School Dinner Canteen- menu (1917)

Post date: Mar 01, 2014 7:8:21 PM

In Kent archives reference P385/25/8 is a bundle of papers relating to the school dinner canteen run at Wateringbury National schools including minutes of the meetings of its committee and lists of the many helpers. One item is a list of dinners to be repeated every 4 weeks is included in the file for spring 1917. It is headed City of Bradford but it's inclusion implies that it was the menu adopted in Wateringbury National schools (and various manual amendments indicate the same) and it is transposed below.

Ist week:

Monday Brown vegetable soup- Dumplings

Rice Pudding

Tuesday Cottage Pie ; Green peas

Sago Pudding

Wednesday Scotch Barley Broth

Ginger Pudding-Sweet Sauce

Thursday Meat and Potato Hash; Peas

Baked Jam Roll

Friday Fish and Potato Pie; Parsley Sauce; Green Peas

Rice Pudding

2nd week:

Monday Meat and Potato Hash; Peas

Jam roly-poly Pudding- Sauce

Tuesday Shepherd's Pie; Green Peas

Ground Rice Pudding

Wednesday Brown Vegetable Soup

Currant Pastry

Thursday Cottage Pie; Green Peas

Semolina Pudding

Friday Fish and Potato Pie ;Parsley Sauce; Green Peas

Rice Pudding

3rd week:

Monday Brown vegetable soup- Dumplings

Rice Pudding

Tuesday Cottage Pie ; Green peas

Sago Pudding

Wednesday Potato and Onion Soup

Ginger Pudding-Sweet Sauce

Thursday Stewed Beef and Boiled Suet Pudding

Semolina Pudding

Friday Fish and Potato Pie; Parsley Sauce; Green Peas

Rice Pudding

4th week:

Monday Brown vegetable soup

Currant roly-poly Pudding-Sauce

Tuesday Hashed Beef and Savoury Balls

Rice Pudding

Wednesday Potato and Onion Soup

Baked Jam Roll

Thursday Shepherd's Pie; Green Peas

Semolina Pudding

Friday Fish and Potato Pie; Parsley Sauce; Green Peas

Ground Rice Pudding