I Tried 1970s British Lunches!

As a foreigner living in the UK, I LOVE taste testing British food and drink! So why not try British school packed lunches?? I love seeing what you guys might have had in your lunch box at school! Let me know in the comments what your ultimate packed lunch would be :)
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZbin video every Tuesday plus an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
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[@draven123100]

This reminded me of when I used to volunteer with adults with learning difficulties. They would have packed lunches and one named James would always have items such as rolls, satsumas, pork pies, scotch eggs, yoghurts, mini chedders etc. Eventually something clicked in my head and I asked 'James, do you only eat round food?' He just grinned and nodded his head.

[@mccpcorn2000]

Eating a dairylee on it's own is very much a kid's thing, i loved it lol.

[@geoffh2560]

Def ate it on it's own - the only thing is catching a bit of silver foil as you bite...

[@lucyj8204]

Great on their own, but you can also scoop up Dairylea with your crisps.

[@SimbianMinistry]

I woulda spread it on the sandwich - Billy-ham, Dairylea, salad sandwich.... great!

[@ianwalker6546]

I'm a 50-year-ol kid and can confirm it's a kid's thing. Although sometimes I spread it on celery because that nullifies the calories

[@mothmagic1]

@@ianwalker6546 I was about to laugh at that until I remembered that Celery is calorie negative.

[@riculfriculfson7243]

Soreen Malt Loaf. From growing up in the '70's to the present day, STILL one of my FAVOURITE food stuffs! 🤣

[@nigelgunn322]

Agreed, yer can't beat it, laden with butter.

[@grantparman4705]

Cheers to Mr. Naps for packing the school lunches for our entertainment. He sounds like a keeper!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I'm very lucky! Thanks so much for watching! ☺️

[@grantparman4705]

@@AdventuresAndNaps 🙂

[@dabe1971]

@@AdventuresAndNaps It's about time he appeared as a 'star guest' !

[@dave_h_8742]

​@@dabe1971 Nah respect the fact that he wants to stay behind the camera. Hated being filmed on Richard and Judy even if it was in passing.

[@alistairbolden6340]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Most kids would stick a bunch of the crisps into the cheese and then put them into the sandwitch before eating it. Lettice cheese ham and ready salted cripst between bread is quite tasty when your hungry and 10 years old.

[@EileensBoy]

Albeit I went to school a looong time ago I can’t honesty remember anyone having a packed lunch. It was either a school meal or you went home to eat!

[@lottie2525]

Haha so funny watching your reaction to the malt loaf. It's really nice with lots of butter on, but not dry like that straight from the packet. But how can you not love cheese and pickle sandwiches - classic. Nom, nom.

[@jonathanfinan722]

I ate a whole malt loaf dry after some poor lifestyle choices recently. Beautiful stuff.

[@texbankuk]

Soreen's were my carryout for work for many years and I 'd have them with butter. Margarine and some spreads kill the flavour And something missing I spotted in all the boxes which I always packed into mine was a few biscuits which if I had a hot drink to hand, I would dunk them. Mcvities digestive or Nice biccies would be my first choice. But that's a test for another day. Not sure what dunks are good for coffee? There's a wide choice if you buy an assorted biscuit pack rather than paying for the separate flavours

[@garypltn69]

love malt loaf with butter on it.

[@tiggerwood8899]

Malt loaf with loads of butter and a hot cuppa. Heaven 😁

[@MS-19]

Who remembers the old advert? "Shhh! Doreen's having her Soreen." Amusingly I now work with somebody called Doreen. You have no idea how hard it is to resist recalling that advert when she appears!

[@renatobernardin2183]

I went to school in London in the 50's and 60's and we never had any sort of packed lunches. We had school canteens which made proper 2 course 'school dinners.' They were state schools! We paid 5 shillings (25 pence) for the week's meals on Monday. Equivalent to 5 pence a meal. My favourite was roast pork crackling veg and roast potatoes and treacle tart and custard. We couldn't leave the table unless you had a cleanish plate.Those were the days when you ate what you were given. We were given only water which we drank from a blue beaker.

