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Written by Phil (6645 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
And I don't know about other areas, but the school dinners aound here have become so bland, at times, eating becomes a chore not a pleasure.
I have no objection to what the government say can be served in their dining halls - but for god's sake - make it tasty.
Phil |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
| You are quite right Phil. If food is not made tasty - and it doesn't take much doing to be honest - children will not eat it. I think the world has gone mad. When I was a child, and it was during the war years, everyone learnt how to cook good, wholesome meals, with fruit and vegetables usually grown in the garden. It didn't need sauces with E numbers etc in it. But where did it go wrong? Why is it that so many children are eating ready-meals and chips with everything? Simple but tasty and good meals can be quick and excellent. I can tell you I don't spend all day in my kitchen but we do eat well. Too much to do on GW instead. ha ha. |
Political Poet?
Written by Katanga (1163 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
Ah, Josie - I never saw you as a political poet.
Now I do, and good for you!
This is hard-hitting and makes perfect sense . . .
Rock on, Josie! (as some might say!)
Yo! Stay cool! Wicked!
As ever humbled,
John the Elephant
I could never forget you . . .
X |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
| I don't know where things ever went wrong. School meals are not expensive, and, please correct me if I am wrong, they are subsidised aren't they? Many schools have tried so hard to improve the standard of their meals, and children here tell me that their school meals are excellent. So why on earth are so many buying rubbish at lunch-time? Yes, John, I will certianly rock on and stay cool and wicked. ha ha. I will always have a dig at teenagers and unhealthy eating, but why don't people consider that spending money on really good food is worthwhile? I bet someone will answer that one. |
Written by Brett (731 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
Nice to hear you speaking out, Josie.
Fair point well made, nice metre, too.
Speaking for myself I never ate school dinners or took a packed lunch - I had a refreshing pint of cider with my English teacher!
Cheers |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
| Ha ha - Brett, I know you would not tell a lie. Was that from the age of 5 years? They say that cider is excellent for the poetical brain. I love cider too. I guess you had your third of a pint of milk too - not with the cider, of course. Now perhaps if they had containers of cider round the classrooms instead of baskets of fruit, they'd leave school being able to read and write. Oh dear, should I have said that? |
Written by mia_ms_kim (976 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
My boy says to me, 'Mummy, if I do my homework and behave myself, can I have bad food?' So I do keep some 'bad' food at home to entice him to be 'good'. It's so sad.
I am impressed with the UK gov't to pushing healthy good that strongly in schools, though it seems to be failing. But aren't processed food more expensive than fruit and vegetables? The price is rising over here, too, but fruit and vegetables are still cheaper than chips and sweets etc. And are kids allowed to leave school grounds during the day? I don't think they are over here.
Mia  |
josie
Written by meadowcroft1964 (100 comments posted) 5th June 2008 |
Hi Josie great poem,
perhaps that's what wrong with me. I wasn't given the right food. I was around seven when my grandmother died she had been a good cook and looked after my five cousins and me well. I was the youngest and my mother was the provider for all of us as well as my waste of space uncle. She would be out all day and she never claimed any benefits so when my grandmother died we were left to fend for ourselves. I didn't know what you did with meat when i got married much to my mother in laws disgust. I am pleased to tell you now though my family now only live off the best this may be the reason I'm getting more intelligent Ha Ha. Seriously it makes me angry that some people will spend a small fortune on cigarettes and drink but then say they can't afford decent food. Here ends the lecture. |
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3298 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
Always good to use a bit of humour to get the message across.
This worked really well. I especially liked
"They drove off the mums who put chips through the fence"
That really cracked me up. I had a vision of anxious mums forcing chips through the fence at desperate chubb.y children with their mouths wide like fledgling birds in the nest!!
Just the right proportions of entertainment and message. You've done it again.
How is your business project going? I'll PM when I can
Best of luck
jane |
Hi Josie
Written by jean.day (2257 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
Good poem - and you managed to get a lot of reality into it.
Personally, I am in favour, not of junk food as such - but of hamburgers, fish, chips, cooked well - in fat which is of good qualtiy and not reused continually beyond the smoking point.
