Delia the renegade master

[Merry]

When I had my beloved class of roughnecks and loonies they used to take it in turns to cook a lunch for the class twice a week or so. A small group would go to the kitchen with a teaching assistant and do a pasta dish or something then come back and serve it up. They loved it - then the National Curriculum happened and Ofsted said it was a poor use of time and I said s**it and took early retirement.

[Karen_D]

Teaching kids to cook isn't a bad idea but a better one might be teaching their parents first.

When we do re-enactment the adults are often more amazed than the kids that the vegetables and meat in the cauldron over the fire is for dinner. I kid you not that at larger gigs when we've done a pig roast we've been asked "is that a real pig?" [1] and had parents firmly tell their children that we aren't really going to eat it ('cause when you've paid for an entire pig and spent hours cooking it you just chuck it away).

Wassail

Karen




[1] for some reason, members of the public attending historical re-enactments seem to believe that everything is pretend, even when they can see it, smell it, hear it, touch it and be beaten senseless with it by an exasperated re-enactor.

[ina]

[1] for some reason, members of the public attending historical re-enactments seem to believe that everything is pretend, even when they can see it, smell it, hear it, touch it and be beaten senseless with it by an exasperated re-enactor.

Well, they've seen it all on tellie, so it can't be real, can it!

[oldfella]

Slightly of topic, went to our local hunt Dinner the other night and all the cooking is done by the lads, the head chef being about 6ft 4in with a beard, and wearing his wife's pinny ( she is a good 5ft), as he did his rounds of the table, an English couple, enquired who the chef was and were most dismayed to be told he was, their reaction was to complain to all and sundry that this would not be allowed in England under the food safety act. The menu that evening was all local veg from hunt members and Venison, Wild boar, Hares, and Spit Roasted Lamb.

[Millymollymandy]

What did they reckon wouldn't have been allowed Oldfella? A beard?

[ina]

What did they reckon wouldn't have been allowed Oldfella? A beard?

Well, I suppose - no proper hygienic clothing (that pinnie can't have covered all of him!); I bet he didn't have a food hygiene certificate, either, and possibly the premises weren't certificated by the health authorities - gosh, it's a wonder you all survived!

[MKG]

Came across this site and couldn't help but think of Delia ...

http://pundo3000.com/werbunggegenrealitaet3000.htm

It's a "This is the packaging, this what is claimed to be inside, this is the reality" thing. Some are OK, but others ....

It's time someone did this for British supermarkets.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Hmmm...certainly put me off my lunch!

[Hawthorn]

some of that stuff looks pretty vile, it has to be said.

Mind you, small confession here - I like the occasional takeaway curry, but one night my partner brought in some ready meal curries. I think they were weight watchers ones. I don't CARE what was in them........they were absolutely gorgeous, and so much nicer than the takeaway ones - seriously.

Didn't look much, but really packed a punch taste wise.

[QuakerBear]

Karen D,

My jaw has just hit the ground.