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

[Burney]

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.

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

[Billy Goat Sverige]

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.

I ****ing loved those biscuits.

[Burney]

I ****ing loved those biscuits.

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

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[Sir C]

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

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

[Burney]

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

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.

[TheCurly]

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.

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

[redgunamo]

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.

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