Cantaloupe, cantaloupe! Will you eat the bad mango? - 10 / 10 thread

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oh no FMF!
this is plain bullying, surely? how ds reacts is irrelevant - he's being picked on and bullied

p.s. sounds v wholesome indeed
my veg are just not growing
I have lettuce 4 mm tall
and it's the veg show next week! the one ds won last year! of course he thinks he will win again

it is bullying, isn't it. I am just at a loss as to why all of a sudden, all the boys have taken agasint him so badly.
4 of the children involved have been to play, and he has been to their parties and he considered them friends. The child who put sand in, is a funny one, with a problematic home-life, we have known him since playschool and they have a sort of love/hate relationship. Him on his own we can handle, but not the whole class!

eek at veg show! I have nothing anywhere near maturity, just baby leaves.

Oh no Fmf, that is rotten
But tell me about pea shoots....

I went foraging in the garden earlier. I pulled a carrot, the thickest we had but still pretty small, to find it only went about an inch before splitting into two dinky bits.
Picked 6 or 7 pea pods to use as mange tout.
I am HUNGRY dammit, why didn't I start everything off earlier?
Our lettuce is good but only because we bought plants when seeds failed.

Can you eat broad bean pods if they are v. young?

Also, is it possible to make a crumble topping without margarine or oil? I considered breadcrumbs and sugar, and oats?

It wouldn't crumble though would it, Toot? When I don't rub the fat in properly, it leaves powdery bits that float about and that's annoying.

Why are you hungry? Can you not whip up some of your raisin thingummies?

FMV - that is horrible, I would be insisting of speking to somebody about it. If the teacher cannot then the head.

Not much food in. Am having to be "creative".
I have 3 stalks of rhubarb - because one was broken and it seemed silly not to pick the other two of similar size.

you just snip off the first 2-5 inches off the pea plant - but I have grown a row just for this purpose as they will not flower as I keep snipping the tops off IYSWIM. Very tender and yummy.

think you will have to be patient for the broad beans... though I did esat a couple of broad bean shoots too, they tasted, well, beany!

Sorry, am being crap whingey moany person. I think I need sleep.

I will have to go to teacher first, I am a governor, and I know how much resentment it causes if parents go straight to the top.

I might try that Fmf

I wish I didn't have dh and kids to cater for, I could live so helthily and cheaply by myself....

there's nothing moany about saying you have no food. Is there really nothing, Toot, are you actually hungry and there's no food? That is shit.

That's enough to make anyone grumpy.

What about tomorrow? Can teacher not see you tomorrow? Can't head cover class at start/end of day to free up teacher?

really, FMV? I have done that a couple of times

erm, well you're supposed to give the teachers a chance to sort things first (and then go for the big guns )
tis considered bad form, apparently to sidestep teachers. But that's just in our scholl

no teacher can't see me tomorrow. Unless of course, ds loses it and punches someone, in which case, I imagine she'll find a window in her schedule...

Well, there is food. There are lentils that I would eat but nobody else would
Ditto chick peas
I have three (!) boxes of carob flour
We're low on staples like oil/marge/flour/oats/soya milk/cereal, chocolate

It's just annoying.
Laughable really.
Because dp's mum has sent a cheque for £4000 to spend on a car which must be from a Reputable Dealer, newer than what we have, and not red
And we send back the change.
If only we could get something decent privately and spend the rest on essentials....
still, the bank is temporarily in credit for the first time in ages

Yes but teachers should be available to sort problems

TooT that's terrible!
I empathise, we have 2 eggs and 8 slices of bread and the kids are demanding pudding and I have nowt, as I need the bread for brekkie and packed lunches. We have run out of fruit! (except pineapple which they won't eat.

could you make yourself a nice lentil soup? Very comforting.

Fmv - you should say, please fit me in somewhere, either before school, at lunchtime, or would you mind if I chatted to someone else about it as I'd like to discuss it before the weekend. It's not good enough is it?

mine love pipnapple

what are you all having for dinner then, Toot?

I like inventing new fruits