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Re: School Dinners In Present Times.
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:07 pm
by sejintenej
J.R. wrote:CHDad wrote:Haha John, actually my son probably would have preferred the food in the "good old days" as he likes basic traditional cooking and nothing too fancy! I didn't mean to be disparaging about people's posts re food in days gone by, it's just I was genuinely interested to hear whether most children like the food nowadays.
When I went there in 1958, it was an eye-opener as far as food was concerned.
Unlike today,
ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICES ! You ate what you were served, or went hungry. I don't remember any dietry choices for veggies and the like.
I went there as quite a fussy eater and left able to eat anything put in front of me.
No choice whatsoever; our resident Jew (no offence meant) was served the same food as everyone else including bacon and pork. All h**l broke loose when a medical consultant prescribed one banana per day to stop acne! OK, I got it but was made to look small because I didn't refuse to go to the consultant and because there was some special food to be supplied.
BTW bananas didn't have any noticable effect
Re: School Dinners In Present Times.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:39 am
by J.R.
sejintenej wrote:J.R. wrote:CHDad wrote:Haha John, actually my son probably would have preferred the food in the "good old days" as he likes basic traditional cooking and nothing too fancy! I didn't mean to be disparaging about people's posts re food in days gone by, it's just I was genuinely interested to hear whether most children like the food nowadays.
When I went there in 1958, it was an eye-opener as far as food was concerned.
Unlike today,
ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICES ! You ate what you were served, or went hungry. I don't remember any dietry choices for veggies and the like.
I went there as quite a fussy eater and left able to eat anything put in front of me.
No choice whatsoever; our resident Jew (no offence meant) was served the same food as everyone else including bacon and pork. All h**l broke loose when a medical consultant prescribed one banana per day to stop acne! OK, I got it but was made to look small because I didn't refuse to go to the consultant and because there was some special food to be supplied.
BTW bananas didn't have any noticable effect
I thought your tree climbing skills improved dramatically, David !!
Re: School Dinners In Present Times.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:48 am
by sejintenej
J.R. wrote:sejintenej wrote:
BTW bananas didn't have any noticable effect
I thought your tree climbing skills improved dramatically, David !!
No, not trees but I've soloed the North Face of the Corcovado, led the Devil's Kirchen and been on Idwal Slabs, the Cuillin Circuit and a few more besides but NO TREES