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Sundae · 02-15-2012, 08:37 AM

I could tell you some stories about unhealthy lunches...
They would be serious and factual and would get me the sack if circulated too widely.
But oh my goodness, some parents. And I work in a school in a relatively affluent area.

Generally speaking, our children are very good about fruit and veg. Key Stage One (ages 4-8) get one of their 5-a-day at break time. Banana, apple, pear, satsuma, carrot, tomato, sugar snap peas all depending on season. It's such a joy to watch Reception aged kids eating cherry tomatoes as if they are marshmallows. I've seen more than one child tuck into edame beans from their packed lunch.

And they drink water, as all juice and squash (dliuted fruit drink) is banned. This is primarily because spilling sugary drinks is far more harmful to books and the school environment than leaked water. It also allows the school to accept drinks bottles on every table. Certainly the lower year children have constant access to water. And they chug down the best part of 500ml a day on average. I never drank water as a child. Water was to wash yourself. Even now I only enjoy fizzy water.

Of course once they're out of our hands at secondary school and walk past newsagents and kiosks I'm sure they'll be as unhealthy as I was. A packet of Mint Imperials or Minstrels and a Diet Pepsi for breakfast...

wolf · 02-15-2012, 10:01 AM

This is all boggling my mind. Really. Just a step away from the drab gray jumpsuits, gruel topped with spongy pink cubes, the Daily Hate, and loving Big Brother.

Oh, and a satsuma, that's like a clementine, right? Smaller than an orange, tastes sweeter, easier to peel, not as much of the white stringy stuff, used to only be able to get them around Christmas?

Spexxvet · 02-15-2012, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

This is all boggling my mind. Really. Just a step away from the drab gray jumpsuits, gruel topped with spongy pink cubes, the Daily Hate, and loving Big Brother.

Oh, and a satsuma, that's like a clementine, right? Smaller than an orange, tastes sweeter, easier to peel, not as much of the white stringy stuff, used to only be able to get them around Christmas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

This is all boggling my mind. Really. Just a step away from the drab gray jumpsuits, gruel topped with spongy pink cubes, the Daily Hate, and loving Big Brother.

Oh, and a satsuma, that's like a clementine, right? Smaller than an orange, tastes sweeter, easier to peel, not as much of the white stringy stuff, used to only be able to get them around Christmas?

You can say that again!

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 11:11 AM

WHA?!
Children given free fruit and veg is Orwellian?
They do not have to eat it, it's just offered.
I freely admit to them that I hate bananas. I don't tell them that they're the fruit of the devil, but I do make realistic gagging noises.

I just think it's cool that many look forward to playtime because they get fruit and scoff it down as if it was chocolate biscuits.

infinite monkey · 02-15-2012, 11:13 AM

So why are you making banana bread? (I wondered this earlier but I thought maybe I'd mixed up peanut butter and bananas.)

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 11:19 AM

Because [huge martyred sigh] other people like it and I am a people pleaser.
No, really. That's the reason.

We had a whole box of leftover bananas at the end of term (last Friday).
I was all set to claim some for Mum and Dad.
But then they offered them to the Key Stage 2 children (8-11) which was the right idea of course. But it turns out they are greedy banana gobblers and troughed the lot.

When I came home, I made the mistake of mentioning it to Mum.
"I was going to make you some banana bread."
She was so forlorn at the loss of this imaginary bread that I promised to make her some anyway, as long as she bought the extra 'nanas. Oh and for someone who thought my chocolate cake was a bit too bitter... she's laying into it! Three slices today! (secretly pleased)

And I want to make it for the May Fayre because it is a classic and the sort of thing Mums my age remember from their childhood but never make any more.

infinite monkey · 02-15-2012, 11:22 AM

Ahhhh. Next you'll be makin' carrot cake!

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 11:24 AM

Oh no, I like carrots!
Too much to subject them to cakeiness.

Mea culpa - I will eat carrot cake though.
(just too damned lazy to make it)

glatt · 02-15-2012, 11:27 AM

Carrot cake is my favorite. especially with that cream cheese icing.

Yum!

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 11:28 AM

And when they put a little icing carrot on the top...

infinite monkey · 02-15-2012, 11:35 AM

I love carrots.

Carrot cake? WTF?

I want grains and flours in my bread, my cakes, my pancakes. No I don't want blueberries or rhubarb or zucchini or nuts.

