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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 13, 2009 21:27:45 GMT
Did you all like school dinners?
I absolutely loved school dinners.
My favourites were the puddings like chocolate semolina, yummy!....pink custard....yummy again!
I have found out how they made pink custard.....I have tried in the past to make it, but it has never tasted the same as when in school.
Apparently it is just pink blancmange, but made like you would make custard instead of letting it set, so guess what I shall be making on Sunday to go with chocolate sponge cake, I can't wait
Did any of you have favourite school foods?[/size][/color]
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Post by nocky2 on Jan 13, 2009 21:52:31 GMT
I hated school dinners. That's where I developed a life long dislike of cabbage and sprouts, they seemed to come with everything, even pink custard if I remember right. ;D I seem to recall a lot of Spam and Corned Beef, well, it was still the 1940s-50s, luxuries were still in short supply after the War. (Oh mygawd, I'm starting to sound like my Grandad  ) |
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 13, 2009 22:39:12 GMT
Lol Nocky, well I love cabbage and sprouts, but not with custard and I like corned beef too x[/size][/font]
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Post by nocky2 on Jan 13, 2009 23:02:10 GMT
I love Corned Beef Hash with onions and potatoes, definitely no cabbage, and now when I think about it, maybe it was Rhubarb with the custard. ;D
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Post by Angelstardust on Jan 13, 2009 23:30:23 GMT
To make pink custard (or any other colour) just heat milk mix an appropriate amount of cornflour with water and add to hot milk (usually I tablespoon per half pint). Bring gently to the boil, but mind it doesn't burn in the pan, then add colour and flavour to taste.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 13, 2009 23:34:06 GMT
Thanks Angel, I shall try the blancmange first.......what flavouring would I use for your method?[/size][/font]
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 13, 2009 23:35:10 GMT
Love rhubarb too, in fact we had rhubarb crumble with 'normal' custard last Sunday[/size][/font]
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Post by Fozzie on Jan 13, 2009 23:37:12 GMT
I was a menu monitor at secondary school. This entailed writing the choice of menu on a blackboard so it could be read as the school entered the dining room.
I found if I exaggerated the cook's skills and talents I could be in with a good chance of seconds, with no questions asked!
A typical menu would read thus:
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Delicious Soup of the Day
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Mouth Watering Macaroni Cheese
with Plum Tomatoes and Mashed Potatoes
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Spicy Beef Curry with Rice and Nan Bread
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Sensational Spam Fritters
with Chips and Beans
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Dessert
Everyone's Favourite!
Spotted thingy and Custard
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Rice Pudding
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Upside Down Pineapple Sponge
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Bon Appetit
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Post by Fozzie on Jan 13, 2009 23:42:44 GMT
This is censorship gone mad! Spotted Thingy and Custard indeed! That wasn't what I wrote! It sounds obscene now! I remember getting kicked out of a chat room because a guy called Rooster came in and I said "thingy a doodle doo!" (I wonder what that will get changed into? "Thingy Doodle Doo?") [/color][/size][/font] Thought so! hehe |
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 14, 2009 10:05:45 GMT
Lol, it's the first time I have seen censorship in action. It was funnier when I thought you had written it Foz[/font][/color][/size][/font]
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Post by Angelstardust on Jan 14, 2009 10:27:50 GMT
LR. If you read the ingredients on a blancmange packet, or read a recipe, you will find the ingredients are the same as I would use. You can buy bottles of suitable flavours in any good grocery store, cookshop or health food outlet.
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Post by spinney on Jan 14, 2009 11:21:05 GMT
I hated school dinners, but in my day they were dreadfull greens you could suck up through a straw, and lumpy spus, yuk!!!  I know they improved a lot as years went on.. I worked in as a dinner lady part time when my son was small, and they were so much better.  Spinney |
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 14, 2009 14:36:35 GMT
Thanks for that Angel, I will try both methods and report once done x[/size][/font]
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Post by lazysod on Jan 14, 2009 20:20:37 GMT
Oh I loved school dinners especially the hot custard and sponge puddings I was always in the extras queue I was a skinny child so the dinner lady always gave me an extra big helping.
Also farola pudding I didn't like semolina it looked like semolina but had a different taste I've not seen that anywhere since my school days. Oh now I have a craving for farola does anyone remember that and know how to make it  [/font][/color][/size][/font]
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 14, 2009 21:29:56 GMT
Nope never heard of Farola.
Found this...
Farola Pudding.
3 ozs. Farola, 4 gills milk or nut cream milk, 2 eggs, sugar, flavouring.
Smooth Farola to a cream with a little of the milk. Put remainder on to
boil and pour over Farola in basin, stirring the while. Return all to
saucepan, and cook gently for a few minutes. Beat up eggs with sugar,
remove Farola from fire, and add, also flavouring. Pour into buttered
pudding-dish, and bake gently for half-an-hour, or steam in buttered mould
for 1 hour.
It seems to be fine semolina which you can buy from Asda/Sainsbury...