[@stuarts1219]

The Butler has definitely treated you! In my lunchbox was a sandwich made with the cheapest white bread and either cheese or ham paste or egg, and a packet of Sainsburys own brand ready salted crisps and maybe a Penguin bar 🙂

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

rip 🙏🏻

[@dib000]

Never had a chocolate, no drink but water, definitely no crisps usually just a roll and a piece of fruit.

[@davebrown9707]

Same tesco value crisps lol in the white with blue sriped pack.

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

Ham paste... lucky , we got bloody fish paste. You know the kind where you'd get the odd horrifying crunch of bone or scale or eyeball for all we knew, lol

[@nat3007]

I got four cheese sandwiches in my lunch and ribena every day.

[@davidjones332]

One of those lunchboxes would keep me going for a week. As a sometime teacher, I can only say that when I look at the sugar content of those boxes, I'm damned glad I don't have to teach you this afternoon!

[@Keith.W]

Oh my! LOL.... I laughed so much when the slice of "Billy Bear" slid off the sandwich onto the table 🤣

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@___FS___]

Am I the only one who'd happily eat an entire large malt loaf straight out of the packet?

[@ffyrestarr]

With butter and you're on

[@rebeccacorbin1590]

Okay now it’s time for Canadian packed lunches 🍎🥪🥨🍪🧃

[@richardlaasna8372]

A good subject Alanna! But thank goodness I always had school dinners at school. In Tronno all those years ago, I went home for lunch in my 3 x schools I went to between 1974-75!

[@thespiritsafe]

the soreen loaf is usually sold in a larger format, sliced and served with a good spread of butter. popular with older people as it helps with constipation.

[@dave_h_8742]

I have the soreen mini loaf for work

[@lucyj8204]

Also great for active days like a long cycle or a rowing regatta. Soreen and bananas ftw.

[@mwappett]

💩💩💩💩

[@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey]

It would only have been the bigger format around in the 1970's by rights anyway.

[@shed66215]

That Soreen malt loaf tastes a lot better with butter on it. Did you eat all these at one sitting, or spread out over one or two days? If the former that is serious dedication to the cause...yours or ours, no sure yet 🤣🤣

[@SambaSp0rt]

Watching Alanna narrating her food trials brings me more joy than it really should to my bland life. Also.. Thundercats rule. AND... we have malt loaf Wednesday at work where a few of us religiously consume a malt loaf at half 10 every wed morning...just because. Ha ha I knew you would hate it.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 I'm never touching a malt load again!!!

[@chrispierce4003]

Can't believe you don't enjoy a cheese and pickle sandwich ~ that's heart breaking ! 😂 It was the highlight of my school lunch box 😁

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Maybe if there was something else in there, otherwise too much pickle! 😂

[@nordicson2835]

A grocery store here in NJ , has a deli "grab n go" you can get sandwiches, drinks , fruit , snacks n such. Sometimes when my daughter is home from college and has been out clubbing , she will eat my younger daughters Lunch... that always a fun morning at our house. This was fun to watch , thank you.

[@khs_94]

These are definitely pre Jamie Oliver packed lunches! Most of the items you got we would only get if we were going out on a school trip! Eating a diary lee triangle by itself is chefs kiss 👌🏻

[@BitsOfBen]

Fun fact, back when TMNT was huge in the 80's, in the UK the show was called "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles".

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Because the UK censors thought "ninja" was too violent 😂 I've heard!

[@davidpowell8249]

Ninjas with swords, katanas, nunchuks and a staff: too violent. Heros with swords, katanas, nunchuks and a staff: perfectly acceptable! 😂

[@ffyrestarr]

It wasn't because ninjas were too violent it's because a ninja was a thief and an assassin back in old japan and they didn't think this was appropriate to promote to kids as a good thing. I think they thought about too much as we just think ninja=ninjitsu rather than what the ancient ninjas used to be.

