tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post8848595713344044886..comments2013-01-21T19:10:08.366+00:00Comments on Green Dragonette: School Dinners...Green Dragonettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-44290858583586249012012-01-18T07:06:53.328+00:002012-01-18T07:06:53.328+00:00Hi Anita,
Many thanks for your kind words. I am so...Hi Anita,<br />Many thanks for your kind words. I am so appreciative of the feedback I have had. I do think it is funny that after having ‘endured’ the prefects when younger, we end up then being one ourselves!! Fascinating that we share these experiences across the world...Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-22172606192714376722012-01-18T05:55:17.578+00:002012-01-18T05:55:17.578+00:00Love the way you write. As I read this post, I fel...Love the way you write. As I read this post, I felt like my mother was re-telling her school days. Now you might wonder how a school in India may have much in common with a school in the UK. Well, my mother studied in a school founded by the British and a lot of the British school customs remained, even though they had left. And so she can still recount her days of terror with prefects monitoring mealtimes. And you know what, she became a prefect herself!Anita Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902981126493850669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-22313113902205562632012-01-15T15:46:22.052+00:002012-01-15T15:46:22.052+00:00Thank you once again Mark. I am trying to follow y...Thank you once again Mark. I am trying to follow your advice...<br />I do so agree that good food is certainly to be had now in the UK. There are some wonderful artisan food producers and also people who are prepared to grow their own and experiment in the kitchen. Long may that continue...Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-20747520933684448852012-01-15T09:58:47.623+00:002012-01-15T09:58:47.623+00:00Hi Becky,
Was the fruit Popsicle considered to be ...Hi Becky,<br />Was the fruit Popsicle considered to be the healthy ‘fruit’ portion I wonder??<br />I was intrigued by your mention of a ‘popsicle’ so looked it up on Wikipedia and was fascinated by its history. It’s what we call a ‘lolly’ in the UK. That led me on to look up the Fab lolly which was very popular when we were growing up but I wonder how many British people realise it was based on the Thunderbirds TV series-though I should have guessed from the name...Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-26901662016932806592012-01-13T13:31:32.566+00:002012-01-13T13:31:32.566+00:00Our school served lunch but it was never particula...Our school served lunch but it was never particularly good though compared to what the schools here serve now it was wonderful. I worked as a substitute teacher for a while here and I couldn't believe how little the children get now. A sandwich, French fries (every damn day!) and a fruit popsicle! That was it half the time. At least when we were kids we got things like spaghetti, we ALWAYS had a vegetable, chicken pot pie, beef stew etc.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-78451208580522451672012-01-13T12:47:41.278+00:002012-01-13T12:47:41.278+00:00Many thanks indeed to Mark, Sally, Liz, GG and Dav...Many thanks indeed to Mark, Sally, Liz, GG and David for taking the time to post a reply-I am tickled pink that anybody is even reading this let alone being kind enough to respond!! Thank you for your kind words David. Sorry to hear about your boarding school food memories GG-‘the slops’ sound revolting! Interesting Liz, hearing about Australian school food-dim sims at school sounds very exotic...Thank you too Sally-I wonder what Kitkat actually was-was it like the biscuit to be called that?? Finally big thank you again to Mark for continuing to comment and encourage me to continue-I’m now inspired to compose another post!!Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-25906431194990454602012-01-13T12:36:52.200+00:002012-01-13T12:36:52.200+00:00I'm here on Mark's recommendation. And I a...I'm here on Mark's recommendation. And I agree this is a lovely post with wonderful memories. We had house-made lunches as well in High school, but it wasn't nearly as nice as yours. I look forward to reading more!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490964982321159910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-27445833824325032342012-01-13T09:49:40.154+00:002012-01-13T09:49:40.154+00:00Wow some restaurants didn't serve food like th...Wow some restaurants didn't serve food like this in the 70s! My school served the usual barely edible fare which was particularly difficult as I boarded. No getting away from the slops. Perhaps that's why I'm so consumed by food now! GGGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02123157462931184404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-12630045736833517312012-01-12T22:41:00.937+00:002012-01-12T22:41:00.937+00:00Australian schools don't usually provide schoo...Australian schools don't usually provide school dinners per se, my school had a tuckshop at which you could buy dim sims (an Australia version of a wonton or dumpling), sausage rolls, salad sandwiches and not much else. I do remember our pubs in the 70s which served counter meals all had salad bars and as a kid I used to love taking my bowl and choosing a bit of this and a bit of that, the cold pasta usually being the biggest hit.Liz - Suburban Tomatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967077073783256161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-1649517822710819612012-01-12T14:07:30.707+00:002012-01-12T14:07:30.707+00:00I was served something at my senior school (in the...I was served something at my senior school (in the 1970s) that I still can't identify to this day. We called it kitekat. Maybe it was...wouldn't put anything past those nuns! School plays an important role in teaching children to eat healthily especially if they don't have the support at home. Thanks for the nice comment on my blog.Sally - My Custard Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426408003723480160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-48888647590441906892012-01-10T13:13:28.991+00:002012-01-10T13:13:28.991+00:00You should write a post about these memories and e...You should write a post about these memories and experiences - there are lots of people out the who would be interested to read it.<br />Despite the British reputation for poor food, I think we are very good at producing, cooking and eating fantastic stuff these days!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-39104209063253277742012-01-07T15:50:36.793+00:002012-01-07T15:50:36.793+00:00Hi Mark, many thanks indeed for your reply. You ar...Hi Mark, many thanks indeed for your reply. You are absolutely right it is the parents’ responsibility to teach their children not only to appreciate good food but how to cook it. My parents, bless them, were never really into cooking elaborately much themselves, but really appreciated good local ingredients, cooked very simply. Living near to the ‘Asparagus triangle’ near Evesham meant we had access to the very best of asparagus. In those days we drove by a house or farm and collected our bunch which was labelled fine, medium, thick etc and left our money in the Honesty Box outside. For us as children, we relished the short season of asparagus having it simply cooked and served with melted local farm butter mopped up with crusty slices from a Cottage Loaf also baked locally. We visited the dairy every Saturday and occasionally, if I was good, I was allowed to go in the back of the shop and see the milk and butter being churned and made into pats to be sold and wrapped into hand folded greaseproof paper. Collecting bread from the bakery had to be timed to make sure the loaves were just cooled, fresh from the oven but still having that wonderful just cooked aroma. The crust from the upper and lower parts of that Cottage loaf was sublime... I still remember my father pretending to be gruff and indignant when we had returned home with a loaf where all the crust had been nibbled away and my mother pretending the ‘mice’ had managed to get at it first!Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007920158148137373.post-17006930962028657692012-01-07T07:14:19.935+00:002012-01-07T07:14:19.935+00:00I went to a Public School in the 1960s & 70s. ...I went to a Public School in the 1960s & 70s. It was a boarding school of course. I remember the food as being dull and repetitive with very few highlihts to enjoy. Even before that I attended a Prep School, where the food was atrocious, and eating it was compulsory.<br />If only the school dinners of today were as good as you describe! However, I consider it to be the parents' responsibility to introduce children to enjoyable and nutritious food - and they should teach them to cook it too, not just eat it.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com