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Post by mwalker96 on Mar 1, 2019 11:25:02 GMT 10
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 1, 2019 12:46:31 GMT 10
Because of the childhood obesity epidemic, school lunches definitely underwent an overhaul around that time. However, a lot of it was just nonsensical. They no longer served juice except with breakfast because of its sugar content, despite continuing to serve chocolate and strawberry hormone added milk. Then in high school they charged you an extra $.50 if you didn’t take a piece of fruit with your lunch, as a way of saying they served “healthy” meals. It was usually rotten and/or low quality and would get thrown out. What exactly do you mean by custard? It’s not really something we eat by itself, it would be like in creme brûlée or maybe a pie (ie: key lime, lemon meringue). That's a bit rough. Steps were taken to encourage school kids to start eating healthier here as well, although it wasn't in the form of charging kids if they didn't take a piece of fruit to school. When I was in Year 5, there was a new school initiative introduced to primary schools where after the first hour of class, we would have a small 10-minute break known as "crunch and sip". You could bring in pieces of fruit to eat during the break. I'm not sure if primary schools still do that now or not, but I'd imagine that they would. Really?  That's strange!  I was just referring to the flavoured custard that you can buy from supermarkets. Having a bowl of custard (on it's own) for dessert is quite common down here.
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Post by longaotian on Mar 1, 2019 14:19:04 GMT 10
Because of the childhood obesity epidemic, school lunches definitely underwent an overhaul around that time. However, a lot of it was just nonsensical. They no longer served juice except with breakfast because of its sugar content, despite continuing to serve chocolate and strawberry hormone added milk. Then in high school they charged you an extra $.50 if you didn’t take a piece of fruit with your lunch, as a way of saying they served “healthy” meals. It was usually rotten and/or low quality and would get thrown out. What exactly do you mean by custard? It’s not really something we eat by itself, it would be like in creme brûlée or maybe a pie (ie: key lime, lemon meringue). That's a bit rough. Steps were taken to encourage school kids to start eating healthier here as well, although it wasn't in the form of charging kids if they didn't take a piece of fruit to school. When I was in Year 5, there was a new school initiative introduced to primary schools where after the first hour of class, we would have a small 10-minute break known as "crunch and sip". You could bring in pieces of fruit to eat during the break. I'm not sure if primary schools still do that now or not, but I'd imagine that they would. When I was at primary school we never had such a thing but we were encouraged to eat healthy. What surprised me though was that when my sisters were going to primary school in the early 2000s they would serve Mcdonalds instead of doing actual lunches at the school. They would just take a truck and get a bunch of Mcdonalds for the kids to eat. By the time I started at the same school in 2005, you could only order more healthy snacks like fruit, or bakery stuff. I even remember my Preschool being super healthy, like the food they gave us was literally just fruit and nothing else.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 1, 2019 15:26:49 GMT 10
When I was at primary school we never had such a thing but we were encouraged to eat healthy. What surprised me though was that when my sisters were going to primary school in the early 2000s they would serve Mcdonalds instead of doing actual lunches at the school. They would just take a truck and get a bunch of Mcdonalds for the kids to eat. By the time I started at the same school in 2005, you could only order more healthy snacks like fruit, or bakery stuff. I even remember my Preschool being super healthy, like the food they gave us was literally just fruit and nothing else. Really?! I'm surprised that the teachers would have wanted to go to the trouble of going down to McDonalds so often! I'm not sure if I really agree with the teachers having done that, to be honest. It's okay to have McDonalds every now and then, but to actually offer it to kids as a regular menu option isn't right, IMO. Although, I bet it must have been annoying to know that your sisters were able to have Macca's at school and you weren't able to, lol. The only time kids at my school were ever allowed to have McDonalds for lunch was if they had won a "Bronze Award". Everyone received a small booklet which you would use to you to keep stickers that you had earned from teachers for good behaviour, excellent class work etc. Once you had received a certain amount of stickers, you would earn a "Bronze Award" at the end-of-term school assembly and the prize for that was going with the school principal for lunch at McDonalds.  There's a McDonalds only a few hundred metres down the road from where my primary school is, so we used to just walk down the road to go to it. I won the award when I was in Year 2.
