A FURIOUS mum has come under fire after she moaned about the dinner her child gets at school.
The ”horrified” parent took to Mumsnet after she was appalled by the portion size – however, the moaning quickly backfired.
The mum explained that she had attended her daughter’s school for dinner with the parents and was gobsmacked by the ”tiny” amount they were served.
Some of the meals the outraged mum took snaps of included mash with gravy, veggies and turkey, as well rice with carrots, peas and chicken on the side.
Another meal, she shared in the post, consisted of mini potato waffles, baked beans, a slice of white bread, sausage, some ham and scrambled eggs.
The raging parent shared her disappointment on Mumsnet, claiming that the pupils normally get less than this.
”All they had was two scoops of mash (my daughter did say that it is usually just one scoop), the thinnest slice of turkey I have ever seen and a tablespoon of carrots with a drizzle of watery gravy.
”With a tiny pot of ice cream. When I was at school it was nothing like this.”
According to the parent, who lives in Shropshire, the meals were ”poor quality” and that even those in prison get served ”better” food.
”My daughter said it’s awful only meal she enjoys is pizza day. As soon as she gets in the car she’s crying saying she is hungry and keeps getting headaches.”
She went on: ”She has been asking for packed lunches for a long time but I’ve always refused.
”But today and going forward I will always make her a proper lunch.
”It just make’s you question what on earth is going on?
”How can that be a sufficient for a child at school for six hours?” the mum vented her anger, adding she forks out £3 for the dinners.
Social media divide
Uploaded just yesterday, the post has already racked up close to 250 comments – and heaps of fury from fellow parents on the forum.
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On person shamed the mum for her moaning and said: ”School dinners were never fine dining. Their role is to get the kids through the afternoon, not provide a gourmet experience.”
Someone else commented: ”I work in a dining hall in a school..so much food gets wasted.
”Most kids don’t need more than the amount you have described. Half of them won’t touch the carrots, the other half won’t eat the mash.”
”Those meals look ok to me. If they’ve had a good breakfast and have a good dinner when they get home I don’t see what the issue is?” a social media user was baffled.
However, there were also plenty of those who were just as appalled by the meals, with one critic dubbing the dinners ”cheap, processed, unseasoned slop”.
Another agreed, writing: ”Just another example of an area in which we have gone backwards!
”School lunches were all home cooked on the premises and plentiful in the 80s.”