School dinners!

[LadyPickers]

Good day lovely folk at Answerbank.

Does anyone remember the cheese flan that we used to have for school dinner? I have wistful, nostalgic, fond memories, and would love to recreate it, so RECIPES PLEASE.

It was bright orange, probably made from that evil plastic government cheese, and was top with chips and beans...

Perhaps it was just a 70's & 80's thing? Don't know what they feed the nippers on these days.

Ta very much!

[WendyS]

Well, I often make a cheese flan but not being a good pastry cook I cheat. I buy the ready-made Hoppers plain pastry flan cases from the supermarket. (Life's too short to mess about with making pastry and cooking flan cases blind first !). Then just grate lots of really strong mature cheddar cheese and whisk up three or four eggs and pour the combined mixture into the flan case. (Or add the grated cheese first and then pour in the egg mixture). Season, put into a hot oven and cook for about 20 minutes. This is delicious with chopped bacon added too if you're not vegetarian.

[LadyPickers]

Thanks WendyS! Guess what I'M making for tea tonight. I'll be instantly transported back to 1978.

Yum!

[rockyracoon]

I remember this, it was wonderful. My old canteen lady from work used to recreate this but she would never give me her recipe.

[sweetdor]

that was my favorite school dinner we used to have it with baked beans mash pots grated cheese on the side and a hard boiled egg sliced and i made it for our tea last thursday it was yummy and always brings back fond memories of school dinner......and just to add i just buy a quiche not as good but almost,,thanks for the memories

[Pebbles]

I used to be a school cook and the recipe is as much cheese as you can get into an uncooked pastry base. then whisk up 1 egg to 1 fl oz of milk, (a 8'' case is about 3 eggs worth) then pour this over the cheese (good idea to put it on a baking tray first). Cook gas 6 for about 30 mins.

This was one of the most popular dishes I cooked. Another was homemade mini pizza's and curry or spag bol, (again, all homemade, none of this ready made rubbish they seem to serve the kids today) and this only going back 10 years in Essex.

[~Wingnut~]

I'm a school cook and we don't serve any of that ready made rubbish at all, haven't for the last 2 years. All made from scratch, even the bread rolls.

We did used to make the flan, right up to about a year and a half or so ago. The kids hated it, mainly because they didn't recognise it!! and never had it at home. It's hard trying to get the kids to eat healthy when it's not followed thru at home.

One kid the other day actually asked, "what's that round thing?" It was a new potato!