England schools ban fried nuggets in food standards overhaul

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/12/school-food-overhaul-england-fried-nuggets-steamed-sponges

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yesman@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 125d (2 replies)

Just more blatant anti-Americanism from our so called allies.

garbage_world@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 125d (1 reply)
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yesman@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 125d

Southern fried chicken comes from Scotland and WAfrica. And the EAsians have done heroic work in fried poultry tech. But the idea of shredding an animal with industrial machines and recombining it all with meat glue and fillers into appetizing dinosaur shapes, rolling it in breadcrumbs and frying it golden brown and crispy is 10,000% American and you can't deny it.

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 125d

My chicky nuggies! ReeeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeee

ms_lane@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 125d (4 replies)

Steamed Sponges

I'm glad to see that's just cake/pudding, I thought you were steaming sea sponges...

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 125d (2 replies)

Don’t be silly. It’s bath sponges.

frongt@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 125d (1 reply)

Where do you think bath sponges come from?

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d

The plastic ocean.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d

I would not put this past some kitchens. In fact, they could be steaming cleaning sponges for the same consistency and flavour.

daannii@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 125d (10 replies)

Tis not food for humans.

cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 125d (9 replies)

Pink slime is banned in Canada and EU.

Wait, right, uk did the dumb thing

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 125d (4 replies)

they came from liquified old gym mats.

cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d (3 replies)

There's very little meat in these gym mats

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 124d (2 replies)

or using GRADE F meat.

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d (1 reply)

Be sure to drink plenty of Malk!

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 123d

Dilk, dog milk.

daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 125d (3 replies)

Thats what chicken nuggets are made of

cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d (2 replies)

Not in first world countries

daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d (1 reply)

Well I'm not sure if US is 1st world or not. But it's pink paste here.

RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d

It's not, probably

leoj@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 125d (3 replies)

So does this include fish and chips? Is that an actual school meal in the UK? We definitely got a version of it in USA schools, although it would probably be blasphemous to any person from the UK.

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 125d (2 replies)

Why? Was it cooked properly?

hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 125d

You don't really want to know the detailed answer to this question.

leoj@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 124d

we said the chicken nuggets were "beak to claw"... So the fish were fin to flipper? gill to dorsal? I'm not sure which, but they were gross. (LOTS of bits you couldn't quite identify, in a "stick").

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d

This will be devastating for most school cafeterias. How dare they forbid everything on the menu just for being unhealthy!

In the end, some of the employees might have to learn to actually cook food like a ... cook?

claret@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d

I left school over 20 years ago but I don't remember ever having things like nuggets or fish and chips (chips yes, but not fried fish). Couldn't even get a pizza, that usually come from home. Lol. Have school dinners got worse?

The worst things I remember are stuff like pastries and iced buns you could get at break time.