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Sep 17, 2021 · Everyone else had school dinners. Dinner money was collected every Monday for the week, a shilling a day in the late 1950s rising to 1s 6d in the mid 1960s. Free school meals were available to those in need.
Jan 4, 2020 · If you had school dinners there was one choice. You ate what you were given. One main course (dinner), one dessert (pudding). No alternatives and you absolutely had to eat what was put on your plate. I think this is why so many people of my age in Britain have bad memories of school dinners.
Take a look back over the past century of school dinners, from simple breakfasts, through hearty meals, to the Turkey Twizzler and beyond. Image caption, School hall & oats.
If those memories have made your tum rumble, BBC Food has more school dinners recipes to take a look at, including spotted dick with custard - now that really is retro.
- Pink custard. 2 / 12. Was it even a school pudding without pink custard? We had no idea why it was pink, but we loved it. Not only did it make every pud look AMAZING, it tasted great too.
- Mashed potato from an ice cream scoop. 3 / 12. Remember the perfectly round balls of school mashed potato? Always served using an ice cream scoop, they were pretty tasty … until you found a stray lump.
- Square pizza. 4 / 12. At least an inch thick and always cut into perfect squares, pizza day was a great day at school. Why not make your own at home using this easy pizza recipe.
- Cornflake tart and custard. 5 / 12. Another classic school pudding was the cornflake tart and custard. Pastry, jam, cornflakes … what’s not to love? Here’s a recipe to recreate that yummy school dinner memory at home.
Oct 7, 2024 · School dinners or snacks of past school days can evoke a wealth of different memories when people look back at them. Digest spoke to several educators who recalled their childhood memories of the culinary delights of their school days in Britain.
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Jul 10, 2020 · The 80s saw significant changes to school lunches, many of which weren’t so welcome. During this decade, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ended free school meal entitlement for thousands of families across the UK, leading to a significant drop in lunch nutrition value and quality.
