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Tinned hotdogs at school

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Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:18

I picked my girls up from after school club today. They were a total nightmare, hyper, wouldn’t listen. Even caught them putting thick paint marker pens onto the rug in the playroom. They’ve never ever done anything like this before. I drill into them that pens belong on paper. They’ve had their pens removed now for 3 days (they’re 6 year old - twins)

When I picked them up from school the after school club staff member said they they’d had hot dogs for snack. The girls started laughing saying that they were all pink and floppy 😳

I absolutely hate tinned hot dogs with a passion. I’m sure it’s one of the reasons they were so hyper.

Would I be unreasonable to ask for them to be given a vegetarian alternative (not asking for something to be made specially but surely they must cater for veggies)

The list of ingredients makes me feel physically sick. I had them when we were kids, along with the packet dried onions you added to the brine 🤢

I pay £10 for each child for after school club (I am aware that people pay much more than this) but part of the selling point is that they get given a healthy snack - last week it was yogurt & grapes - absolutely fine

so

YANBU - hot dogs are the food of the devil

YABU - they enjoyed them let them eat them it’s not like they eat them every day

OP posts:
susiedaisy1912 · 11/09/2024 06:52

SaffronsMadAboutMe · 10/09/2024 21:33

They're all teeth, tits and testicles.

However, if your children were being brattish, they were being brattish.

You aint blaming hotdogs for that 🤣🤣

Agree😁

Luddite26 · 11/09/2024 06:46

YANBU. There are better snacks it's lazy planning on the part of the after school club. Like selling doughnuts in schools. After all the talk about healthier eating they feed them shit.

SleepwalkingInTesco · 11/09/2024 06:40

YANBU not wanting them to eat tinned hot dogs...are they allowed to bring their own snacks?

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 11/09/2024 06:34

My twins are 5 and behave that way without a hotdog in sight so it really isn’t down to the after school club’s snack choice but them being brats!!

Have to agree tinned hotdogs are disgusting floppy abominations but we found the Wikinger ones in a jar or German ones in a vacuum pac pouch are much better in terms of meat content and presentation!!

TealPoet · 11/09/2024 06:25

Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:43

So these are the ingredients for a tin of hotdogs from Asda

Look that isn’t nice but way better than I feared from your OP to be honest, and I can’t see any reasonable way they could be responsible for your kids’ subsequent antics. An upset stomach maybe, but not hyperactive naughtiness :D

elderflowerspritzer · 11/09/2024 06:01

YANBU to not want them eating such rubbish, however that isn't why they are badly behaved. The idea that eating processed food/ E-numbers one time affects kids behaviour has been widely proven to be nonsense.

Janeir0 · 11/09/2024 05:57

🤣

RosannaSpider · 11/09/2024 03:32

I don't eat them, my dog will as a treat

Exasperateddonut · 11/09/2024 03:31

The veggie/vegan versions are so good. I love a trashy hotdog but can’t bring myself to eat a meat one now. The alternatives however are excellent. Yum!

As a rare treat, I’d not be worried. Don’t think you can blame their behaviour on that!

Agii · 11/09/2024 02:33

Kids Health in this country isn't valued highly according to the food they are given. And I do agree - tinned sausages shouldn't have a placed in school canteen. Have a normal, less processed sausage would be acceptable.

Read - ultra processed people book, that helps to see why this lady is upset. You wouldn't eat food that likely contains non edible ingredients added in the processing.

Thistooshallpass24 · 10/09/2024 23:55

@Bohomovies , I'm guessing they mean organs such as hearts,livers, sweetmeats etc they are edible but the UK doesn't really have chicken heart & mash on a Monday, home-made chicken liver pate on Tuesday , sweetmeats on Wednesday etc

Bohomovies · 10/09/2024 23:52

yellowroses78 · 10/09/2024 22:10

UPFs are a problem, that's why tinned hot dogs are bad... but using all parts of an animal is great. It's embarassing that as a country we cringe at eating organs that are perfectly nutritious and useable in cooking.

What exactly do you mean by “organs”? 🤔**

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 10/09/2024 23:46

AGirlInACountrySong · 10/09/2024 21:47

Smoke flavour

Interesting!

That's added to quite a few 'smoky bbq' flavourings. 😬

Thistooshallpass24 · 10/09/2024 23:42

@UhHuhHuH looks like softserve ice-cream

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Thistooshallpass24 · 10/09/2024 23:38

@UhHuhHuH imagine a large washing machine and meat slurry , the collagen is added back in to give form and structure 🤢🤢🤢

amymel2016 · 10/09/2024 22:45

I love an ‘eyelids and arsehole‘ hotdog!

GrazingSheep · 10/09/2024 22:40

@HRCsMumma

It’s not a treat. It’s the cheapest of the cheap processed shite. The sooner people wise up to the harm being done to kids by giving them this shite the better.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 10/09/2024 22:30

HRCsMumma · 10/09/2024 22:28

Because it's a fucking hotdog.

Yes it's UPD but it's a treat at kids club. If your life is genuinely so good that the things you get upset about are as small as your child eating a hot dog, then I'm very jealous.

A bit miffed? Okay..
upset?? Go touch some grass. It's a hotdog, not crack cocaine. 😂

No, I think it's fair enough. They really are not good for us to consume.

HRCsMumma · 10/09/2024 22:28

UPF*

HRCsMumma · 10/09/2024 22:28

GrazingSheep · 10/09/2024 22:22

@HRCsMumma
Why are you laughing at the idea of someone being upset at their child being fed utter crap?

Because it's a fucking hotdog.

Yes it's UPD but it's a treat at kids club. If your life is genuinely so good that the things you get upset about are as small as your child eating a hot dog, then I'm very jealous.

A bit miffed? Okay..
upset?? Go touch some grass. It's a hotdog, not crack cocaine. 😂

GrazingSheep · 10/09/2024 22:22

@HRCsMumma
Why are you laughing at the idea of someone being upset at their child being fed utter crap?

HRCsMumma · 10/09/2024 22:20

Heelworkhero · 10/09/2024 21:39

I would be really upset if my kids were fed this crap.
Let alone that I was paying for the privilege!

Really upset? 😂

NeverDropYourMooncup · 10/09/2024 22:17

Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:43

So these are the ingredients for a tin of hotdogs from Asda

And these are the ingredients for vegetarian ones;

Hot Dogs: Water, Sunflower Oil 13%, Modified Starch, Barn Egg Protein Powder 5.2%, Rice Flour, Inulin, Thickeners (Methyl Cellulose, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Alginate), Spices, Flavouring, Sugar, Concentrated Tomato Paste, Salt, Hydrolysed Maize Protein, Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Acidifier (Citric Acid), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Smoke Flavouring, Spice Extracts, Colour (Iron Oxides and Hydroxides), Brine: Water, Salt, Smoke Flavouring

StarSlinger · 10/09/2024 22:12

Twins you say?

yellowroses78 · 10/09/2024 22:10

StaunchMomma · 10/09/2024 22:05

Tits. teeth, testicles and all the UPF's.

Truly grim.

UPFs are a problem, that's why tinned hot dogs are bad... but using all parts of an animal is great. It's embarassing that as a country we cringe at eating organs that are perfectly nutritious and useable in cooking.