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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"what the heck is a "digestive biscuit"?"
It's some kind of cracker imposter, basically coursely ground grain, chaffe and straw included, pounded into a thin wafer.
I ate them as a kid, because I had to eat what was on my plate.........but once I was on my own I never had brussel sprouts in my house until my husband brought some home one day. I tried them again for the first time in about 15 years and had the same reaction as I did as a kid - YUCK. I grow them for him, I harvest them, I clean them, but I will NOT cook or eat them.
I can't even stand the smell of the things! As a kid I also hated spinach, collard and mustard greens, broccoli, asparagus, peas and anything else green...but now I love them all! But I never developed a tolerance, let alone a taste, for brussel sprouts.
According to "A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down," a digestive biscuit has "two main varieties, sweetmeal and wholemeal. The Digestive sets a standard for the whole biscuit world." It's really a heartier version of the Graham cracker and can be bought in a chocolate covered form. They're good!
Obviously you're not a fan of English food, but what about their candy? The brits make a mean turkish delight, and the Aero Bar is tasty.
For dessert, a shovelful of bacon grease.
Lots of butter and garlic salt...yum!
Am I the only one on this thread who thinks a chip butty sounds good?
According to those that pushed it, all businesses are doing a booming business because of such a ban.......just ask them.
What the hell are they thinking?
They don't give a hoot about small business - whether it be smoking or the menu - they know what is best for the sheeple, not the business owners or customers.
Am I the only one on this thread who thinks a chip butty sounds good?
No, you're not. When I was a kid I made potato chip sandwiches. Why I didn't think of french fries, I'll never know.
What is a Turkish Delight? The first time I'd ever heard of it was in Narnia.
I did buy Cadbury's at Tesco, I like them but you really can't live on chocolate for more than a few days. Not a big candy fan so I passed on the rest. My big meal for the day was 3 fried eggs and some of their excellent, though very salty bacon. Gag down something for lunch and drink dinner, the beer was excellent!
It's good. Kind of like a chocolate covered gummy.
Pasties aren't bad, I got some of these as a gift, in fact they're pretty good and fattening as heck.
http://www.pasty.com/order.html There are lots of other vendors, too. The Cornish settled in most mining districts in the US, being experts with tin and coal mining.
They're a bear to make though, takes all day for a batch, but they smell as good as homemade bread coming out of the oven!
It sounds like just what I'd need to send my arteries over the edge.
If I were still going there I'd try it, can't be any worse than the rest of it. I never got North of Birmingham, guess that's why I didn't encounter it.
Shhh. I thought it looked like it was worth giving a try. ;-)
I never had collard or mustard greens as a kid, but it's an absolute wonder I still love spinach, peas, and asparagus because my mother always cooked them to death. Unless raw or lightly steamed/sauted I will not eat broccoli because of the way my mother massacred it. No green veggie was cooked unless the the water was green seemed to be her way of cooking veggies.
*sigh* I wish I could. I'd never get my blood glucose down afterwards.
"Please sir, may I have some more?"
I was thinking of:
"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"
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