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School packed lunches......
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BarneyKent | Report | 11 Feb 2013 12:45 |
Twice a year I have to suffer going to "Grandparent's School Dinner Days" when my wife and I attend school dinners with our granchild. Last week we paid £2.52 each. I had one fishcake, made of (mostly) potato, with a taste of tinned salmon, and breadcrumbed. It was three inches in diameter and half an inch thick. With it I had a spoonful of mixed (tinned) peas and sweetcorn and two scoops of mashed potato. For pudding it was a slice of tart, 3" by 2" and a spoonful of very watery custard. The drink choice was about quarter of a pint of weak orange squash or a beaker of water. It was disgusting and tasted very bland. The cost of the ingredients could have been bought in a supermarket for under £1. The education authority say they subsidise the meals and that there are wages and overheads to consider but I think the meals at this school are very bad value for money, both in quality and quantity. My wife and I went straight home and made ourselves sandwiches. |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 11 Feb 2013 18:25 |
Oh dear StaffyKnot, I do hope that you complained to your local authority, as they can do nothing about second class meals unless they are told. Bad catering companies will lose their contracts if meals are not up to standard. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 11 Feb 2013 19:16 |
A grandchild of mine pays £1.50 per day for a school lunch (primary school) and I often wonder whether it's worth it. |
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GinN | Report | 11 Feb 2013 19:44 |
I remember my grandmother telling me that the fat rendered from horsemeat made the best chips , as she used it during the war. My grandad was quite partial to whalemeat steaks, apparently! :-P |
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DazedConfused | Report | 12 Feb 2013 16:31 |
Some have mentioned how good school dinners used to be |
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