[@Bob_just_Bob]

My Mom would never have given me a Billy Bear or Ham and cheese sandwich and I'm very happy about that. I got Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Peanutbutter Fluff sandwiches and Grape Jam sandwiches but thankfully no peanut butter & jelly/Jam sandwiches. Usually, no candy of any kind but Mom was a prodigious baker so there were always some baked goods be they Brownies, some sort of cookies, a slice of cake, fudge, or a whoopie pie yum. Maybe a banana, pear, or grapes All accompanied by some juice in my thermos. Thanks Mom! Great memory inducing video

[@jonhewitt3]

As domestic duties go, I think we know who will be doing the kids pack lunches in the future! He's done a good job

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@kjdempsey]

That’s the biggest sandwich I’ve ever seen in my life for a school kids packed lunch 😄 I absolutely adore those cheese triangles ‘only from the laughing cow’ and no it wasn’t melted that is how they’re always are. Soft creamy cheese like brie or goats cheese, I could demolish packs of those easy! Dairylea Dunkers are also amazing! They do nacho one’s and a couple other different one’s if I’m not mistaken PS give me raisins, maltloaf and fruit any day over chocolate and crisps, you can see the North American in her, reacting to everything that’s healthy as disgusting, how very stereotypical 😂

[@wilmaknickersfit]

I prefer laughing cow too and still have it on toast several times a week! 🐄 And malt loaf and butter! Nom nom! 😋

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. Prawn Cocktail Crisps are ok, Alanna, it's Prawn Crackers you have to watch out for. They contain anywhere between 18 and 38 per cent actual prawn meat. Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@Bexyboo88]

Soreen is delicious! I have it nearly every day, I just buy the big loaf, slice myself some off and put butter on it. Oooooh and cheese and Branston (or similar) pickle sandwich - how, just how can you not like that. So yummy.

[@cubeaceuk9034]

Being a much older generation I never had a packed lunch. Few people did back then when school meals were free for everyone. Just after the war it was I think important most children got at least one nutritional hot meal a day and free school milk at morning break to help pupils to be healthier. I also remember getting a lot of health checks at school. Anyone remember Nitty Nora? Vision tests? Vaccinations? I remember seeing a few children with Rickets.

[@RGC198]

Hi Alanna, Wow!! The school lunches seem to be packed like luxury first class these days. Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles and the Simpsons were not even heard of back in my school days in Sydney. I used to just have some sandwiches in a paper bag. We used to be given free bottles of milk at school by the teachers every morning to drink on a daily basis. We were told it was "healthy", despite the milk being left in the hot sun for ages before we ever got it!!! There is nothing like a bottle of curdled milk to get you going for the day!!! Incidentally, I will have the small tomatoes and raisins, if you don't want them!!! LOL. Anyway, take care and all the very best from Rob in Melbourne Australia.

[@scottlp2323]

Although Dairylea Triangles are fine on their own, if you also have a packet of crisps at your disposal, it's quite a treat to use each crisp as a sort of spoon to scoop off tiny segments of Triangle and eat together. Like a giant Dairylea Dunker really. 👍😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Incredible! 🙏🏻

[@cactusflowerrr]

Such a cute video! The yellow ranger was also my favorite growing up.

[@marksmithwas12]

My packed lunches used to be a tuna and cucumber sandwich, a mini roll (it's like a mix between a Swiss roll and a chocolate cake bar), a banana, a Dairylea Dunkers, and some crisps. Either prawn cocktail Walker's, or a portion of Pringles in a Pringles holder. Oh yeah and a bottle of (diluted) squash. So that would probably be my ultimate packed lunch today 😌

[@helenwhogirl]

In primary school I always had: sandwich, crisps, chocolate bar and water. Dairylea lunchables were a rare treat :)

[@RobbofromCronulla]

Cheers to Mr Naps for his authenticity, right down to the lack of a spoon, and bonus points for your elegance in dealing with the lack of said spoon. And the warm cheese. So ro authentic.

[@MattJay.]

I used to get raisins in a little box with the woman on it 😄

[@2112theoden]

I always remember school trips. There was always someone on the bus who had egg sandwiches. Stunk the bus out!

[@renatobernardin2183]

I am shocked you have never had Soreen malt bread before. I love the stuff especially with butter! It is as British as Marmite. Worst thing about malt bread it sticks to your teeth.

