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Great School Dinners
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DaisyBumbleroot
14-10-2008
Originally Posted by John_Elway:
“Yes me too, late 70s, early 80s...”

me too!

My fave was Cornflake cake and pink custard.

One day though i was one of the last to get served and all that was left was liver, gravey, lumpy mash and lumpy custard. I did not eat that day
Katia Polletin
14-10-2008
It does seem 70s - early 80s were the good years.

You'll see from my previous post I went to school from the mid 70s onwards.

Puddings were lovely, but I also loved the dinners themselves. Still today I prefer a proper dinner to junk.
geordiegump
14-10-2008
One thing I didn't mention was that in my 'era' - the late 50's-early 60's we NEVER had chips at school. It was potatoes in all sorts of guises but not chips.

For that matter, we never had rice, pasta, pizza, fish fingers, burgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, ice cream, yoghurt or fresh fruit.

I wonder what Jamie Oliver would make of it?!?
Miriams Sister
14-10-2008
Originally Posted by geordiegump:
“One thing I didn't mention was that in my 'era' - the late 50's-early 60's we NEVER had chips at school. It was potatoes in all sorts of guises but not chips.

For that matter, we never had rice, pasta, pizza, fish fingers, burgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, ice cream, yoghurt or fresh fruit.

I wonder what Jamie Oliver would make of it?!?”

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Wow we must have gone to the same school. Did you read my earlier post?

Yuk weren't the dinners awful.
superluke2
14-10-2008
Sponge with jam and coconut on the top complete with custard skin(yuk). Sometimes we got pink custard what was that?
lauraloo1981
14-10-2008
our school dinners were brilliant - they did this gorgeous savory rice with mushrooms, peppers onions and lots of pepper. I wish i could get mine to taste like it did!
Lemonhunny
15-10-2008
Originally Posted by macca@90:
“This one sounds the nearest to what I do

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/da...ies_8180.shtml”

THAT is the closest I've ever seen a recipe to match the way my mum taught me! Everyone else seems to believe that corned beef hash is what is called stovies

Ahhh you are in Fife! That explains it I think - I was born in Dunfermline, brought up in Cowdenbeath before moving south. My aunt in Stonehaven is the sinner who made me stovies when I was staying with her, and it was the most disgusting corned beef hash (in looks as well as name!) I've ever had the misfortune to eat.

As regards school dinners: I've got experience from both sides of the fence as I was a school dinner lady for several years.

At school semolina pudding was my absolute favourite - no one else liked it, and we had a serving bowl per table, so I always got seconds Also the liver casserole was fantastic.

As a dinner lady - I learned how the liver casserole was made, and though it contained things I would never use, was still delicious.
squirts mum
15-10-2008
My favourite used to be chocolate sponge with mint custard, it was fantastic, I always enjoyed my school meals in the 70's & early 80's.

I was a school cook 10 years ago, in the days before Mr Oliver & his ideas, we made everything from scratch, and we also catered out to 2 other local primary schools, we made samosas, veg curries, all our own bread for sandwiches and pizza bases. Spag bol etc.Vegetables were a plenty in various disguises. There was nothing unhealthy apart from the once a week we had to serve chips. We had a very high uptake of kids eating the meals, including my own three kids who loved it as it was like eating what mum made at home but with pudding.

Even then the puddings were the most popular thing, rice pudding was extremely popular as were all the sponges and custard, least popular probably jelly & yogurt. We also made brownies & cakes full of fruit & goodies which they could buy at break. But no doubt under these new healthy eating rules these ideas will all be gone.

My two kids still at school take sandwiches & have done for the past 2-3 years as they don't like what is served in school, their lunch boxes are full of homemade creations that they love.
pickledlily
19-10-2008
I had school meals from 1955-1961. My favourite was the chocolate concrete with pink custard, and a tart that pastry at the bottom, then jam and finally a topping that was like condensed milk, but with a nice brown skin, never did find out what it was called.

Always had fish on a Friday, can't ever remmeber chips though.
Viennese steak that was like rubber, it was a sort of flat meat loaf that was divided into ten at the table.

Does anyone have the recipe for chocolate concrete they can either post or PM to me?
bluespeed
19-10-2008
Originally Posted by SHAFT:
“I think Arctic Roll and Treacle Sponge were the only things I actually liked in school dinners. The rest of the food was pretty tasteless and stodgy.”

Oh god, arctic roll, YUM. That was a real treat back in primary school. I must have some, just to relive the memory. I can't say I've seen it around in ages though
degsyhufc
19-10-2008
Watching a repeat of the Great British Menu the other day and Jason Atherton made a posh version of Artic Roll. How more British can you get
lil lexie
19-10-2008
They used to give as a pie, that tasted like sausage meat, with carrots (and maybe potatoes) in it, that was rather nice.

And school pizza was also lovely.
purplecatz
19-10-2008
My favourite school dinner was cheese pie, tomatoes and mashed potato - this was usually served on a Friday, if we didn't have fish in some form.
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