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Old 05-04-2013, 23:21
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we never had chips at either junior or secondary school...........
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Old 06-04-2013, 00:08
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Beef mince on fried bread with a sprig of parsley on top.
A sort of poor man's "Bruschetta"
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Old 06-04-2013, 00:20
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Borking when you scraped your leftovers into the big open bins piled high with all the other left overs, it was minging.
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Old 06-04-2013, 02:50
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Primary school dinners were absolutely gorgeous.

We were a very small school but all the food was cooked on site by our lovely cook Mrs Roderick. She had left school at 14 and gone straight to the local technical college to study domestic science, and she became cook-in-charge at our school aged just 18. I remember her leaving do when I was in Yr 6 - celebrating 42 years cooking at the same school! Quite an achievement.

Her food was absolutely divine - all made from scratch and fresh.
I think the only frozen thing we ever had were fishfingers about once a fortnight. Everything else was made fresh every morning.

She was so good, the county catering department used to put people on placement with her so they could learn how to be a school cook.
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Old 06-04-2013, 08:36
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Mrs Roderick sounds a star - was she ever given recognition for her cooking?
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Old 06-04-2013, 08:46
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I loved the mint custard, can't seem to find it anywhere now though
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Old 06-04-2013, 08:55
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The smell of boiling cabbage still reminds me of junior school. In junior school 62/63 we had chips once a year and it was a big announcement at dinner time

Then we come to custard/blamange

I told the teacher at the head of the table that I didn't like custard couldn't eat custard couldn't bear custard. But no she sat at the side of me and wouldn't move till Id eaten the custard. Now Id told her 3/4 times I didn't like custard. So how could I be to blame when I finished the bowl of vile off , and said Miss I feel sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk all over her shoes Cant say she wasn't warned but I still got in trouble for it lol.....Im now 57 and still cant abide the yellow or pink vile

On the other hand my husband loves the stuff but very really gets it lol...
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Old 06-04-2013, 09:03
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best was roast and chocolate pudding with chocolate custard.

worst was braised heart and bread butter pudding.

my mother worked in the school kitchen so my brother and i had the run of the school for the day before every term started.
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Old 06-04-2013, 11:38
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My school dinners were lovely! Apart from Thursday which was roast day, the potato wasn't nice. I remember trying curry for the first time in primary school, was delicious. And turkey burgers and turkey meatballs, they were lovely
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Old 06-04-2013, 22:02
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Primary school was turkey drumsticks, exploding tom toms (some sort of meat, maybe sausage, covered in breadcrumbs with ketchup inside), potato windows, ice cream scoop mash, plastic hotdogs once a fortnight, some sort of luncheon meat.

Secondary school all I seem to remember is a lot of pasta and chips.
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Old 07-04-2013, 21:53
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Mrs Roderick sounds a star - was she ever given recognition for her cooking?
Well her leaving do was spectacular - we even had a marquee on the school field!

I don't think she was the type who wanted much fuss, but all the pupils adored her and she knew that.

There is a very smart slate plaque in the school foyer recording her contribution to the school, and the time she worked there
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Old 08-04-2013, 20:44
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i used to have the same thing everyday 3 burgers & chips
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Old 08-04-2013, 21:08
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I used to really enjoy school dinners & ive got a wet mouth recalling some of the things on here.
One I couldnt quite get used to was a sweet pie that was filled with cornflakes that had been swamped in treacle and then plonked on top of a pastry base. Used to hurt your mouth eating that.

I loved the salads and how they were presented, I sometimes re-create those platters with cheese, chopped lettuce, boiled eggs and grated carrot.

Chocolate sponge & custard, id love that recipe and would without doubt try and make it if I could.
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Old 09-04-2013, 16:37
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The food in our School cantina was aweful. The worst meal they had to offer was actually their chocolate pudding (!) that was dark grey in colour, didn't taste much like chocolate at all and was covered with a disgusting thick, leather-like skin on top. Yuck!
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Old 10-04-2013, 17:12
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Sausage pie, cut into squares mmmmm!
Sponge cake, cut into squares with hot jam poured on top, mmmm!
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Old 10-04-2013, 18:47
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Can someone explain what the chocolate concrete actually was?