[@tpp95]

If you get a soreen loaf rather than a mini. Slice it, toast it, and butter it. It’s soooo much better 😅

[@suesue1486]

Wow! Toast a slice of Malt loaf?!? Can this be done lol? I’m going to have to try this. I love Soreen loaf. But never in all my years toasted it, going to have to try this 😂

[@tpp95]

@@suesue1486 I honestly hope this has changed your life 😂 it’s basically like a toasted tea cake tbh

[@Doug791]

Dan , I'm taking a knee to you. I'm 56 and I reckon I've eaten at least 3million Soreen malt loaves. 10 minutes ago I had it toasted for the first time. Your gold medal is in the post.

[@suesue1486]

Well…..I tried it. I went and bought the malt loaf and toasted a slice. I can not believe I’ve never done this before , it’s delicious 😂 . But a warning for all those who are going to try this, this bad boy pops out of the toaster hotter than the surface of the sun! So be warned 😂

[@tpp95]

@@Doug791 I’m 27 and I’ve been doing this for longer than I can even remember 😂 it makes a great breakfast but not everyday… it’s a LOT of fibre 😂

[@swingswang9214]

We only used to get packed lunches on school trips, for the rest of the time we had school dinners (as in proper set-meal school dinners, this would have been in the 1970s/1980s). Anyway the best item was a twin pack of Mr Kiplings apple pies (a bit like mince pies, but with a Bramley apple filling), and as it was a twin pack you could always trade. We always got cold sausages and BabyBel cheese too. Sandwiches were usually filled with leftover Sunday roast meat and lettuce. Apples from grandmother's tree - the seeds always used to rattle when you shook them, mine were the only ones that did that. Cool!

[@Yandarval]

70s/80 child here too. Those lovely apple pies. Not laden with sugar like the modern version.

[@paulleach3612]

Beef paste sandwich, apple, ready salted crisps, and a flask of lemon squash...

[@markross4730]

"My parents did not love me enough to put chocolate bars into my packed lunch." Lol.

[@MS-19]

Your first (Turtles) box instantly brought back memories from nearly 40 years ago! There were no cartoon characters on the lunch box for me.... My father used to work for Conoco, and he got me a lunch box for primary school that had their logo on it. Within it would be cheese sandwiches (Cheshire, as that was our county, though sometimes it was Cheddar or processed cheese slices or Dairylea triangle, though I also had those unadulterated and unadorned, very much as you just did), a bag of crisps, a carton of apple juice, a chocolate bar (usually a Club) and an apple, cored halved and sprinkled with lemon juice to stop it going brown. Sometimes the sandwiches would be tuna; I don't recall ever having ham but it's possible that occasionally there would be what remained of Sunday's roast chicken. The brand of crisp varied immensely: it could have been Walkers or Smiths or Sainsbury's own brand. I went through a phase of insisting on Smith's Salt-n-Shake, for the fun of opening the blue salt sachet and seasoning the bag myself. Nowadays I would favour salad over crisps and if the sandwich is cheese, it must have chutney too!

[@MS-19]

PS "Juice" = direct from the fruit if you're lucky, or fruit concentrate watered down to produce an essentially pure juice - 95-100% fruit. "Juice drink" = mostly sugar and water with a tiny splash of fruit flavouring, which may be from fruit itself or from fruit juice. 1-5% fruit, if that....

[@iainmalcolm9583]

A lot of fun. Don't remember having many 'packed' lunches at school as both primary & secondary schools had a reasonably good canteen.

[@chloebaker3151]

as soon as you opened the sandwich and said "what is that??" I KNEW it was Billy Bear

[@Drew-Dastardly]

The only time we had packed lunches in school was when going on a field trip and so a special occasion. We had proper hot dinners at school. Having said that, despite me getting free school dinners because of poverty, and normal working class kids mums having to pay for the same school dinners, there was always the weird rich middle class kids that had pathetic cold lunch boxes prepared by their non working mums. I guess it gave them something to do, but it was miserable compared to a proper hot dinner. Poor rich kids.

[@IamOllytech]

In the Thundercats box, down here in the South East we would call it a Ham and Cheese Salad Roll

[@Leocoz82]

Try malt loaf with butter on. It's a different experience.

