School dinners

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Have we done this cool photo blog a 9 year old is doing about her school dinners? NeverSeconds

"Pieces of hair- 1 (under the cucumber)"

That blog is bloody good considering its being written by a kid. I am hooked.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

I have to confess that the whole school dinner thing was a particularly traumatic chapter of my life.

The food was vile and the refectory was policed by a bunch of women whose job it was to ensure that every last scrap of the ordure that had been served up that day was duly consumed by those of us not fortunate enough to go home for dinner or bring packed lunches (I used to be SO jealous of the kids who brought sandwiches - they even had their own area in which to sit and I can remember the torture of hearing them cracking into their cans of coke and bursting open packs of Golden Wonder crisps as I sat facing yet another bowl of lumpy semolina).


I used to stuff what I could in my pockets so I could dispose of it down the bog later while things like semolina or custard would get "accidentally on purpose" spilled all over the floor.
Eventually I wised up and ended up sitting on the same table as the lads from the gypsy camp - they would actually queue up for second helpings of this crap - so they were more than happy for me to scrape whatever was on my plate onto theirs.

Anyhow, particular delights from the school canteen that still send shivers down my spine are:

The aforementioned semolina along with rice pudding and custard (both the yellow and pink varieties)
Liver
Heart
Brains (yes, really but only once)
Lumpy mashed potato served with an ice cream scoop
Mashed swede served in same manner as the above
Anything containing suet (i.e. all puddings except semolina etc)
Whatever they served that was supposed to pass muster as fish.

I'm feeling a little queasy now just thinking about this so toodle pip and feel free to add your school dinner horrors to the list!

[pacharan]

Irish/Lancashire hotbot :green:

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Have we done this cool photo blog a 9 year old is doing about her school dinners? NeverSeconds

"Pieces of hair- 1 (under the cucumber)"

She is now banned from taking photos.

BBC News - NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne 'banned' from taking school dinner photos

[Mich the Tester]

The aforementioned semolina along with rice pudding and custard (both the yellow and pink varieties)
Liver
Heart
Brains (yes, really but only once)
Lumpy mashed potato served with an ice cream scoop
Mashed swede served in same manner as the above
Anything containing suet (i.e. all puddings except semolina etc)
Whatever they served that was supposed to pass muster as fish.

I like liver, but the rest are indeed awful. I'd add;

macaroni cheese with that nasty burnt cheese layer on top
kedgeree

[NickFitz]

She is now banned from taking photos.

BBC News - NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne 'banned' from taking school dinner photos

Yep, and Twitter is going absolutely apetulip over it - epic social media fail by @ArgyllandBute

[gingerjedi]

Have we done this cool photo blog a 9 year old is doing about her school dinners? NeverSeconds

"Pieces of hair- 1 (under the cucumber)"

This morning in maths I got taken out of class by my head teacher and taken to her office. I was told that I could not take any more photos of my school dinners because of a headline in a newspaper today.

A sad day for freedom of speech.

[Mich the Tester]

This morning in maths I got taken out of class by my head teacher and taken to her office. I was told that I could not take any more photos of my school dinners because of a headline in a newspaper today.

A sad day for freedom of speech.

Argyll and Bute Council has so far not responded to Martha's claim.

But in a statement released last month, it said: "Our school meal provision is fully compliant with nationally agreed nutritional standards.

"Young people make a choice from at least two meals and salad, vegetable, yoghurt and cheese options are available each day."

Am I to believe that those three slices of cucumber constitute a 'salad'?

[NickFitz]

This morning in maths I got taken out of class by my head teacher and taken to her office. I was told that I could not take any more photos of my school dinners because of a headline in a newspaper today.

A sad day for freedom of speech.

Note, however, that the school (including the kitchen staff) have supported her efforts - the ban came from the council.

Also worth noting that through the blog she's raised over £2000 for a charity that provides school dinners for poor kids around the world.

[Paddy]

10p ice lolly
5p cucumber
20p croquet potatoes
20p burger
10p roll


Price to parents £2.00