Let us know if you do make some and if it was tasty
PS gills of milk...googled one Gill = quarter of a pint[/size][/font]
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Post by mikkh on Jan 14, 2009 22:16:43 GMT
I loved school dinners, especially if I was on last sitting - and you got chance to do your Oliver bit My favourite was Goulash, although I doubt if it was a very authentic recipe they used. Tasted good at the time though We always had a choice of dinners and puddings, and the sweet that always intrigued me was 'cheese and biscuits' which was basically two cream crackers, a little mini butter bar and a lump of mild cheddar. I didn't pick that very often because it wasn't filling enough, but on last sitting I'd always have one when they were asking who wanted more (I always wanted more!) I remember as a youth buttering 12 slices of bread (to start with) when were having chips - not that we had them that often, because my mother knew about balanced diets long before it became fashionable I had a favourite pudding but my mind is playing tricks with me. I can't seem to recall if it was one my mother did, or one I had at school. I never liked the cornflake tart one that much, but most kids seemed to love it. One of the ones I know my mother did quite often, was apple cake - because my Granny had a mini orchard in her massive back garden and we were never short of fruit (me and my 5 siblings) She used to mix apples and pears and layer them on sponge cake (not out of a packet crap - real sponge cake) that was about an inch thick and sprinkled it with brown sugar - fantastic and served with real custard She used a special cake tin that was two foot square and though I've tried to make it myself, being a half decent cook, I can never get it perfect like she did with the cake all solid and the fruit just right - happy and well fed days  ) |
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 14, 2009 22:21:48 GMT
Cor, 12 chip butties!! ..but you were a growing lad eh, boys always eat alot more than girls.
Your mum's cake sounds delicious.
This thread makes me so hungry, so I am now eating two slices of toast with pate.[/size][/font]
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Post by lazysod on Jan 14, 2009 22:23:42 GMT
Oh I can't believe its semolina as I always hated that LOL The dinner ladies must have disguised it well told me it was farola and being a kid I fell for it I will try it though just to see if its any good or just a nice memory. Thanks for the info Lynnrose. [/size][/font]
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Post by lazysod on Jan 14, 2009 22:26:48 GMT
yummy Mikkh please send me a potion of your sponge cake and custard [/size][/font]
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Post by lazysod on Jan 14, 2009 22:31:31 GMT
Ooops (portion) Thats what happens when I try to type and talk on the phone at the same time.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 14, 2009 22:38:54 GMT
Just incase you don't know Lazy, you can modify/edit your own post if you have made a mistake instead of posting again, it's up to you....also there is a spell check if you like using them[/size][/font]
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Post by ken on Jan 15, 2009 23:22:29 GMT
The pig man who came to empty the pig bins, use to bring us buckets full of raspberry jam. So we always had loads of jam on the tables. We had pink custard, pink rice puddy, pink tapioca, pink semolina and you could have pink gravy if you wanted it. We used to chuck raspberry jam on everything. Cant stand the stuff now and to rub it in; one of the few flavours I could taste when I had radio therapy on my throat, was raspberry. Although when you cant taste anything else, it don't seem so bad.
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Post by ken on Jan 15, 2009 23:26:41 GMT
Except the spell check, tries to change my correctly spelt English into American Lynnrose.
KC
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 15, 2009 23:40:43 GMT
Lol KC @ pink everything
Sorry about the spellcheck, at least we now know that it doesn't do 'proper English' thanks for trying x[/size][/font]
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Post by Fozzie on Jan 16, 2009 9:40:07 GMT
Liver and bacon was one of my faves, with huge slices of fried onions.
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 16, 2009 10:35:36 GMT
Me too Fozz, love it x[/size][/font]
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Post by peppercat on Jan 16, 2009 11:35:54 GMT
Hey up !!
I got the msn effect.!!
Sent message--got cant find the page--did a go back and message wiped..
Censorship--it got me when I tried to say rubb itch it gave me rubpregnant dog.
School dinners were the stuff of nightmares.
All the fat and gristle on the meat..yeeuk !!
I was recalling that just yesterday whe someone made me pea and ham soup which I had to leave..
Semolina pudding makes me sick , makes me sick.
And what was t'other we used to call frog spawn ?
I think that is why even today I am not fond of eating in resteurants..
I wrote this much earlier and got slammed out..
I really must ajopolise to msn--it wasnt they it was ntl/virg..
I was cut off completely from the outside world for an hour or so..
No phone--no internet--no TV..I copied my message second time of trying and emailed it to mesen..
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Post by jojo on Jan 16, 2009 11:41:57 GMT
I started to write about my school dinners but deleted it before posting. I didn't want to make anyone feel sick.
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Post by buzzy on Jan 16, 2009 12:02:09 GMT
I like the Real McCoy - 4 course lunch |
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Post by Lynnrose on Jan 16, 2009 14:40:50 GMT
And what was t'other we used to call frog spawn
Was it tapioca pudding?[/size][/font]
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