[@garypltn69]

it brings back bad memories of pork luncheon meat sandwiches with English mustard and an apple but i would eat that malt loaf if it was in my sandwich box

[@foreverhungry84]

the packed dinners were pretty on point. the thundercats lunchbox unlocked some ancient memories for me lol.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 Thanks for watching!

[@dave_h_8742]

Shera 😍

[@Pistol_Knight]

Your partner much have rich parents and he must be a hefty lad, nobody ever got a lunchbox that full of goodies!! Soreen needs a heavy thick layer of butter on it. Cheese & Pickle sandwich that's a champion right there

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Juice has to be made 100% from fruit even if reconstituted. "Drink" is made of colouring, sugar or HFCS and artificial flavour perhaps with a single fruit diluted in 1000 gallons. Just like in the USA. Sunny Delight was a thing here despite it being trash.

[@sjhhej]

OK, I went to primary school in the '70s. 1. There is almost nothing in these boxes that would've been in a packed lunch back then. 2. I don't remember anyone ever bringing a packed lunch*. We had free cooked school dinners which were usually lovely. May favourite was meat pie and veg, followed by sponge pudding and green custard (washed down with orange squash). *the only time pack lunches would be brought to school would be if there was a day trip. In that case, it would usually be a jam or crab paste sandwich, a packet of Smiths crisps (with salt packet), and an apple. Drink would most likely be water, or orange or lemon squash. If you were lucky you might get a chocolate bar like Club, Penguin or Wagon Wheel.

[@dbracer]

We also had plastic thermos flasks that could take hot food for winter. My favourite was probably canned ravioli. if it was the box lunch, two rounds (four slices) of bread with meat or maybe peanut butter, a bag of crisps, typically Golden Wonder or Smiths (Walkers weren't nationally available back then). A cheap soda in a small bottle like a Panda Pop, and a Club biscuit.

[@Brakkart]

My lunch box would typically be either corned beef or a meat paste of some sort sandwich, with a bag of crisps (preferably salt & vinegar), a penguin/rocky bar and maybe a satsuma or a small cake with either a can of fizzy drink or a juice carton. Generally would add some of the crisps into the sandwich to give it more texture and flavour.

[@bobblebardsley]

Ah yeah a Mr Kipling cake/bun was the only thing missing here

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

They aren't much like I remember school lunches. Mine used to be two slices of rather stale bread with some hard dry cheese and OK sauce in between. Alanna you have been brought up with the American versions of everything, so nothing tastes right to you except chocolate!!!

[@davidlewis3201]

Coming from a poor family in West Norwood near Brixton, road kill was an important part of our diet, providing the protein us eleven kids needed, with low costs. My dad used to cook the dogs, cats and badgers on a bonfire outside a lock up garage. We had pigeon a couple of times - very nice. Fox was supposed to be good, cooked slowly, but we never caught one, although we did try. To this day, if we see road kill, we gather it up and it's soup for the freezer!

[@Reubinv]

I dont think I took a packed lunch to school once, this video reminded me of memories I don't even have

[@MAdams853]

The word drink is added when there is additional sugar is added, it is to differentiate from it being natural fruit juice. So if it is pure juice it is labelled fruit juice. If it is sweetened then it is juice drink.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

What a fun video!! I'm so glad your partner made all these for you to try. They are amazing. And they mostly looked VERY tasty!

[@jeanlongsden1696]

we never had the majority of that in our packed lunch. we had a Jam Sandwich, Chocolate covered Biscuit, Crisps, homemade flask of Robinsons Squash and a piece of fruit, if we was lucky. I honesty believe that no research was done to make this video. some of the food items wasn't even invented until the 80's.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Bean sandwiches, peanutbutter and lettuce sandwiches, and cheese and lettuce sandwiches and, cheese and onion sandwiches. Yeah, who'd be populars,eh? Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@byronwoodleymaund1439]

My girls loved a Billybear and Branston Pickle sandwich for school pack up

[@catherineturner2839]

School packed lunch would have been a sandwich, either of the following fillings - cheese salad, ham salad, chicken salad, tuna salad etc. Sometimes instead of a sandwich a pasta salad or rice salad. Then a piece of fruit and a yoghurt or packet of crisps. and a drink

[@rustywarrior5288]

"These straws suck so bad..." - I see what you did there!