My son found going to school a real effort - and so I collected him each lunch time and fed him fish fingers and freshly made chips each and every day. If he had stayed for school meals, he wouldn't have eaten much if anything, and school life for him would have been even more unbearable than it was.
So my view is that having kids eat good food doesn't mean that they have to just have pasta and salads. They can have well cooked turkey - chicken - (but not the twizlers) and well cooked chips - and then maybe they could be induced to eat something like fruit salad - if it wasn't pushed at them as being good for them.
Sorry to rant on at this - but I do think people go overboard on what they consider to be bad food. |
Written by Livinginanattic (456 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
Just had an apple and it was horrible, all bland and woolly in texture, and starting to go off after just a few days. If the supermarkets didn't sell us such rubbish masquerading as fruit then maybe the teenagers, and the rest of us, would be happy to eat more healthy food.
I enjoyed the poem. You've found an entertaining and humourous way to get your message across. Interesting point about the prices people will pay. I once heard that prisoners get more spent on them per meal than school kids do.
Cheers,
Ben |
Written by Veronica_Milvus (595 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
Cider with poesy, brett? I don't believe it myself.
Well, Josie, seems like St Jamie of Borough Market hasn't quite won yet. Nice lines!
Now I'm off to look in the fridge to see if we have any cider to improve my writing. |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
| Thanks for your reviews. Yes, Jane, we saw it on TV so it must be right - mothers were worried that their children couldn't eat meat and vegetables with pasta/rice/bread/potatoes as they weren't used to it, so because the children couldn't leave school, they were pushing bags of fried chips through the hedges/fences to children hungrily awaiting them on the other side. I don't know what my mother would have said. Mia, you should reward Nathan with one of Josie's nice children's poems as a treat for being good, not giving him bad food. ha ha. I have seen many people who say they cannot afford to pay for school dinners who think nothing of spending money on drink, tobacco and lots of other things which I could never afford when my daughter was at school. Today, though, at the school I visited it was playtime and each child was offered fruit as they left the classroom and in the teachers staffroom everyone was sitting around eating bananas. I almost said: "This is a bit like visiting the zoo" but remembered to keep my mouth shut. ha ha. However, it was nice to know the teachers were being fed fruit by the taxpayers. Poor souls. |
Written by obsidian_amethyst (42 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
I am a teen and I have to say the meals at my school aren't too bad!
We are served a variety of foods and we have a buffet section with things like sandwiches.
However, I just have packed lunch anyway! I think the school dinners are too over-priced so I prepare my own in the morning.
Great poem; it really shows the issues surrounding today. I know one of my friends doesn't bring any money for lunch because she wants to spend it on other things. I don't have that luxury (though I doubt it is a luxury) as if I don't eat properly I literally faint!
OA
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Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
| Thanks OA - Your view was important because most of us are adults, but it is nice to hear from a teenager. I belive that most schools try to provide good school meals nowadays. Well, I hope so. |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
| PS Believe (typing mistake, not spelling mistake). I'm too quick for my own good. |
Relevant!
Written by beatricelouise (215 comments posted) 6th June 2008 |
Hi Josie,
Eating healthy is good for the brain as 80% of nutrients goes to the brain.
Good poem, good reviews. and relevant not only for students, but older folks as well.  |
Written by xo_theloser_ox (16 comments posted) 7th June 2008 |
| I don't know what you think they put in school lunches, but whatever it is its not healthy. Its always greasy and as fattening as the low cal chips they sell. I eat fruits and salad, I have always eaten well but thats because I want to be healthy, not because my mom told me too. So the problem is those people never made the point to teach their kids the importance of eating healthy, and now that they can't be sure of what their kids are eating, they are trying to force their kids into it. That doesn't work with teenagers. |
Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 7th June 2008 |
| I'm not sure if you are British, but if you go to the school websites of many of our schools, they display the menu for the week, and most schools serve excellent food - not just chips and burgers like they used to. You do well to eat healthily because if you don't eat healthily, and if you consume large amounts of alcohol and take drugs, then you don't need to pay into a pension scheme because for certain you won't be here. Keep up the good eating!!! |
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