I came across this today, a nine year old school girl blogging about her school meals - in Argyll!
I'll try that again!
Yes I saw about that in the newspaper.
I was appalled at the dinner they showed a picture of. Small piece of pizza, so that is carbohydrate base with a bit of protein and veg. Potato croquette - carbohydrate. Sweet corn - we call it a veg, but it is the carbohydrate staple of Central America. Pudding - a small bun; carbohydrate.
Such a balanced meal!
Our school dinners may have been really boring traditional English, but they were proper meals. Just dull. But filling. And not too much starchy stodge.
Shut up, I'm counting
Isn't it brilliant? Would love to know what school it is. I think it is in the Oban area. I must admit though when I was in a school in Argyll, I had great cooks and the portion size was also good. Very healthy too. But I do know the cooks now have to follow a strict regime, but it was supposed to be following a healthy eating plan. Doesn't always look like it does it?
Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
Do they have school cooks still?
Our school has them delivered now - even the sandwiches are delivered!!!!!
(Delivered, they are probably more likely to be processed, as in the pictures this little girl has shown!)
School dinners were always a bit of a joke when I was a sprog.
But when I look back and compare them to this they now seem
top quality. They rarely left you wanting more, usually seconds were available.
I used to love chicken supreme one meal that stands out in my memory.
Better memories of the smaller middle school rather than the large impersonal
comprehensive at which I ended my scholastic years (did I say I was educated at Oxford )
Simon
A well fed rat is a HappyRat A smile a day keeps the psychiatrist away.
We certainly do have school cooks in the majority of schools in Argyll. My school only had 23 pupils in it. ( Less now! ) Perhaps that was why the food was so good and the servings ample. The cook knew every pupil and their tastes. A menu went out weekly and the cook almost always stuck to it. I was very lucky.
Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
Danuta, if you click this link you can listen to her interview and I believe the name of the school is mentioned.
I'll try that again!
That's fascinating - thanks for the link TA. Her dinners look awful- and a rip-off for £2 a go!! Really well written though - and I love the hilarious 'pieces of hair' count daily! Though it's a sad indication of the quality that she feels the need to include it.
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