Primary school, 1968 to 75.
Don't remember the main courses too much, except Shepherds pie, sausages and the dreaded mash. To this day I love mash, just can't eat it if it's served by an ice cream scoop.

We weren't allowed to leave ANYTHING. The nuns would hover over us, not letting us leave the table until we'd all done. So you always tried to sit on the same table as the 'I'll eat anything' brigade.
At one point, we thought we'd cracked the leftover issue by quickly piling it all on to one plate. It worked once. The next time we did it, the nun laid out the 8 plates, split up the leftovers 8 ways, handed them back, and wouldn't let us go until we'd all finished.
Gross. I hated those nuns.
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Old 11-04-2013, 14:18
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Back in the late 70s my junior school dinners were pretty average, the mince pie & chips was OK, so was the choc pudding and custard, i cannot remember anymore about them tbh. At senior school i rarely had school dinners, i used to go home or once a week we had chips (and now and again curry sauce) from the local Chinese. I can still remember the taste of those chips, they were fantastic, nothing like what they taste like now.
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Old 11-04-2013, 14:33
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Can someone explain what the chocolate concrete actually was?
was it semolina that had 'set' and gone hard ?..............

we used to have chocolate flavoured semolina
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Old 11-04-2013, 14:44
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At primary school I remember diamond shaped breaded meat things?

At high school we have biggg dougnuts, burgers, chips, pizza :P But I liked the salad bar option more.

Now at uni they have tried a salad bar, but it hasn't been too popular. Maybe they should try a subway kinda thing. However, I don't mind fish and chips there on friday before my Geography class :P
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Old 11-04-2013, 15:55
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Every school dinner I tried I hated so I always took a packed lunch. I think even as a kid I had a taste for good food. I was the only child about who hated McDonalds too!

I remember having those lunchboxes with He-Man or some other TV character on that came with a flask. The flasks never seemed to last very long before they leaked.
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Old 11-04-2013, 16:47
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I loved the mint custard, can't seem to find it anywhere now though
I loved the mint custard so did my hubby.
mint custard

300mls milk
20grms cornflour
2 tbsp caster sugar
peppermint extract
green food colouring (optional)

1.Measure 300mls milk into a jug
2.In a small bowl mix together the sugar and cornflour and several tablespoons of the milk to make a smooth paste.
3.Place the milk in a pan and add the cornflour and sugar paste.Stir well to combine and slowly bring to the boil stirring all the time.
4.As the mixture thickens add the peppermint extract to taste.If using add the food colouring.
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Old 12-04-2013, 10:00
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Well her leaving do was spectacular - we even had a marquee on the school field!

I don't think she was the type who wanted much fuss, but all the pupils adored her and she knew that.

There is a very smart slate plaque in the school foyer recording her contribution to the school, and the time she worked there
Surprised nobody put her forward for an MBE or OBE.
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Old 12-04-2013, 13:14
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Can someone explain what the chocolate concrete actually was?

Primary school, 1968 to 75.
Don't remember the main courses too much, except Shepherds pie, sausages and the dreaded mash. To this day I love mash, just can't eat it if it's served by an ice cream scoop.

We weren't allowed to leave ANYTHING. The nuns would hover over us, not letting us leave the table until we'd all done. So you always tried to sit on the same table as the 'I'll eat anything' brigade.
At one point, we thought we'd cracked the leftover issue by quickly piling it all on to one plate. It worked once. The next time we did it, the nun laid out the 8 plates, split up the leftovers 8 ways, handed them back, and wouldn't let us go until we'd all finished.
Gross. I hated those nuns.
Chocolate concrete was a chocolate shortcake slab type cake that when cold got hard and was served with custard.
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Old 13-04-2013, 00:56
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a choice of pink or chocolate custard with treacle sponge squares. yum.
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Old 13-04-2013, 14:59
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sponge with chocolate custard! their version of chocolate square were lovely too..

My aunt was a dinner lady for year and still makes her family the odd caramel shortbread, tastes the exact same as it did at school.
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