a berk" and fined £200 (for charity) and costs for, er, being a berk.

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by lemoncurd

It's a mixed bag. Some stodge, certainly, and they're a bit mean with the veggies, IMO, but for £2, it's not terrible.

It's probably not too bad for £2.00 but still on the whole it looks like unimaginitive, cheap, processed crap to me.

Originally Posted by lemoncurd

Exactly - it's also easy to mass produce dishes like that, whereas meat portions are harder to do en-masse unless you've got lots of oven/grill area.

This is probably exactly it. My kids will be taking packed lunch when they go to school and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with my little boys "desert" as it's quite important for him due to supplementing a few vitamins due to anaphylaxis.

I look at the school dinners like what this little girl has posted and I see anemic looking, processed food; it looks like and probably is basically; a cheap ready meal. I would be ashamed to put that food on my kids plate.

It's also unimaginitive, it doesn't look like it goes and looks like the easiest option. I mean as one example; an anemic looking fajita that looks like its from a happy shopper ready meal with a side of peas and corn.

Originally Posted by howard h

I think this furthers my call for a law against "being a berk".

The law should be envoked against councils and council staff and such like, jobsworths etc who won't let the public go about their lawful business. Things like when the hi-vizstapo prevent a person from photographing on a street. Or when councils won't let kids blog about their school dinners.

Berks that fall foul of the "being a berk" law should be fined (out of their own cash, not the public purse) and the money goes directly (after costs) to charity.

So for the person that decided the girl was in the wrong should be summonsed for "being a berk" and fined £200 (for charity) and costs for, er, being a berk.

Hehe I can agree with this.

[Luce*]

She's 9 and raised over 60K, fair bloody play to her!

[Welsh-lad]

Originally Posted by mrkite77

What's the thinking behind banning cameras? Your yearbooks must suck.

There isn't a yearbook.

[Welsh-lad]

Also.... I thought the call to sack dinnerladies was disgusting.
They work wonders with a meagre budget, the pay is crap, and it's a hard slog while you're doing it.

Perhpas people ought to direct their ire at the bankers who bankrupt the country and their puppets (sorry, Tory party) who are slashing the budgets.

[peter3hg]

Originally Posted by Fizix

It's also unimaginitive, it doesn't look like it goes and looks like the easiest option. I mean as one example; an anemic looking fajita that looks like its from a happy shopper ready meal with a side of peas and corn.




Hehe I can agree with this.

It is a school meal, not a meal made by a top chef in a restaurant. How "imaginative" do you want it to be?

[RiverChelt]

Originally Posted by peter3hg

It is a school meal, not a meal made by a top chef in a restaurant. How "imaginative" do you want it to be?

I thought the same as the person you quoted, especially with regards to the 'fajita' meal. A chicken fajita, with a slice of garlic bread, served with mixed veg, doesn't seem to have any thought into it. Would have thought perhaps a couple of tortillas, and a few slices of chopped peppers would have been better? Everything just seems to be a case of throwing together whatever box they happen to have opened that day?!

[Luce*]

I always went to school with a packed lunch. My mum thankfully never put me through the school dinner horrors.

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by peter3hg

It is a school meal, not a meal made by a top chef in a restaurant. How "imaginative" do you want it to be?

Lol, going to the extremes there.

I'm not a top chef but I can be more imaginative than throwing some peas and corn at a fajita.

I mean just go down the Mexican part of the aisle in the super market and you'll see what goes with a fajita and what it's supposed to look like. I wonder if they put garnish in the fajita?

[Welsh-lad]

Originally Posted by Mal80

They are reasonable. What bothers me is the heavy reliance on pasta, rice, bread and potatoes - often two at a time, I don't remember my school food being like that. I remember them having lots of meat/fish and vegetables with some form of potatoes. I know why they are doing it though, those ingredients are cheap.

Exactly. Diets are overloaded with carbs (i.e. cheap pap).

[Jerrica09]

Originally Posted by Aneechik

Some of the meals on her blog look perfectly nice.

Because the school/council are well aware they have thousands of people across the world looking at what Martha has for lunch everyday!

If not for her blog she'd probably still be eating a piece of pizza, one potato croquette and a cupcake, or the other couple of meals pictured before the school realised what was happening and standards suddenly improved.

The ban they tried to slap on the blog may have been so they could go back to serving inferior food again.

[subversive]

'Pieces of hair- 0'

That's just brilliant...

[lemoncurd]

Martha has raised over £84,000 so far. The school In Malawi which will get a kitchen named after her blog have sent a message of thanks:
http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/thank-you-martha/

[Paving Slab]

Originally Posted by CoolboyA

What shocks me is that in comparison to other countries around the world, the food we get is dire and pretty unhealthy. No wonder we are all so unhealthy - manky cheeseburgers, fish fingers, pizza, ice cream, jelly etc.

Look at Spains' dinners, or those of Japan. Lots of fruit, veg, rice, fresh ingredients - and it all costs the same. If they stopped bulk buying frozen burgers and bulk bought fresh food and actually learned to cook, then maybe things would be better.

Oh boohoo, woe is us! Why don't you emigrate to Spain or Japan then instead of ranting on and on about their school dinner food then and perhaps spare a thought for the poor starving kids in the third world countries that have hardly anything to eat?

[Voynich]

Originally Posted by lemoncurd

Martha has raised over £84,000 so far. The school In Malawi which will get a kitchen named after her blog have sent a message of thanks:
http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/thank-you-martha/

That's fantastic!

[Ginger Nut]

Originally Posted by Paving Slab

Oh boohoo, woe is us! Why don't you emigrate to Spain or Japan then instead of ranting on and on about their school dinner food then and perhaps spare a thought for the poor starving kids in the third world countries that have hardly anything to eat?

Blimey.

[Pumping Iron]

Originally Posted by Paving Slab

Oh boohoo, woe is us! Why don't you emigrate to Spain or Japan then instead of ranting on and on about their school dinner food then and perhaps spare a thought for the poor starving kids in the third world countries that have hardly anything to eat?

Welcome to DS

[njp]

Originally Posted by Pumping Iron

Welcome to DS

Yes, 8 days in, and he has already achieved full mastery of the rolling eyes smiley. Splendid work.

[lemoncurd]

Originally Posted by Paving Slab

Oh boohoo, woe is us! Why don't you emigrate to Spain or Japan then instead of ranting on and on about their school dinner food then and perhaps spare a thought for the poor starving kids in the third world countries that have hardly anything to eat?

Why is that the stock response to any percieved problem these days? "Move abroad if you don't like it"
Or, how about we improve it?