Nuts should be nuts, potatos should be potatos, bananas should be bananas. When did it all get mixed together? Who said, ummmmm, this cake is sweet let's add some roots to it and see what happens?

glatt · 02-15-2012, 11:44 AM

Yeah, but it's delicious.

Sundae · 02-15-2012, 11:58 AM

Beetroot dessert. (Cellar link)
Don't do it.

classicman · 02-15-2012, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

It was due to budget cuts.

wolf · 02-15-2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

You can say that again!

oopsie. I had a browser hang. Teh Cellar usually warns you about double posting like that. Fixeded.

02-15-2012, 10:01 AM	#47
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	This is all boggling my mind. Really. Just a step away from the drab gray jumpsuits, gruel topped with spongy pink cubes, the Daily Hate, and loving Big Brother. Oh, and a satsuma, that's like a clementine, right? Smaller than an orange, tastes sweeter, easier to peel, not as much of the white stringy stuff, used to only be able to get them around Christmas? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-15-2012, 08:37 AM	#46
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I could tell you some stories about unhealthy lunches... They would be serious and factual and would get me the sack if circulated too widely. But oh my goodness, some parents. And I work in a school in a relatively affluent area. Generally speaking, our children are very good about fruit and veg. Key Stage One (ages 4-8) get one of their 5-a-day at break time. Banana, apple, pear, satsuma, carrot, tomato, sugar snap peas all depending on season. It's such a joy to watch Reception aged kids eating cherry tomatoes as if they are marshmallows. I've seen more than one child tuck into edame beans from their packed lunch. And they drink water, as all juice and squash (dliuted fruit drink) is banned. This is primarily because spilling sugary drinks is far more harmful to books and the school environment than leaked water. It also allows the school to accept drinks bottles on every table. Certainly the lower year children have constant access to water. And they chug down the best part of 500ml a day on average. I never drank water as a child. Water was to wash yourself. Even now I only enjoy fizzy water. Of course once they're out of our hands at secondary school and walk past newsagents and kiosks I'm sure they'll be as unhealthy as I was. A packet of Mint Imperials or Minstrels and a Diet Pepsi for breakfast...

02-15-2012, 11:11 AM	#49
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	WHA?! Children given free fruit and veg is Orwellian? They do not have to eat it, it's just offered. I freely admit to them that I hate bananas. I don't tell them that they're the fruit of the devil, but I do make realistic gagging noises. I just think it's cool that many look forward to playtime because they get fruit and scoff it down as if it was chocolate biscuits.

02-15-2012, 11:13 AM	#50
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	So why are you making banana bread? (I wondered this earlier but I thought maybe I'd mixed up peanut butter and bananas.)

02-15-2012, 11:19 AM	#51
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Because [huge martyred sigh] other people like it and I am a people pleaser. No, really. That's the reason. We had a whole box of leftover bananas at the end of term (last Friday). I was all set to claim some for Mum and Dad. But then they offered them to the Key Stage 2 children (8-11) which was the right idea of course. But it turns out they are greedy banana gobblers and troughed the lot. When I came home, I made the mistake of mentioning it to Mum. "I was going to make you some banana bread." She was so forlorn at the loss of this imaginary bread that I promised to make her some anyway, as long as she bought the extra 'nanas. Oh and for someone who thought my chocolate cake was a bit too bitter... she's laying into it! Three slices today! (secretly pleased) And I want to make it for the May Fayre because it is a classic and the sort of thing Mums my age remember from their childhood but never make any more.

02-15-2012, 11:22 AM	#52
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Ahhhh. Next you'll be makin' carrot cake!

02-15-2012, 11:24 AM	#53
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh no, I like carrots! Too much to subject them to cakeiness. Mea culpa - I will eat carrot cake though. (just too damned lazy to make it)

02-15-2012, 11:27 AM	#54
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Carrot cake is my favorite. especially with that cream cheese icing. Yum!

02-15-2012, 11:28 AM	#55
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	And when they put a little icing carrot on the top...

02-15-2012, 11:35 AM	#56
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I love carrots. Carrot cake? WTF? I want grains and flours in my bread, my cakes, my pancakes. No I don't want blueberries or rhubarb or zucchini or nuts. Nuts should be nuts, potatos should be potatos, bananas should be bananas. When did it all get mixed together? Who said, ummmmm, this cake is sweet let's add some roots to it and see what happens?

02-15-2012, 11:44 AM	#57
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, but it's delicious.

02-15-2012, 11:58 AM	#58
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Beetroot dessert. (Cellar link) Don't do it.

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