Posted on 10/18/2006 9:42:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
ROTHERHAM, England — Five months after the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver succeeded in cajoling, threatening and shaming the British government into banning junk food from its school cafeterias, many schools are learning that you can lead a child to a healthy lunch, but you can’t make him eat.
The fancy new menu at the Rawmarsh School here?
“It’s rubbish,” said Andreas Petrou, an 11th grader. Instead, en route to school recently, he was enjoying a north of England specialty known as a chip butty: a French-fries-and-butter sandwich doused in vinegar.
“We didn’t get a choice,” he said of the school food. “They just told us we were having it.”
The government’s regulations, which took effect in September, have banished from school cafeterias the cheap, instantly gratifying meals that children love by default: the hamburgers, the French fries, the breaded, deep-fried processed meat, the sugary drinks.
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BUMP!
You've obviously not heard of the Deep Fried Mars Bar.
Regards, Ivan
Nothing wrong with a Cornish pasty
Monte Cristo sandwich, hold the protein...
Yes, Diana - this is definitely worth of a NANNY STATE PING!!!!!!!!!!
I'm pretty happy with the meals served in the cafeteria at my daughter's elementary school (oh horrors, she goes to public school)...today's lunch is baked ham, homemade mac and cheese, homemade bread, homemade applesauce and milk.
I can't feed her that at home for $1.50.
You never ate at my house.
I've wanted to try kidney pie, but just can't seem to get past the name...........BTW when was the last time you visited a English Restaurant (in America)?......
DEEP FRIED MARS BAR? That sounds good!.......
In infant (3-7) and junior school (7-11) there was one option, no packed lunches and no leaving the grounds unless you went home for lunch.
In high school (11-16) there were, perhaps two or three options, with the packed lunch or going home for lunch possibility.
I am sick to death of all this whinging about food in schools. It doesn't actually matter if they like it. Given the option, eat it, or eat nothing I can tell you what the result will be.
What are we doing pandering to the whims of seven year olds anyway? Creating a new generation of finicky eaters with entitlement complexes and eating disorders is what.
I adore British food and have an endless amount of cookbooks attesting to the fact. London is one of the best restaurant cities in the world! I'll be back in three weeks and can't wait to eat and eat. The old idea of bad food in Great Britain is long over.
And I love the wonderfully named Mrs. Critchlow - my new hero against nanny statism! For shame, Jamie!
Crust - 3 cups flour, 1 cup finely ground suet 1/4 cup lard 1 tsp. salt
6-7 tb. cold water
Filling - 1lb beef (cubed or diced) 1/2 lb. pork, potatoes, turnip, onion,
parsley, some finely grated carrots are optional
Blend lard into flour, preferably with pastry blender. Add suet which has been finely ground...........
Methinks there is a song in there somewhere.
"Please sir, may I have some more?"
-PJ
No offense meant to our British friends, but you sound just like my husband with his attitude toward British food: "When was the last time you heard anyone say they were going out to eat British?"
People actually eat that in England?
"And THAT is considered HEALTHY????????....Sounds absolutely hideous!......."
I'm not exactly sure how you would construct such a sandwich. Gag!
They'd probably like it if Jamie Oliver prepared it. Problem is... When a non-chef tries to prepare food the way a great chef does, it's usually a disaster. I speak from experience. Becoming a good chef takes lots of training and practice and I don't think most people working in the school cafeteria are up to it.
"Lose the vinegar, add some gravy and I'm there."
Mmmmm, gravy. :)
That sounds MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately I used up all of my potatoes, turnips, carrots, and onions making venison stew :(
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