caretaker

I took shop but I'm catching up.

plasticcanuck

Home Economics in Scotland 101

Firstly deep fry everything to ensure number of our deaths from heart disease continues to lead the western world.

Perhaps if you deep fried Kraft Dinner you'd learn to love it and consider it just fine for your children.

Oakvillian

Hold on - that might just work. Take one dollop of cold & congealed Kraft Dinner, coat in a good thick batter, deep fry until crispy and golden. For added finesse, shape the dollop of KD into a sausage first, so it's easier to hold onto and bite from one end.

I am I said

Leftover fried KD with lots of ketchup was a university breakfast staple.

Shard

Hard to get more disgusting than that.

AlliF

Haven't owned a deep fat fryer since I left uni 20 years ago.

Seriously though, yes Scottish food has a bad rep - not always justly deserved - but people do love to hold on to their out dated stereotypes.
I am not claiming Scottish food is healthy - the point is so many Canadians blabbing on about how rubbish British food is when their own food is pretty crappy is a bit rich.
Salt levels in food over here are the worst - I have resorted to making my own sausage meat because I can't eat the stuff they produce here it's so salty.

Tirytory

I find that children's menus are fairly limited in Canada- Poutine, pizza, fries and something....I haven't come across anything healthy. We usually ask for something to be made..

AlliF

Yup, usually chicken nuggets and grilled cheese feature pretty highly.
We tend to try and order something off the adult menu each for us, just ask for a side salad or veggie side order for her and then take stuff off our plate. The portions are usually huge enough anyway.
If we order a takeaway we only order one main course and one starter and split it 3 ways - and still have leftovers.

Shard

Did you find children's menus in Britain healthy?

plasticcanuck

Haven't owned a deep fat fryer since I left uni 20 years ago.

Oh, so you're the one? The new Scottish Police Force has you on its Most Wanted List. Now they know where you are they can begin extradition proceedings. You could be visiting the Auld Sod earlier than you planned.

AlliF

I think you're missing the point Shard - it is the fact that the Canadians who cling onto these stereotypes are in extremely fragile glass houses lobbing stones at the state of British food.
I have no idea what the children's menus are like in Britain - left 8 years ago before we had kids. But I would assume it's about the same.
I'm pretty sure there are no people in Britain saying look how awful Canadian food is compared to ours..

AlliF

Tirytory

I think there was starting to be.... I never find that any veg is offered in Canadian kids meals- whereas in the UK definitely so.

Shard

Maybe. There's certainly no shortage of nuggets/pizza/macaroni UK kids menus though. Ideally, we would be like the French - just serve a smaller portion of something from the main menu as the kid's menu.

Tirytory

Yes absolutely... Really that is just what should be offered. I suppose my thinking arises from going somewhere I expect the menu for children to be better and it's not. Great for adults- not much thought for kids. Guess it's supply and demand thing..