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Who remembers these this school meal

Rach91

Hi sticking with the topic of school who remembers chocolate cake and pink custard. I am trying to remake it exactly the way I use to have it in primary school. What other meals do you guys remember eating at primary school?

Parents

  • I was at primary school in the 1970's and like others have said, rice pudding springs to mind, and also semolina, both of which had inch thick bullet proof skin, really awful jam, and very lumpy custard. Peas and Carrots always had those broad beans in it which no one liked. Sausages also always had really thick greasy skin on them. I remember vividly as the dinner lady made me eat the cold skins after I'd left them on the side of the plate!

  • in reply to John1973

    I don’t think I ever ate a whole school dinner, it was all vile, I remember that one day everyone was given a pineapple ring as a special treat, I couldn’t eat it, I was forced to, I was retching all the time I was eating it. Afterwards I was given a metal beaker of metallic tasting water to wash it down. This was an infant school in the 70’s.

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  • in reply to John1973

    I don’t think I ever ate a whole school dinner, it was all vile, I remember that one day everyone was given a pineapple ring as a special treat, I couldn’t eat it, I was forced to, I was retching all the time I was eating it. Afterwards I was given a metal beaker of metallic tasting water to wash it down. This was an infant school in the 70’s.

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  • in reply to Roy

    I don’t like pineapple either the texture and everything just no thank you. 

  • in reply to Roy
    Roy said:
    We are all different with how we tolerate the different textures of food

    Yes, but the experiences of how the foods are presented to us often sticks in the minds forever more.

    These broad beans are fine if cooked properly, and don't go 'squishy' but if overcooked, they probably would.  I can't stand a stringy bean so I'd agree on that one, and I'd also agree with your wife that perfume has no place in food.  However, I used to like dates, but I seem to have gone right off them. Too sweet for me these days. 

  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed

    We are all different with how we tolerate the different textures of food, I find broad beans horrible but French beans fine. It must be the actual bean inside a broad bean that’s unacceptable, it’s squishy, also one stringy bean and that’s them finished with. I love Turkish delight, my wife thinks it’s like eating perfume, the plus side is I get to eat all of it. She then punishes me by eating dates. Yuk.

  • in reply to Roy

    To be honest, Roy, most of the other things mentioned in this thread I'd agree with - but pineapple, and broad beans (someone mentioned) seem fine to me

  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed

    It must just be me.

  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed

    I dont like pineapple either, the texture is all wrong for me....tastes ok as a juice or something

  • in reply to Roy

    First time I've heard of someone disliking pineapple...