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Post by longaotian on Mar 1, 2019 15:45:44 GMT 10
When I was at primary school we never had such a thing but we were encouraged to eat healthy. What surprised me though was that when my sisters were going to primary school in the early 2000s they would serve Mcdonalds instead of doing actual lunches at the school. They would just take a truck and get a bunch of Mcdonalds for the kids to eat. By the time I started at the same school in 2005, you could only order more healthy snacks like fruit, or bakery stuff. I even remember my Preschool being super healthy, like the food they gave us was literally just fruit and nothing else. Really?! I'm surprised that the teachers would have wanted to go to the trouble of going down to McDonalds so often! I'm not sure if I really agree with the teachers having done that, to be honest. It's okay to have McDonalds every now and then, but to actually offer it to kids as a regular menu option isn't right, IMO. Although, I bet it must have been annoying to know that your sisters were able to have Macca's at school and you weren't able to, lol. The only time kids at my school were ever allowed to have McDonalds for lunch was if they had won a "Bronze Award". Everyone received a small booklet which you would use to you to keep stickers that you had earned from teachers for good behaviour, excellent class work etc. Once you had received a certain amount of stickers, you would earn a "Bronze Award" at the end-of-term school assembly and the prize for that was going with the school principal for lunch at McDonalds. There's a McDonalds only a few hundred metres down the road from where my primary school is, so we used to just walk down the road to go to it. I won the award when I was in Year 2. Lol wtf. Lunch with the school principal!? Terrifying!!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 1, 2019 16:01:27 GMT 10
Really?! I'm surprised that the teachers would have wanted to go to the trouble of going down to McDonalds so often! I'm not sure if I really agree with the teachers having done that, to be honest. It's okay to have McDonalds every now and then, but to actually offer it to kids as a regular menu option isn't right, IMO. Although, I bet it must have been annoying to know that your sisters were able to have Macca's at school and you weren't able to, lol. The only time kids at my school were ever allowed to have McDonalds for lunch was if they had won a "Bronze Award". Everyone received a small booklet which you would use to you to keep stickers that you had earned from teachers for good behaviour, excellent class work etc. Once you had received a certain amount of stickers, you would earn a "Bronze Award" at the end-of-term school assembly and the prize for that was going with the school principal for lunch at McDonalds. There's a McDonalds only a few hundred metres down the road from where my primary school is, so we used to just walk down the road to go to it. I won the award when I was in Year 2. Lol wtf. Lunch with the school principal!? Terrifying!! Haha. It wasn't too bad actually! There was a small group of us who had lunch with him.
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Post by longaotian on Mar 1, 2019 16:03:32 GMT 10
Lol wtf. Lunch with the school principal!? Terrifying!! Haha. It wasn't too bad actually! There was a small group of us who had lunch with him. Oh ok. Thats a lot better then, I thought it was just you and the principal.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 1, 2019 16:06:08 GMT 10
Haha. It wasn't too bad actually! There was a small group of us who had lunch with him. Oh ok. Thats a lot better then, I thought it was just you and the principal. Lol. Now that would definitely be terrifying!
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Post by al on Mar 5, 2019 9:09:57 GMT 10
Artisan chips got really big in the 00's, like Terra Chips and Kettle Chips in unique flavors. Pita chips, namely Stacy's, were the cool snack in the late 00's, whereas Sun Chips, a little more mainstream, were big in the early 00's. Tostitos Scoops with salsa were new and popular maybe 05-ish?
Wait @sharksfan99 is custard like pudding?