[@Hydraas]

Ofc you would eat Dairylea on its own, it's so tasty! Billy Bear ham is iconic British ham. I call the sandwich a roll. The Tesco Fruit Squash is a supermarket brand knock off of Robinson's Fruit Shoots which are juice drinks for kids. We would call that chocolate pot a mousse. We have NA string cheese in the UK too, it's called Cheestrings. The version you got is Dairylea's take on Cheestrings

[@lottie2525]

Dairylea cheese triangles, you're supposed to make a little hole in one corner then squeeze it out in a wiggly snake effect. Kids love doing that.

[@oliviadavies2674]

The pudding you described as 'moussy' is chocolate mousse!

[@jfergs.3302]

I never had packed lunches, the school dinners were great. But on occasion, if fancying a change, friends and I would walk to the local shops. There was a bakery, and a chippy a bit further on. We'd pair up, get an unsliced loaf, ask the lady to cut it in half, then eat the bread inside hollowing it out. This while walking to the chippy were we'd get a portion of chips, stuff them in the hollowed out loaf, and so making a huge chip butty.... Mmmm chip butties 🙂

[@elizabethbaker9745]

Well done for blind testing Alana. I was laughing before you even bit into the Soreen and the cheese and Branston sandwich? Well, I can't stand the stuff either xx

[@beebTim]

I don't know why but I always find myself chuckling at your videos. Keep up the excellent work / fun.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Glad you like them!

[@SMlFFY85]

Malt loaf is amazing, I love it.

[@ChimpingBulldog]

Billy Bear?Hartleys jelly pots? That is exotic fare. Crisps, banana, corned beef or cheese and tomato sandwich, Ribena carton, penguin. Done.

[@lovelearnersofaredhead892]

Hi! As a 48 yr. old Canadian I was flashing back to my childhood too! Thank you. I too was never a lover of raisins but those snacking cheese products along with the junk food were my favourite! Here we had the cheese strings that you could make last forever and the little pie piece of creamy cheese we call cow cheese and i love love love. Also you mentioned the Dunkaroos but i love savoury and our version of your cheese and dip was like a flat rectangle cracker with a cheesewhiz spread. I did like them but mmmmm the british version of a herb bread stick would be heavenly to me.

[@jillianb8992]

PB&J, Nutri Grain bar, Nestea, Jos Louis, banana, fruit cup/apple sauce, Cheesestrings. I'm sure I couldn't take that type of lunch to school these days. Great idea for a video. The lunch boxes are super cute. Well done the the Butler too for making all those lunches.

[@destinationmobileone5476]

Sweaty chesse, and occasionally sliced tomato in the mix, sweaty soggy warm sandwich .. Marvellous. Mother still tells me she loves me,

[@yomandinga]

When I went on a school trip my mom would always pack me some chicken drumsticks which always made me happy. 😀

[@davidcox2264]

All the stuff you didn't like is good trading material.😂😂😂

[@stanettiels7367]

Billy Bear, lol. Love that stuff. Your partner is a man of culture.

[@tomgauntlestrange]

Bologna is very similar to what we call luncheon meat in the UK and Billy bear is luncheon meat aimed at the kids market. They call them "Juice Drinks" because they have added some much other stuff like sugar that legally they can't call it "juice" anymore.

[@Elwaves2925]

Alanna drops the meat and picks it up. Five second rule applies. These were very 'packed' packed lunches, Mr Naps did a great job and I assume they were meant to cover breaktimes as well as lunch. I never got a choccy bar either. I was also caught after chucking part of my lunch away. I had a spot but forgot one day and dumped it near home, later Mum walked by and saw it. Oops.

[@alexvaraderey]

In answer to your question, fruit juice is juice from a fruit, whereas juice drink normally won't have been within ten feet of a fruit - it's usually just artificially flavoured water, with added sugar. Anything with 'ade' on the end - cherryade, limeade - is the same, plus carbon dioxide.

