School dinners

[Heather74]

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Oh dont knock it until you have tried it, It was to die for, *drool* Bring it back!

[sixtyten]

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Mint custard!

[Bozebo]

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I can remember having semolina at primary school and refusing to eat it - the headmistress slapped me! Needless to say my Mum had words with her! She said she thought I was trying it on! I still refuse semolina and tapioca now - just off to the lav to throw up

My fave's were jam rolypoly and custard & chocolate 'concrete' and mint custard (Heather, I think that may be a potteries thing!). Always had a thing for puddings - I still have!! I went out with a friend last week and couldn't resist the chocolate chip pudding and custard (it was delicious too!!)

[Shania Twain]

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When I was a kid all I got for dinner in my lunchbox was something like a carrot or rotten apple

[Viki]

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Back again!! Just seen the one on shaving cream. We had that with the butterscotch tart. Apparently you can make it with evaporated milk, although I think you have to boil the tin first!!??

[Viki]

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I remember Spanish meatballs in a bright orange coloured sauce and chicken pilaf which contained peanuts - couldn't do that now!- and those of us that had school dinners loved these two meals.
We also had a cornflake cake which seemed to be made with condensed milk and cornflakes but sadly no-one appears to have a recipe for it. I do make butterscotch tart from a school recipe that I got from a friend who used to be a dinner lady. YUM!

[Monkey Tennis]

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School in England we used to have lots and lots of Brown stuff.
I never knew the name of any of it, oh also dry white bread, which everyone ate with a knife and folk

But that was Heaven compared to

School in Ireland for lunch we had a small bottle of milk and a current bun delivered by...the current bun man in a black bin liner in the playground...it was grim. On my first day there I asked the bin bag man "please sir, can I have some more" and he said "as it's your first day you can have another (stale) bun" gee thanks
And everyday we ate in the playground.

[kabrluja77]

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does anyone remember what they called 'shaving cream' in the seventies.????.....it was served with a pudding/dessert and was delicious!! never seen it since.....ohhhhh!!

[Morcar]

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Only had school dinners a few times as I has a packed lunch kind of kid. I remember our school did a horrid lemon custard. You couldn't tell it was the lemon one until you tasted it as it smelled of nothing. Many a good pud ruined.

Fav pud - apple and blackberry slice.
Used to love school jacket spuds to.

[rossobantam]

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Fishfingers chips & peas yummy

mince/chilli type affair with fried bread cut into triangles.....lovely

pud....any sponge pud, esp the 3-colour one (green, yellow,pink...does it have a name?) with pink custard.......scrummy!

[ariesangel1985]

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! doubt there was much fish in it tho mum, prob just fillers!

[karenbrown18]

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cheese flan in secondary....yum!!! and any pudding in primary!!! oh and cod roll! mmmm

mmmmmmmmmmm The only time I have every known Lindsay to eat fish!!!

[ariesangel1985]

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cheese flan in secondary....yum!!! and any pudding in primary!!! oh and cod roll! mmmm

[joybee]

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Used to love school made Cottage Pie - yummy!
...and for pud, concrete pudding and custard (if you could catch the pud before it flirted off the plate as you stabbed at it with the fork !!)

[karenbrown18]

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Semolina and Rice Pudding yum yum, with Rose Hip Syrup.

Butterscotch tart!!