Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Glorious Food? English Schoolchildren Think Not
Rotherham Journal ^ | October 18, 2006 | Sarah Lyall

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 241-256 next last
To: rwfromkansas
Also, my cooperating teacher has to monitor how many helpings students are taking....

My father taught high school...then became a professor...and then after he retired, he helped out local high schools. He was appalled at how much of teachers' time is taken up with administrative requirements now.

101 posted on 10/18/2006 10:33:55 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: exile

The chocolate ones are divine.

http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/ProductsPromotions/A-C/Cookies/PeekFreans.htm


102 posted on 10/18/2006 10:33:57 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
No. The kid was eating a chip butty instead of a healthy school luunch.
103 posted on 10/18/2006 10:34:06 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: bill1952

No worries. That is simply the way it was in the UK twenty or so years ago. :)


104 posted on 10/18/2006 10:34:16 AM PDT by Mrs Ivan (English, and damned proud of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 94 | View Replies]

To: ArrogantBustard; pgkdan
Truly fresh brussels sprouts, lightly steamed and buttered are exquisite.

No, they are not - they are vile. And you can't get any fresher brussel sprouts than pulling them off the stalk and putting them in the steamer.....I grow them for my husband, but absolutely refuse to cook or eat them.

105 posted on 10/18/2006 10:35:47 AM PDT by Gabz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: mollynme
Sure you can. Cut the heart into slices maybe half an inch thick and fry they in a pan until they just brown. They will almost cook all the way through. I've tried cooking heart in the slowcooker with a lot of beef broth, and it came out badly.
106 posted on 10/18/2006 10:36:10 AM PDT by NYFriend
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

My ex is from Dublin. He used to make "butty sandwiches" - i.e. fries in between buttered white bread w/ lots of salt.


107 posted on 10/18/2006 10:37:46 AM PDT by standingfirm
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Gabz
"Truly fresh brussels sprouts, lightly steamed and buttered are exquisite.
No, they are not - they are vile. And you can't get any fresher brussel sprouts than pulling them off the stalk and putting them in the steamer.....I grow them for my husband, but absolutely refuse to cook or eat them."

I thought that you had to boil them for a while, or else they'd be bitter? I always attributed bitter ones to undercooking.
108 posted on 10/18/2006 10:37:59 AM PDT by NYFriend
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies]

To: ArrogantBustard
but hold the white, mushy, flavourless, deep-fried sausage shaped things. Ewwwww. Yuck. Bleh. Ptui!

I'll second that! However the English bacon is wonderful.

Rats! After reading this thread now I want a steak and ale pie.

109 posted on 10/18/2006 10:38:29 AM PDT by OSHA (I am become OSHA, destroyer of beers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: NYFriend

You know, I have a hard time finding fish & chip shops in London these days - they used to be all over the place but like pubs in the West End, are slowly disappearing. For good British food try Langon's in Mayfair (for glow-in-the-dark mushy peas!), Sheekey's for fish and, take out another mortgage and make sure you go to Rules in Covent Garden, for Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding, Dover Sole, Quail, Pheasant, Sticky Toffee Pudding and an incredible selection of single malt whiskies.


110 posted on 10/18/2006 10:39:14 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 85 | View Replies]

To: Redcloak; MadIvan
I hope that you both don't mind me answering this one.

I grew up in the North of England and a chip buttie certainly does not need to be prepared with vinegar - indeed, it is best done without.

The chips must be cut from potatoes - not shaken out of a bag into the oven - and deep fried in a chip pan (that curios device that has been known to cause so many fatal house fires). The chips, when cooked are then lined up on a slice of buttered white bread, the top popped on, cut it in half et voila!

I may be in trouble for admitting it, but as an occaisional snack, and made the right way, this is actually quite yummy. It is also utterly common.

The chip butty evolved as a filling and cheap food source, nothhing more. It shouldn't be a regular option ... I think the last time I had one was about three years ago when I visited my sister.

111 posted on 10/18/2006 10:40:42 AM PDT by Mrs Ivan (English, and damned proud of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 97 | View Replies]

To: Gondring

Like I said, I avoid that area of Delaware like the plague........

Actually, unless it is spring or summer and an establishment has an outdoor area, I do not spend any money in Delaware. Even with the 5% sales tax, it is far cheaper for me to shop in Maryland or here in Virginia than to shop in "tax-free" Delaware.


112 posted on 10/18/2006 10:40:54 AM PDT by Gabz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: NYFriend

In my (limited) experience, they turn bitter either from being old (still on the stalk is no guarantee; perhaps I should have said "young and fresh") or from being overcooked. They're similar to cabbage in this respect.


113 posted on 10/18/2006 10:41:19 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies]

To: pgkdan
I don't like broccoli. I hate broccoli. I'm the President of the United States and I don't have to eat broccoli. - George Herbert Walker Bush.

Rank hath its privileges!

114 posted on 10/18/2006 10:41:38 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: standingfirm
....buttered white bread w/ lots of salt.

I take it you're a widow, then. My condolences.........

115 posted on 10/18/2006 10:42:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: OSHA

I've never been to England, but I bought a can of Yorkshire loose tea in a store a couple of years ago. I don't know how the Brits make tea taste good, I never drink the stuff that comes in bags anymore.


116 posted on 10/18/2006 10:43:05 AM PDT by exile (Mrs. Exile - "Yes you're the greatest husband ever, now put on some pants")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

not a widow...as far as I know he's still eatin' the stuff!


117 posted on 10/18/2006 10:43:37 AM PDT by standingfirm
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 115 | View Replies]

To: OSHA

English bacon reminds me of salt-cured Virginia Country Ham, and is excellent.


118 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:11 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies]

To: LonePalm

That's gross, Lone........truly gross.


119 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:23 AM PDT by Gabz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 91 | View Replies]

To: NYFriend

Add a teaspoon of baking soda and the bitterness is mellowed a bit..........


120 posted on 10/18/2006 10:44:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 241-256 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson