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Written by DinnerMan
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 Welcome to School Recipes - home of all the old classic school dinner recipes that you still have vague memories of!
We say balls to Balls (Ed Balls of course!) and have unfortunately misplaced his new book telling kids what they must eat. Instead, what we have here is aimed more at us 'older children' who want to try and relive the good old days of school dinners. By that we certainly don't mean the stuff of recent years which has been a tad too close to fast food for our liking, but such intricate delicacies as 'Pink Custard', Manchester Tart and the like. So, be a child again and remind your tastebuds of how good the school dinners of the past were, or weren't, and try out some of the classic old, and not so old, recipes. If you have any of your own then we positively encourage you to submit them here along with any pictures you have taken of any cookery attempts. So, relive your old school days with School Recipes. |
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School Dinner Rules Too Strict |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 08:32 |
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 Looks like the Government and Jamie Oliver have pushed things too far. New guidelines on school dinner ingredients are just too restrictive according to the Local Authority Caterers Association. It seems that due to the new nutritional content restrictions, school dinner menus will now take too long to conceive and will also be limited as to what will be made available to pupils.
The LACA said 80% of its members believed the new guidelines would lead to a decrease in take-up of school meals in England, but the School Food Trust argues that a balanced menu is still achievable. The new nutritional guidelines will be introduced in England's schools from September, one year after they took effect in primary schools throughout the country. They will involve 14 nutrient-based standards. As an example, the average secondary school lunch must contain no less than 7.5g protein and 5.2mg iron! So, it seems that more meddling from our nannying government will backfire on them with less children eating the healthier school dinners in favour of more choice at the local fast food emporium. We say the answer is simple - get back to using the old school dinner recipes of the 70s and 80s! And if they want to know where to find the recipes, as the schools' were probably destroyed in some frenzied book burning ceremony, then look no further than here. School Recipes - a vote for common sense! |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 March 2009 15:36 )
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Credit Crunch? Eat Crunch! |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 21 November 2008 18:13 |
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 It seems that everybody is talking about the crunch. To most, this is the 'credit crunch' but to us at School Recipes it usually involves the great debate over whether chocolate or vanilla is the one true Crunch....
But on a serious note, we know that money is a bit tight at the moment and this is where we can help! All our recipes are actual school dinner recipes. This means that they've been put together on a very tight budget. In fact, until Jamie Oliver came along and brought the whole issue in to the spotlight, the amount being spent per pupil on the ingredients and preparation was ridiculously small - as low as 19p! Was this a bad thing? We don't think so as it meant schools were buying proper raw ingredients and not processed foods and it was the introduction of processed foods that took away the nutritional value that was always present in the old classics. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 January 2009 14:55 )
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 12 December 2008 16:31 |
Why Create an Account on School Recipes?- Subscribe to our new automailer service and receive each new recipe direct to your email inbox!
- Request a Recipe! If you're after a partially forgotten classic, give us a clue and we'll try and find it for you!
- Add a Recipe.See your name in lights and attract the praise of other School Recipes users by adding your own recipe to our site.
- Add a Comment. Comment on what we've already got. If you think there's a better way of doing it, or adding your own twist, comment on our existing recipes.
- Chat! Sign up to School Recipes and you have instant access to our Discussion Forums where you can post questions, answers and general chat to your heart's content.
I'm sure we'll also be adding other 'just for users' content as well, so why not Create an Account today? We will only email you stuff that you subscribe to and you can cancel at any time. So, what have you got to lose? |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 February 2009 18:21 )
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:52 |
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In January 2008, as part of the Government's obesity strategy, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls announced that cookery lessons would be made compulsory for 11- to 14-year-olds. "Leaving school able to cook healthy dishes from scratch is an es sential everyday skill all young people should have," he said. "It is at the heart of tackling obesity." The reintroduction of cookery to the curriculum follows less than a year after the Government's previous measure to offer secondary school children an 'entitlement to cook'. From September 2008, pupils at secondary schools without cooking facilities will have the 'right' to 24 hours of cookery lessons, until cookery lessons become compulsory in 2011. This entitlement dates back to September 2006 when the Government acknowledged that children should know more about preparing healthy food, but stopped short of introducing it in all schools. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 January 2009 21:22 )
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