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