[@timjackson1904]

At 11yrs old, at lunchtime, a refuse lorry parked near the playground and the crew headed to the pub. so I went to see what 'treasures' they had saved from the crusher. I found a box which had boxes of chocolate fingers neatly to one side at the back . They had got hot and melted so couldnt b sold. I 'nicked' a box and went back through the playground where everyone wanted to have one so I told them where the remainder were. 15mins later I had sat down and eaten mine, but the refuse lorry was now surrounded by 20-30 kids. The teachers finally realised and blew the whistle to round up the children. I couldnt stop laughing as the biggest No of kids in detention was 'organised'. Lesson...be first!

[@bushchat28d]

Soreen is the best malt loaf out there but it needs lashings of butter - then its fab. Also, yes, you can eat Dairylea on its own but if it don't blow your hair back then ask your partner to substitute it for the butter in the next sandwich he makes for you - its really nice 🙂 Another really enjoyable watch Alanna xx

[@rag9993]

Packed lunch bread and butter no filling salt / vinegar or cheese/ onion crisps. Bang crisp sandwich.

[@SunilEnglish629]

Thank you so much for helping! May God always bless you. The food are so good. Very tasty. Dilicious. I have never eaten those biscuits. But let me have just look . Have a great day ahead n take care of yourself.

[@stefanaellen669]

That first box was when I had pack lunches in Primary School! ...Nostalgia, so many memories! 90's kid also

[@fifelad55]

I lived close enough to school to be able to go home for lunch. Also some of the things you mention are way after my time

[@eugeneshadwell6596]

Gotta say, that does seem to be an AWFUL lot of food for a single kids lunchbox... a lot more than I got! Was Mr Naps about six feet tall when he was twelve? Whatever, another very funny video, thanks Alanna.

[@TheWheelBry]

This has made me so nostalgic! With the pepperami I used to suck on the sleeve it came in when I was done cos it tasted so good😅 and I literally just had a caramel Rocky, they're so good!

[@natekendall1976]

BILLY BEAR MEAT!!! Poke the eyes out and eat them, then the mouth and put it on your face 🤣🤣 Then you can eat it after. I'm not kidding, my kids do this and I never taught them. And YES, you just eat the cheese.

[@AaronTheHipHopGuy]

Great video! Hope it does well for you!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks Aaron!

[@spacejunk1251]

you need to read the joke on the back of the penguin wrapper!

[@scottlarrabee9527]

These school lunch videos are always the most conversation provoking ones in our transatlantic household. Thank you.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!!

[@denisegale4756]

We would call that bun a roll. 😁

[@amandalewis3898]

Where did you get the old fashioned lunch boxes from the 80s 😂

[@BBKing1977]

Alanna, I'll see your Dunkaroos and raise you a Handi-Snacks, especially the ones with the red plastic stick for spreading the cheese! (Look it up if you don't remember... very Canadian I think.)

[@Jamie_Smith.]

That Billy bear ham is the devils food! I remember throwing it back up in the playground when I was 4! Never again! And you forgot to read the terrible joke on the back of the penguin bar wrapper!

[@kek23k]

Turtles lunchbox must be an import, we weren't allowed to have Ninjas here in the UK. Which weirdly made kids more obsessed with ninja-ing than if they'd just not tried to censor it.

[@LiqdPT]

There is so much more in those lunches than what I got in mine in BC.

[@charlestaylor9424]

Adding some crisps to the sandwich.

[@JoeSurkitt]

How could you not read the joke on the penguin wrapper!?!?

[@simonbaker5972]

Wow, what memories! Generally it was a sandwich with no salad, bag of crisps, Chocolate bar, bit of fruit and a drink. I was at school from the 70's and left in 1986. Loads of us used to sneak out of school at lunchtime and go to the chippy for a bag of chips! You had some lovely food in those boxes!

[@luvmusicutb]

I’d have Corned beef & mustard sandwiches, Mini jafa cake snack pack, apple, walkers or hula hoop crisps and an apple/orange juice box with straw.