Warm boot recommendations please

[Geoid]

I think it has been upped to 50p per child now

[Cate in NZ]

I'm sticking up for Jamie I've cooked loads of his recipes in the past and OK, not every one was too my taste nor always an unmitigated success (but that may reflect my cooking skills rather than his recipes), but I've enjoyed cooking and eating the vast majority of them.

He can be irritating, and that accent does grate from time to time, but he's standing up for what he believes in. good on him for trying. If everyone put themselves out to stand up and be counted and to make politicians and public alike stop and listen then I reckon this country would be a much beter place . He might not be perfect, but then again, who is, and with his enthusiasm and commitment I'll forgive him a lot

He's got us all talking and debating about food hasn't he

Oh, and my son (15, yr 11) loves his school dinners since they've been Jamiefied. His tip is choose the veggie option that all the chips, chocolate and burger lovers shun. The dinner ladies are so keen to get rid of it that they give out massive prtions, and he says that once you get over the fact that you're actually voluntarily eating mushrooms (or whatever) you realise that it actually does taste pretty delicious

[sparkleeeeee]

yes it is different now kids do spend alot more time at home rather than out playing.

i used to live near the coast and used to spend literally alldaylight hours playing on the dunes, we had dens and used to have pretend rival gangs with flour and water bombs, real swallows and anazons stuff. i even used to keep an egg box under my bed with eggs in waiting to be smelly egg bombs i was a bit of a tomboy at school. i used to do alot of crosscountry running as well and did alot of sport and riding.

this was in the 80's. now its not so safe and parents would worry about kids doing that now. i even camped on the dunes as a teenager, i certainly wouldnt let any of my children do it now. we hear all the stories of children going missing etc and nowhere seems safe.

and you are right about family time, we used to go swimming as a family twice a week and then used to have a spud'u'like which is a take away jacket potato place, the first time i went into mcdonalds was in my last year at school with my friends. i can remember not being that impressed with it.

i did know how to cook though and enjoyed cookery at school, in the GCSE years children in the higher sets were not alowed to take cookery or home economics but i did cook alot of the meals at home. when i went to uni i discovered that some people didnt even know how to turn the oven on! and i had a friend who just lived on takaways or used to pay other people to cook for her.

my children (19mts and 3 yrs) love cooking and although they make a HUGE mess i encourage them to help me. i also try to make their day as active as possible so that they dont spend the day sitting infront of the telly although it is the easier option. i must admit if i am really busy i have ocasionally put charlie and lola on and given them a bowl of rasins and banana and i can see why people do it but i am sure its not good for them.

 

back to jamie, i have several of his books and i do use them alot for ideas, they are back to basic non fussy and really easy to do. i also think he is a great role model for our younger generation. he is a great family man and you dont get any of the rubbish behaviour that alot of celebs do. i even enjoyed jooles olivers book 'minus nine to one'. dont knock someone for doing some good.

 

if the school meals are bad look to the cooks, they are probably so used to heating up and not actually cooking proper food they might need some retraining like jamie tried to do. also they could do with some encouragement and thanks. is should think its not a nice job being sneared and moaned at every lunchtime by a whole load of sugar starved teenagers.

[Geoid]

Maybe its not about Jamie Oliver, its about the Goverment implementing his idea wrongly, and the schools not having proper cooks [or cooks with not enough training] or just trying to cut the costs

[Sheilaz]

Excellent reply Fred.