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Post by John Titor on Mar 5, 2019 9:57:51 GMT 10
Artisan chips got really big in the 00's, like Terra Chips and Kettle Chips in unique flavors. Pita chips, namely Stacy's, were the cool snack in the late 00's, whereas Sun Chips, a little more mainstream, were big in the early 00's. Tostitos Scoops with salsa were new and popular maybe 05-ish? Wait @sharksfan99 is custard like pudding? tostitos blew up in 04 they had massive hype in commercials
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 5, 2019 11:23:34 GMT 10
Wait @sharksfan99 is custard like pudding? It's similar to pudding, but it tastes differently, as it's a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs. Here's a photo of a bowl of custard: 
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Post by al on Mar 5, 2019 11:38:50 GMT 10
It's similar to pudding, but it tastes differently, as it's a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs. Here's a photo of a bowl of custard: Ahh yes so it is what I’ve made as a pie and cake filling before. And what is beneath creme brûlée’s sugar crust. Plain but kinda yum. Could never imagine just buying it in a store and eating it though.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 5, 2019 12:28:50 GMT 10
Ahh yes so it is what I’ve made as a pie and cake filling before. And what is beneath creme brûlée’s sugar crust. Plain but kinda yum. Could never imagine just buying it in a store and eating it though. Haha. It's actually really nice to have it just on it's own! Maybe you should pour yourself a bowl of custard and try it one time.
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Post by mwalker96 on Mar 5, 2019 15:25:57 GMT 10
Wait @sharksfan99 is custard like pudding? It's similar to pudding, but it tastes differently, as it's a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs. Here's a photo of a bowl of custard: Looks similar to what we eat in a America call ban a pudding except we use actual bannas and Vanila Wafers with milk and custard.
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Mar 5, 2019 17:44:40 GMT 10
One trend that I noticed during the naughties was the decline in dine-in takeaway restaurants. For instance, most Pizza Hut stores were set out in a way that you could actually sit at a table and enjoy your meal in the store itself (much like you can in McDonalds restuarants). I have a few early childhood memories of going out for dinner with my Grandparents and cousin to our local Pizza Hut restaurant during the Early 2000s. This, however, began to change during the Mid 2000s, when a number of dine-in takeaway restaurants began to move into smaller premises and re-establish themselves as fast-food convenient stores. Sizzler closed most of it's stores here in Australia back in 2004 (there isn't a Sizzler here in the Illawarra at all), while Pizza Hut also closed down it's restaurants around that same time. It has been over a decade since I last saw a dine-in fast-food pizza chain. It's a shame that they're all gone, because it used to be good being able to go out for dinner and have a proper meal at the pizza outlet. There are still a few Pizza Hut and Sizzler dine-ins about. I went to one of the Sizzler and Pizza Hut stores up on the Gold Coast when I was up there a couple of years ago. I did find one in Ballarat when I was there way back in 2008, but that could have very well closed down by now I guess! In saying this though, they are a very rare sight these days compared to when both Sizzler and Pizza Hut were a really big deal back during the 90s. I remember spending quite a few of my birthday parties/dinners at either one of them (same with my brothers)! Their pasta and soft serve ice cream in particular was to die for. That's a bit rough. Steps were taken to encourage school kids to start eating healthier here as well, although it wasn't in the form of charging kids if they didn't take a piece of fruit to school. When I was in Year 5, there was a new school initiative introduced to primary schools where after the first hour of class, we would have a small 10-minute break known as "crunch and sip". You could bring in pieces of fruit to eat during the break. I'm not sure if primary schools still do that now or not, but I'd imagine that they would. When I was at primary school we never had such a thing but we were encouraged to eat healthy. What surprised me though was that when my sisters were going to primary school in the early 2000s they would serve Mcdonalds instead of doing actual lunches at the school. They would just take a truck and get a bunch of Mcdonalds for the kids to eat. By the time I started at the same school in 2005, you could only order more healthy snacks like fruit, or bakery stuff. I even remember my Preschool being super healthy, like the food they gave us was literally just fruit and nothing else. Same. We were encouraged to eat healthy at my school too. There was certainly no McDonald’s available for the students in my time lol. Our school canteen had some unhealthy options of course (small pies etc.), but there were quite a few more healthier options instead like salad rolls, fruit and the like. Again, no Macca’s in sight!
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That's strange! 
I was just referring to the flavoured custard that you can buy from supermarkets. Having a bowl of custard (on it's own) for dessert is quite common down here. 
There's a McDonalds only a few hundred metres down the road from where my primary school is, so we used to just walk down the road to go to it. I won the award when I was in Year 2. 
