Stockpiling...

[loveallthingsitalian]

In our house you had to sit at the table until you ate it all up no matter how long that took, and believe me my mother could out sit the best. She said eat it hot or eat it cold - it’s your choice. I was a stubborn child and we had some real barneys but I still had to eat it and in a weird way thought leaving it until it congealed on the plate was a “victory” which Mr L maintains is still with me today (cutting off your nose to spite your face). However today I absolutely hate cool food and if I wasn’t sure if it was going to be served boiling hot I would choose a cold dish or do without. I don’t do carveries or self service if at all possible.

Obviously there are foods Im not that fussed on but on the whole I’ll eat nearly everything as long as it’s hot. The only thing I can’t even contemplate is tripe, the very look ugh!!!

We rarely had sweet things and if we did it was always after all savoury food was ate, maybe that’s why I don’t have a sweet tooth.

Basically you ate what you were given there was no such thing as choice and hell would have frozen over before my mother would have cooked two different dishes to cater for tastes, everyone had the same. All this cooking 3 or 4 different meals at each meal time to cater for each child amazes me and I feel this just makes a rod for your own back.

I very rarely cook something different for myself/Mr L - sometimes the meal favours him and sometimes me - and when one isn’t home the other takes the opportunity to cook something the other really doesn’t like.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I wonder if there was a cookbook for schools because we also had a cheese pie that was delicious. On balance our school meals were excellent & the social aspect of sitting a table, often with children we didn't know, socialising & then being responsibile for tidying away was invaluable, I'm 61 so my schooldays were 1963 to 1977 & the eating together system still happened in sixth form My mum was a very good cook, my sister has always said that she could open an empty cupboard but still find ingredients to make a meal. She also instilled in us a respect for food & an awareness that there were those who didn't have enough.

I worked with a girl (late 30’s) who always hankered after school pink custard but no matter how many dinner ladies she asked could never achieve the taste she remembered. Perhaps it was rose tinted specs, the memory was better than actual and adult taste is not the same.

 

[Evie]

I wonder if there was a cookbook for schools because we also had a cheese pie that was delicious. On balance our school meals were excellent & the social aspect of sitting a table, often with children we didn't know, socialising & then being responsibile for tidying away was invaluable, I'm 61 so my schooldays were 1963 to 1977 & the eating together system still happened in sixth form My mum was a very good cook, my sister has always said that she could open an empty cupboard but still find ingredients to make a meal. She also instilled in us a respect for food & an awareness that there were those who didn't have enough.

I was a teacher for 24 years and always joined the children for school meals. Lovely memories.
When I was at primary school I loved cheese pie and pretended to be a Catholic because it was only served to the Catholic children on Fridays!

 

[Loveinamist]

I wonder if there was a cookbook for schools because we also had a cheese pie that was delicious. On balance our school meals were excellent & the social aspect of sitting a table, often with children we didn't know, socialising & then being responsibile for tidying away was invaluable, I'm 61 so my schooldays were 1963 to 1977 & the eating together system still happened in sixth form My mum was a very good cook, my sister has always said that she could open an empty cupboard but still find ingredients to make a meal. She also instilled in us a respect for food & an awareness that there were those who didn't have enough.

Same age Twilight!

 

[Loveinamist]

I worked with a girl (late 30’s) who always hankered after school pink custard but no matter how many dinner ladies she asked could never achieve the taste she remembered. Perhaps it was rose tinted specs, the memory was better than actual and adult taste is not the same.

We were offered a blob of jam in the middle to mix around in our semolina/rice pudding.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I wasn’t fussed on the puddings even as a child they were too sweet. I like rice pudding now as long as really creamy and not too sweet and definitely no jam .

 

[Mazza]

I worked with a girl (late 30’s) who always hankered after school pink custard but no matter how many dinner ladies she asked could never achieve the taste she remembered. Perhaps it was rose tinted specs, the memory was better than actual and adult taste is not the same.

oh I remember a sort of pink custard. Nice but watery. We also used to get American Cream. Quite what made it American I do not know, and it certainly bore no relation to double or whipped cream as we now know it.

 

[stratobuddy]

 

[Twilight]

We were offered a blob of jam in the middle to mix around in our semolina/rice pudding.

Ditto.

 

[Twilight]

Same age Twilight!

Happy Birthday

 

[donna255]

I remember the pink custard and the rice or semolina with the jam.

I will admit quite openly my mother was not a cook, my dad did most of it as he learnt in the navy. But my granny was a great cook. I remember in school dinners in primary school we got this very dark green cabbage and I loved it. My mum and my granny tried every cabbage known and it still did not taste the same as the school one.

I hated turnip I would only eat it raw! If it was cut up ready for cooking I used to lift squares and eat away at them.

 

[SisterBliss]

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On a more serious note (sorry) the divorce rate is going to rise. There's also going to be some really crappy 'novels' being put out......Guess who?

 

[SisterBliss]

I wonder if there was a cookbook for schools because we also had a cheese pie that was delicious. On balance our school meals were excellent & the social aspect of sitting a table, often with children we didn't know, socialising & then being responsibile for tidying away was invaluable, I'm 61 so my schooldays were 1963 to 1977 & the eating together system still happened in sixth form My mum was a very good cook, my sister has always said that she could open an empty cupboard but still find ingredients to make a meal. She also instilled in us a respect for food & an awareness that there were those who didn't have enough.

I wonder if all the new 'vegans' etc are still going to be as strict about finding & eating their avocado's & almond milk /free from this & that etc now? Of course we'll never know as, unlike their veganism they will not be shouting about their 'turncoatism' from the hills! Evil laugh.......

 

[Turandot]

We did too, the Spam was bright pink & the really thick batter was bright orange, I wasn't keen but had to eat everything on my plate. The very worst we got served up was scrambled egg & kidney flan - the kidneys were mushed up & piped over the egg & the pastry defo had a soggy bottom. I detested it & still think it was a form of catering cruelty

We used to get mashed swede with everything. To this day I detest it.

 

[Anna]

Before the curfew starts in earnest on Monday I nipped into a Tesco Express late this afternoon, where they had a stack of bananas, potatoes and vegetables, so I bought just 3 bananas and some carrots.

I did get my 3 bananas, but about a third of the shop was unavailable. It seems there is now a run on alcohol as we did not get the wine we ordered, which was just a few bottles. Luckily I got enough food for my mum so I can stop worrying over that for a short while.

 

[stratobuddy]

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

On a more serious note (sorry) the divorce rate is going to rise. There's also going to be some really crappy 'novels' being put out......Guess who?

Someone said not to worry as we would all be on legal aid therefore it wouldn’t cost us to divorce caused by being cooped up all day together.!

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I wonder if all the new 'vegans' etc are still going to be as strict about finding & eating their avocado's & almond milk /free from this & that etc now? Of course we'll never know as, unlike their veganism they will not be shouting about their 'turncoatism' from the hills! Evil laugh.......

The one type of food not flying off the shelves was the plant based products. We are not that desperate ......yet!

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I see Primark is closing stores. When the store in Belfast burned down it was as if the whole world had died (people were less distressed at their grannies funeral it was so bad).

 

[stratobuddy]

All John Lewis stores closing, but not Waitrose.