Thai school dinners: One ghastly lunch posted on Facebook causes uproar among netizens

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Picture: Sanook

Thai netizens were in uproar after a former pupil posted a picture of their child's lunch on an aluminium tray, reported Sanook. 

There was a bit of slop intended to be Kaeng Khiaw Wan (green curry) though the chicken was the tiniest of bones accompanied by a couple of sorry looking makheua (Thai aubergine).

There was a bit of insipid looking sauce, some rice and a couple of bananas.

Sanook asked in their caption:Is that enough to sustain a child?

Netizens thought not and wondered where the 20 baht per head budget was going at the school in Mae Sot in the north west of Thailand.

Into the children's mouths or into the pockets of the school administrators while the kid's starved. 

Many have called for an immediate investigation. 

 

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[PatOngo]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Netizens thought not and wondered where the 20 baht per head budget was going at the school in Mae Sot in the north west of Thailand.

Straight into the trough for the connected snouts!

[Surelynot]

School dinners......my recollection 

Very tough liver (almost everyday)......lumpy mash......turnip or swede.....followed by custard you could not knock the skin off.

[worgeordie]

I thought school dinners were bad when I was a lad, but

this is taking the mickey, corruption obviously involved,

20 THB allocated for meal ,get it down to 10 THB,pocket

difference. nothing  is immune from corruption here.

regards Worgeordie

 

[lopburi3]

School dinners?  Some of us never had the pleasure.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich in wax paper and thermos of milk was taken from home and back in a lunchbox.

[tifino]

4 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

School dinners?  Some of us never had the pleasure.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich in wax paper and thermos of milk was taken from home and back in a lunchbox.

yes but these days that kids lunch above would have been confiscated by the anaphylaxic fanatix!

[scorecard]

50 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

School dinners?  Some of us never had the pleasure.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich in wax paper and thermos of milk was taken from home and back in a lunchbox.

I sat next to the same boy (each seat was for 2 kids) all through primary school. He had condensed milk and Vegemite (in the same sandwich) every day for six years. He made his own lunch.

His name was Christopher Christopher. Or was it Christopher Christopher?

Edited March 17, 2021 by scorecard

[RichardColeman]

My 4 year old daughter tends not to eat the lunch - eats well before school and then eats continuously until bedtime !

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Surelynot said:

School dinners......my recollection 

Very tough liver (almost everyday)......lumpy mash......turnip or swede.....followed by custard you could not knock the skin off.

You were lucky, I couldn't get the skin off mine, I had to chew it all afternoon until it slowly dissolved.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

School dinners?  Some of us never had the pleasure.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich in wax paper and thermos of milk was taken from home and back in a lunchbox.

We grew up on a handful of gravel and drink from a puddle.
Winter you had to break the ice first.

[overt2016]

LUNCH' you were lucky! We sniffed a --------.

[digger70]

Thai school dinners:  One ghastly lunch posted on Facebook causes uproar among netizens. 

 What are schools Dinners , We never had School Dinners. 

 — Dutch children typically have a 60–90 min lunch break, during which they go home to eat their lunch or eat home-packed lunches at school. It is not common that Dutch children consume a hot or cooked meal during lunch at home or at school.

[trainman34014]

Me ?   I ate Mud !

[BenDeCosta]

School dinners were completely inedible when I was at secondary school. I used to walk to the chip shop and get a small portion of chips or if I had won a lot from gambling I'd get a battered sausage and chips.

Actually, the meal pictured looks more appetising than some of the things I have seen Thai people eating at service stations.

Edited March 17, 2021 by BenDeCosta

[scorecard]

14 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Me ?   I ate Mud !

Home made no doubt?

[metisdead]

Some off topic posts and replies about "korean school lunches" have been removed. 

[RocketDog]

21 hours ago, hotchilli said:

We grew up on a handful of gravel and drink from a puddle.
Winter you had to break the ice first.

Wait. You got a whole handful? You must have been rich. 

I shared a handful with three brothers. The nearest puddle was 2 miles uphill but if it hadn't rained recently we could usually still squeeze some water out of mud.

On Sunday we got tree bark soup with crickets. That was my favorite. 

[ChipButty]

What are they complaining about?

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, RocketDog said:

Wait. You got a whole handful? You must have been rich. 

I shared a handful with three brothers. The nearest puddle was 2 miles uphill but if it hadn't rained recently we could usually still squeeze some water out of mud.

On Sunday we got tree bark soup with crickets. That was my favorite. 

Every Sunday... Jeez you were truly blessed.
I got nettle soup on my birthday... I was born on  a leap year !!!

[ThailandRyan]

Is that just the first course of a 5 course dinner, just enough to excite you for what's t come next...oh yeah nothing.  Yet the budget for a meal was just increased.

[Patong2021]

It is not acceptable to see such a story in a country with so much abundant quality fruit and vegetable  and access to low cost fish. The country is awash with CP factory chicken. 20 baht for a child lunch is not enough today so maybe this is the result.

 

[2530Ubon]

On 3/17/2021 at 7:26 PM, BenDeCosta said:

School dinners were completely inedible when I was at secondary school. I used to walk to the chip shop and get a small portion of chips or if I had won a lot from gambling I'd get a battered sausage and chips.

Same here! The chippy used to have a fruit machine with a five pound jackpot... sometimes I'd lose and have to eat the sorry looking peanut butter sarnie at the bottom of my bag. I'd also buy ciggies (roll your own) at the shop next door if I won a couple of quid, and wash it down with a cup of tea at my friends house... a typical British lunch really.

Edited March 19, 2021 by 2530Ubon

[HashBrownHarry]

On 3/17/2021 at 10:33 AM, overt2016 said:

LUNCH' you were lucky! We sniffed a --------.

You were lucky, i lived in a shoe.

[HashBrownHarry]

On 3/18/2021 at 8:02 AM, RocketDog said:

Wait. You got a whole handful? You must have been rich. 

I shared a handful with three brothers. The nearest puddle was 2 miles uphill but if it hadn't rained recently we could usually still squeeze some water out of mud.

On Sunday we got tree bark soup with crickets. That was my favorite. 

We used to fight with the rich kids just to smell the food off their breath!

[phetpeter]

When I was in school in the 60s and 70s, the school dinners were great, cooked fresh everyday by the cooks in the school. There was at least 2 choices and pudding. it was normally the biggest meal for most of us each day. later they added breakfast. It made up for my dads cooking, we had baked beans most days or my dads fav boiled pork and potatoes (Irish). Still I know late 70's that all changed and it was contracted out, and went down hill, same time the idiots stopped the slipper and caning.