> In article 4ax.com>,
> Corey Richardson bugmenot.com> wrote:
>

>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:52:05 GMT, "James Silverton"
>> wrote:
>>

>>> Corey wrote on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:37:52 +0100:
>>>

>>>> Personally, I *detested* luncheon meat (cold cuts) which
>>>> seemed to be served every day :(

>>>
>>> When I was in high school, the chief cook must have liked this that
>>> she produced frequently. We called it, "Purple Pudding" and it was
>>> a mauve colored corn-starch gel (blancmange) flavored with almond!

>>
>> That sounds, and tasted I'm sure, absolutely disgusting!
>>
>> I adore "greens" like brussels sprouts and cabbage now - it's a
>> wonder considering what my school 'cook' did to them all of those
>> years ago.

>
> When I was at Holy Trinity Primary in Cheltenham aged about 10, I had
> a battle of wills between me and the teacher on duty in the dining
> room. She maintained I 'Would sit there until I ate it'. I maintained
> that there was no way I'd eat that green, over-cooked mess called
> cabbage.
>
> After an hour, she let me go.
>
> I have never eaten cabbage since (or before for that matter).