School Dinners in the 1960's

The only choise we had ever was eat it or don"t eat it.

I had school lunches from when I started school at five until I was in the sixth form. They were fine. Not everything was a favourite but it was all perfectly edible good food. I think I only started having a packed lunch in the sixth form because all my friends did and it meant I could eat with them as sixth formers didn't have to go down to the dining hall.

I always loved the meat and potatoes, hated fish and vegetables and longed to have second helpings of every single pudding. The exception was during school holidays when we used to continue to get free school meals and they always served very watery thin custard.

I think it must have very much depended on the cook as the meals were cooked on site back then.
Definitely the puddings - yum, Mains were a bit iffy.

Do you remember semolina and tabioca pudding? The latter we used to call, frog's eyes!
Despite the awful taste, I had to eat it or else.....!

Ladies wearing hats indoors Linsco
I remember kitikat pie, the meat had the texture and appearance of cat food but oddly I liked it I also remember green frothy sauce (lime foam ) with chocolate blancmange.

To make lunchtime even worse, all girls had to wear their school hats with elastic under the chin...as if it wasn't difficult enough to swallow the pigs swill.

The puddings weren't bad, but the lumpy mashed potato (which seemed to come with every meal, even salad) was revolting! And the tubey liver...

They used to stand over me and force me to swallow the thick ham fat....can't touch it now! But I did like the spam fritters...greasy but yummy!

I can only remember the puddings!
Chocolate custard was to die for

Our school dinners were very good too. The puddings especially - those huge tray bakes of different sponge puddings and custard; or tarts.

Chocolate concrete with pink semolina - yum

I must have gone to a really good school, with a really good cook. I remember the Manchester tart with fondness, and wish I could make it, the chocolate sponge and custard was also lovely. We used to have something called brown stew which wasn't so good.

Oh yes, I remember it well. As a vegetarian, I was lucky if there was grated cheese or a hard boiled egg, and that was served with whatever cabbage, carrots etc were meant to accompany the main meat dish!