FabGuys.com forum: School dinners

By *eepeter4 OP Man
15 hours ago

Bournemouth

School dinners did you love them or dislike them

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By *arbus61Man
15 hours ago

Leeds

Liked them but they were proper food back in the 60s lol

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By *3versMan
15 hours ago

glasgow

Liked them

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By *arridMan
15 hours ago

brighton

Liked them.

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By *tar33Man
15 hours ago

North London (outer)

Most things were okay as far as I recall. The mashed potato could be lumpy but sponge pudding & custard, and similar, were always well received.

I think I liked spam fritters as well, and although unhealthy by today's standards we'd always run it off.

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By *arridMan
15 hours ago

brighton

"Liked them."
especially pink blancmange and semolina and rosehip syrup.

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By *appycock55Man
15 hours ago

the shire

Loved them at secondary school but hated them at primary school.

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By *uffolkbiguy69Man
15 hours ago

Newmarket

Yeah mainly positive experiences, although probably some of the fare would be judged to be unhealthy by today’s standards eg jam roly poly and custard!

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By *ourman55Man
15 hours ago

Belper

Never had one, always lived near so could go home

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By *ogisticSubMan
15 hours ago

Wakefield

Loved it.Fish and Chips with mushy peas and mash potatos. My Favourite 😍

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By *tar33Man
15 hours ago

North London (outer)

I was born late 1957 so my schooling ran from about 1962/3 to 1974. During that period I don't remember having pasta once, I'm not sure it was available apart from tinned spaghetti, which I occasionally had at home.

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By *aregay31Man
14 hours ago

Marchwood Southampton

Square pizza loved it

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By *hubbyman10Man
14 hours ago

Bloxwich

Chocolate concrete and mint custard

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By *ilke500Man
14 hours ago

edinburgh

Went to an all boys school so school dinners as you can imagine were chaotic and messy to say the least!

Happy days…

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By *fourjMan
14 hours ago

Here, there or somewhere nearish March

Hated school dinners. Egg and cheese something inedible, boiled to death veg, lumpy mash, and peas that had a life of their own. My mate flicked a pea across the table at me and I flicked it back. Dinner lady saw us and made us both stand in corners of the dining room. In the days before pink custard and chocolate crunch we had delicacies like bees in the desert (semolina with sultanas). The most evil dessert of all was frogspawn (tapioca). It made me heave to have to look at it and I’m sure I turned a deeper shade of green with every mouthful I was forced eat - “You chose it (no I didn’t, it was the last congealing bowl left and nobody wanted a large helping) you eat it!” While everyone else had been allowed to go out to play.

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By *luggableMan
14 hours ago

Wymondham

I have never since had chocolate pud + chocolate sauce to match what the school produced. They did a mean roast potato too. It was a boarding school, so just as well the food wasn't bad - there was no alternative. Pity the rest of the experience was shite.

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By *awihMan
14 hours ago

Aldershot

"School dinners did you love them or dislike them "

That horrible lumpy mash with stringy bits in - no didn’t like them.

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By *awihMan
14 hours ago

Aldershot

"Square pizza loved it"

You youngsters had it easy, you didn’t have to suffer some of the horrors we had in the 60’s 🤮

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By *eepeter4 OP Man
14 hours ago

Bournemouth

"Square pizza loved it

You youngsters had it easy, you didn’t have to suffer some of the horrors we had in the 60’s 🤮"
bet liver and onions is on that list

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By *evanianMan
14 hours ago

Tegeingl, Gogledd Cymru

School dinners in primary school were basic but always nicely cooked, we'd all go back for "overs". If anyone hadn't cleaned their plate, cook would be out of the kitchen, hands on hips demanding to know why. Happy days of the 1960's. 😁

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By *eepeter4 OP Man
13 hours ago

Bournemouth

"Square pizza loved it"
did it have pineapple on it

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By *k0014Man
13 hours ago

belfast

The stew was amazing 👌

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By *oosterladMan
13 hours ago

ipswich

Gypsy tart and custard mmm

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By *eohmyMan
13 hours ago

south

Loved them,

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By *lasboyssMan
13 hours ago

Glasgow

Loved the rolls and bacon in the morning & fish fridays lol

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By *etterbiggerMan
13 hours ago

Scunthorpe

Mrs M the school cook. I had a bit of a fling with her son. In some derelict pigsty and my dad's shed in the garden. Always up for seconds

unfortunately he decided he was straight. To the best of my knowledge that is

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By *ntoniaTV/TS
13 hours ago

Kettering

Back in the 60s school dinners for me were the only main meal I got and to the best of knowledge were pretty amazing, I was never keen on semolina or tapioca though.

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By *raig_KJMan
13 hours ago

Southport

I still like Jam Roly Poly Pudding

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By *rstu1983Man
11 hours ago

Preston

Chocolate sponge cake with green custard was absolutely sublime!

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By *alfTankMan
10 hours ago

Boston

I have never had a school dinner. I suspect they are shit, but I have a four year old and the smells that come out of the school kitchen are pretty damn good, however they refuse to sample me.

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By *enjamin2018Man
10 hours ago

Halstead

At primary school I remember it was a great honour to be made a server on a table of 8 and prestigious if one of the teachers sat on your table : they had name cards and there was a scramble just before lunch started to get the name card for your favourite teacher.

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By *wansmickMan
8 hours ago

Belfast

School dinners were brilliant back in the day. Good food and the camerarderie was brilliant.

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By *ll foxMan
7 hours ago

WORKSOP

1970s school dinners awful!

Apart from the apricot crumble

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By *ldmanMan
6 hours ago

Rawcliffe Bridge.

I had school dinners in the 1970s, but bear in mind, most of them were actually cooked at the school, and my school dinners were excellent!

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By *0yguyMan
5 hours ago

Cumberland

"I had school dinners in the 1970s, but bear in mind, most of them were actually cooked at the school, and my school dinners were excellent!"

Agreed. Also, I didn’t have a wealthy upbringing - school dinners were an essential part of my food intake for the day.

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By *reddi400Man
5 hours ago

ayr

yep loved the school dinners

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By *ldmanMan
5 hours ago

Rawcliffe Bridge.

"I had school dinners in the 1970s, but bear in mind, most of them were actually cooked at the school, and my school dinners were excellent!

Agreed. Also, I didn’t have a wealthy upbringing - school dinners were an essential part of my food intake for the day. "

Yes. I also wasn't wealthy, so school dinners were also an essential part of my day too.

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By *itherMan
5 hours ago

Leeds

About the only decent thing at our

School. 😄

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By *abreukMan
5 hours ago

orrell

Hated school dinners at primary school. Made to eat prunes and custard the thought of prunes even now makes me sick. Otherwise the other schools were much the same seems they had a standard menu. Loved Manchester tart. Had an occasion to go into a private school just outside of Blackpool. Was asked did I want to have dinner thought why not . So went into dining room choice of curry , Italian food, vegetarian option and around the corner a roast beef carvery help yourself with fresh veggies the carvery for me followed by a steamed pudding with proper custard. Now the other half lives

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By *ildwestheroMan
3 hours ago

Llandrindod Wells

Varied from school to school. Was briefly as one state junior school where the food was awful. Some of the others weren't too bad.

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By *om8000Man
3 hours ago

sheffield

"Gypsy tart and custard mmm"

Love a gypsy tart!

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By *ikki1970Man
3 hours ago

leicester

Lived close enough for home dinner at primary school, then took packed lunch for secondary.

But did often get the pink milkshake and a quarter carton of milk to repeatedly thin it down to accompany the sandwiches and apple.

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