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glib
20-01-2022, 01:08 PM
A primary school in Leicestershire has revealed its new school lunch menu, much to the dissatisfaction of parents

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RW-COMP-POTATOE-MENUv2.jpg?w=1040

The new, POTATO FILLED menu has been labelled ‘ridiculous’ by frustrated parents who say their kids are now ‘only on a diet of potatoes’

The only variety is the ability to choose between tuna, mayonnaise, and baked beans as a side order.

Richmond Primary School in Hinckley, Leicestershire has claimed the new menu is so bare because of ‘staff shortages’ due to covid infections

Leicestershire County Council was forced to defend the measure, claiming it was ‘temporary’, and a decision ‘not taken lightly’

It added the new menu has been ‘scrupulously reviewed by nutritionists to ensure hot meals are still served each day’

There was no comment on what drinks are now available. Water or potato juice, probably.

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1OTg5ZmYwLWVlYmItNDE4YS1iZmVkLTc0NGViY2 NiNmQ4Yjo0YWU3MzNmMy03YmQ4LTQ5ZDctODk2Ni04ZjM5MzZh OTkwOGI=.jpg?width=640

What are your thoughts? Should primary school kids as young as 4 be served jacket potatoes daily, or should they, many on free school meals, bring packed lunches instead?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17382993/parents-furious-kids-potatoes-school-cuts-lunch-menu/
Niamh.
20-01-2022, 01:10 PM
Sounds fantastic to me :hee:
Niamh.
20-01-2022, 01:11 PM
Don't they have a 2nd option in Orange everyday though instead if they want? Chips, rice, pasta?
glib
20-01-2022, 01:12 PM
Don't they have a 2nd option in Orange everyday though instead if they want? Chips, rice, pasta?

It’s still carbs on its own , they have a better menu on im a celeb
GoldHeart
20-01-2022, 01:14 PM
Too much starch and carbohydrate, what a lazy school menu.
glib
20-01-2022, 01:17 PM
Too much starch and carbohydrate, what a lazy school menu.

Exactly , it has been approved by dietitians and nutritionists too
Cherie
20-01-2022, 01:35 PM
It looks bad the way its been presented they should have interchanged the top optiin with the bottom option to make it look more varied, because when you break it down its one carb a meal :shrug:
Niamh.
20-01-2022, 01:36 PM
It’s still carbs on its own , they have a better menu on im a celeb

Yeah no veg at all tbf.

School dinners aren't really a thing in schools over here, Kids bring packed lunches
Cherie
20-01-2022, 01:36 PM
Or is it jacket potato with chips on Friday :suspect:
glib
20-01-2022, 01:55 PM
Yeah no veg at all tbf.

School dinners aren't really a thing in schools over here, Kids bring packed lunches

If Ireland had school dinners we might have a repeat of 1845 again
Niamh.
20-01-2022, 02:02 PM
If Ireland had school dinners we might have a repeat of 1845 again

We're not ruled by Britain anymore so we'd be grand
smudgie
20-01-2022, 02:06 PM
That would be a nightmare.
The thought of jacket spuds🤢
glib
20-01-2022, 02:07 PM
That would be a nightmare.
The thought of jacket spuds🤢

Complete with Tuna, and mash potato as a side
Cherie
20-01-2022, 02:12 PM
Its odd there is no salad at all
Crimson Dynamo
20-01-2022, 02:15 PM
Ideal to build up vitamin D to fight covid

:clap1:
glib
20-01-2022, 02:19 PM
Its odd there is no salad at all

All the staff who make salad are off
Alf
20-01-2022, 02:42 PM
No Semolina pudding?
glib
20-01-2022, 02:46 PM
No Semolina pudding?

Pudding is a smile from the dinner ladies
arista
20-01-2022, 02:51 PM
Sounds fantastic to me :hee:



Potato
arista
20-01-2022, 02:54 PM
Its odd there is no salad at all


Yes
add a Side Salad
arista
20-01-2022, 02:57 PM
Too much starch and carbohydrate, what a lazy school menu.



Yes, sure it is Lazy.



I hope the Jack Potatoes are nice
glib
20-01-2022, 03:17 PM
Yes
add a Side Salad

Not enough staff to make the salad apparently
At least they have the option of baked beans
Crimson Dynamo
20-01-2022, 03:45 PM
the simple solution would be call all the ones off and ask are you actually ill at all?. then when they say no ask them to return immediately - sod what the poxy out of date government say

crisis averted
glib
20-01-2022, 03:52 PM
the simple solution would be call all the ones off and ask are you actually ill at all?. then when they say no ask them to return immediately - sod what the poxy out of date government say

crisis averted

We don’t want the chefs spluttering into the kids food
GoldHeart
20-01-2022, 03:59 PM
Not enough staff to make the salad apparently
At least they have the option of baked beans

:joker: Salad is literally the easiest thing to make though
bots
20-01-2022, 04:00 PM
nothing wrong with potato
glib
20-01-2022, 04:53 PM
nothing wrong with potato

Even with beans or cheese on , it’s bland and dry

They could try getting creative with the potato
bots
20-01-2022, 05:01 PM
Even with beans or cheese on , it’s bland and dry

They could try getting creative with the potato

thats a subjective opinion
Alf
20-01-2022, 05:03 PM
Even with beans or cheese on , it’s bland and dry

They could try getting creative with the potatoThat's the next arts and crafts lesson sorted. Get creative with a spud.
glib
20-01-2022, 05:13 PM
That's the next arts and crafts lesson sorted. Get creative with a spud.

The kids will be able to grow vegetables to eat in their allotment faster than the chefs return to work