Food and drink that bring back memories from school
We're feeling nostalgic!
No matter what your age, if you think back to your school days, perhaps some of the most fond and memorable moments happened during your lunch breaks!
If you have kids yourself now, you'll be aware school meals aren't what they used to be (thanks to Jamie Oliver 🙈), so we thought we would take a trip down memory lane by looking at some food and drinks that remind us of those school years.
Food and drinks you'll remember from school:
Cornflake cake
A staple of the school kitchen! If you fancy making your own cornflake cake, just like this yummy one in the photo, check out this amazing recipe from The Spelt Kitchen.
Turkey Twizzlers
Turkey Twizzlers were basically on the menu every day until 2005, when they were banned from schools following a healthy eating campaign by top chef Jamie Oliver.
The tasty treats recently made a comeback though, albeit with a lot less fat, additives and flavourings!
Angel Delight
It really was the simple things in life that got us through Maths with our least favourite teacher...
Turkey dinosaurs
Always a favourite when they landed on the school menu, turkey dinosaurs were basically in the same God Tier as turkey twizzlers.
Baked Beans
Beans and chips, beans and nuggets, beans and fish fingers, anything with beans was a winning school meal in our eyes!
Lumpy mash
It was served with basically every meal, but nobody was complaining after it had been drowned in gravy.
Rice pudding
A classic still to this day.
Cartons of Milk
Whether you had cartons or glass bottles, there was nothing better than a slug of milk during break time!
Sprinkle cake
It was hard around the edges and dry in the middle, but there was something about sprinkle cake at school, lathered in custard of course.
Smiley potato faces
They cheered up our plates and will always have a place in our culinary hearts.
Jelly
All together now: "Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate, wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on a plate"
Syrup sponge
Syrup sponge and custard, was there even a nicer dessert?
Pizza slices
You couldn't beat a pizza slice on your lunch break... Even if it only had 2 slices of pepperoni on!
Caramel Shortcake
These treats weren't on offer often, but when they did come it was always a race to get one before they'd gone!
Have we missed any of your favourites? Let us know what you miss the most!
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