Favourite School Dinners From Childhood

[TheShellBeach]

I didn't have school dinners until I was eleven and went to secondary school. Prior to that I went home for lunch (lots of children did in those days).

School dinners were a revelation. I loved them. There was nothing I did not like.

My favourite dinner was mince, cabbage and mash. We didn't eat cabbage at home because my dad didn't like it. I also looked forward to school salad because there was coleslaw, which I had never tasted before.

Some of the puddings were wonderful, too. Jam tart and custard. Yummity Yum.

Gipsy Tart was everyone's favourite, though.

I thinks it's called chocolate sauce, or hot chocolate sauce, rather than custard.

Don't recall any favourites but a couple of outstanding horrors. 1. Boiled white fish served with tinned tomatoes and lumpy mash. 2. Cheese pie; soggy undercooked pastry topped with curdled mixture of cheese, egg and milk with the whey leaking out. Still makes me shudder to just think about them. Urgh.

Boiled white fish served with tinned tomatoes and lumpy mash.

That was served frequently to patients when I was nursing. Yuk.

At my primary school the children watched the caterers pour huge containers of boiling water into the mince dishes and the custard to make them go further.
My DM actually successfully campaigned for us to be allowed to take a pack
lunch as it wasn’t allowed before.
I still can’t eat custard, rice pudding and various other things due to school dinners.

Lausd chalupas

Apparently the marina del rey food manager posted the recipe on Twitter.

Ok, I may try to make it!

WTF?

Chalupas are a US thing I think, yes? Like a cross between a taco and a pizza.

Aah, thanks. I have never heard of them and certainly they were never served when I was at school.

@TheShellBeach They are like a taco + nachos, but in a small self contained shell. Obviously real state food (does anything melt as good as u.s. government cheese, as the saying goes...) But yeah, i googled the recipe and found that tweet.

i was born in hampshire, dad in r.a.f but spent some time growing up in the u.s.

Primary school we had rolls and bacon or rolls and sliced sausage. Secondary they had great chicken noodle soup and chicken curry was amazing.

Ah this takes me back... chicken pie, cheese pie, square pizza, cornflake pudding.... yum.

For those of a similar era, this might make your day: www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Old-Fashioned-School-Dinners/dp/1907554955/ref=sr_1_1?