School DinnersWimb. What was the typical menu when you were at school?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

A typical day might start with Tranche de foie gras poelé avec son pain d'epice, followed by a brace of fowls, a dish of chops, Sole bonne femme, Iles flottantes and a cheeseboard.

Of course one was always revolted by the British habit of serving the cheese after the dessert, but there you have it. Needs must.

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But surely this was at St Stab's Junior School, Kidbrooke, wasn't it?

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I remember horrid fish fingers,
Lumpy mash with green bits in it.
Liver
Beans on toast but only for the Asian lads :-(

Deserts
custard
Some sort of special biscuit, this was introduced a little bit later, a bit like shortbread/rusk combination with a carton of milk with a lightning bolt on it. This came in after they ditched the milk in the morning. Smelly milk with those horrid foil tops :-( In hotter months tasted like yoghurt. In a blue crate with milk all over it.

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I ****ing loved those biscuits.

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Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige

I ****ing loved those biscuits.

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Are we talking these bad boys? If so, I still love them.

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Originally Posted by Burney

But surely this was at St Stab's Junior School, Kidbrooke, wasn't it?

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Well we still had rationing while I was at junior school, so the little luxuries were in short supply.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Well we still had rationing while I was at junior school, so the little luxuries were in short supply.

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It does sometimes feel that way, doesn't it? Mind you, an era when school dinners meant you had no choice and adults stood over you and made you eat it - sometimes to the point where someone would vomit does seem rather remote. But we all took it as normal.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I remember horrid fish fingers,
Lumpy mash with green bits in it.
Liver
Beans on toast but only for the Asian lads :-(

Deserts
custard
Some sort of special biscuit, this was introduced a little bit later, a bit like shortbread/rusk combination with a carton of milk with a lightning bolt on it. This came in after they ditched the milk in the morning. Smelly milk with those horrid foil tops :-( In hotter months tasted like yoghurt. In a blue crate with milk all over it.

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Our school dinners were great.Especially when you reached 7th year and got to serve out

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I remember horrid fish fingers,
Lumpy mash with green bits in it.
Liver
Beans on toast but only for the Asian lads :-(

Deserts
custard
Some sort of special biscuit, this was introduced a little bit later, a bit like shortbread/rusk combination with a carton of milk with a lightning bolt on it. This came in after they ditched the milk in the morning. Smelly milk with those horrid foil tops :-( In hotter months tasted like yoghurt. In a blue crate with milk all over it.

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I loved 'em. Never got that sort of thing at home so it was all wildly exotic, to me. Lovely.