Thank you. I have been cooking since I was a kid. I just wanted to do it and my parents and older brother and sister encouraged me. It’s always been one of my main hobbies. I have accumulated thousands of recipes over the years. I love South Asian food and food from all over the Indo- Pacific. I’ve been shown many tricks and methods by some clever foodies over the years. So I guess you could call them “lessons” Mostly self/ big sister taught. My mother was born and grew up in Northamptonshire so I have a bit of the “old country” in my repertoire. My Dad’s family were from Northern California and I had some influences from them too. 
I have recently become interested in Australian indigenous food.
I loved something called Caramel Cracknel at school, and it was the only dessert where I hung around for seconds! I have never tired to make it myself though. Had it with custard and it was delicious. Might give it a go one day.
Gipsy tart sounds something like Mr M is always remembering as his favourite school pudding . I will have to give it a go.
Annie, l would eat it raw in a coleslaw!
I just steam it like l do with all my vegetables.
Pixie, is the Caramel Cracknel made with Rice Krispies Or cornflakes? Or is it made with pecan nuts?
I make chocolate cornflakes or Rice Krispies for my family, children love them.
I think we had them at school with custard.
Muddy, I thought how nice Gypsy Tart sounded. I hope Bruce gives us the recipe, then you can make it for Mr Muddy! I bet he’d love that.
Neither my ex partner or ex husband ever cooked for me but then that’s my own fault, as l wouldn’t let them!
Once when my son was home from Australia, he announced he was going to cook me a meal.
I was very wary as l didn’t know he could cook and l was worried it would be awful and l’d have to eat it!
Anyway, before he started he shoved me into another room and gave me strict orders not to come into the kitchen.
He made me Teriyaki Chicken and it was delicious!
(Not a School meal in my day but it could well be, these days! )
Can’t think of a single thing that I didn’t like for school dinner, loved 'em all, even down to the pink custard and the semolina… 
I doubt my school stretched to pecan nuts, Arty, but it didn’t seem to be cereal… It was defiantly crunchy though with a soft caramel centre, and yes custard too. It was superb! Big slabs of it (or seemed to be at that age). Must give it a go this weekend - I’m in the mood for it now, haha!
Grama skool. 
The trouble with having a school dinner at home is that my wife gets annoyed when I stuff the cabbage in the water jug. 
We all took our own lunches to school Artangel. There was no such thing as a school lunch.
My dad used to make our sandwiches for lunch. Some of the best Sarmie’s I’ve ever had. I miss him so very much. He was a great hardworking dad! Best daddy in the world!
I used to make a variation of the steamed jam roly-poly pudding when the grandkids used to stay. My version was a baked treacle roll which is basically a suet pastry rolled out thinly, some warmed treacle spread across the pastry and fresh breadcrumbs sprinkled all over. The whole thing was then rolled up, Swiss Roll style, placed on a baking sheet and cooked until well risen and brown and crispy on the outside. The treacle was soaked up by the breadcrumbs during the cooking process to make a nice thick treacly layer. Served with thick custard.
I’m hungry now. 
I can’t remember the recipe but I just searched for it on the Internet so it shouldn’t be too hard to find. I know it involved evaporated milk as the main ingredient in a pastry shell. It was very simple to do - well it had to be for school dinners eh?
Luckily, we didn’t have a cat then and I refused nothing. 
This is the recipe I use for Gypsy Tart:-
Minx, Your dad does sound like a good man.
Tomatoes aren’t the best thing to have in your sandwiches. They sort of acquire a different taste and texture after so many hours between two slices of bread and butter!
People seem to adore steamed puddings. I don’t like them at all. My ex partner always asked me to make him a steamed pudding.
Judd, I always get the impression you’re a good cook. Are you self taught?
ST, l bet a few on here will be pleased to see the recipe you’ve posted. Thank You.
I was thinking of more school puddings l didn’t like then…
Tapioca, semolina, ?sago?, coconut cake type puddings, stewed prunes, stewed plums, anything with dried fruit. Yet, l eat plums and custard now but l can’t eat them fresh. I can also eat things with dried fruit in them now.
I can’t remember which pudding was ‘frog spawn’?