tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post9000354301062547628..comments2024-01-05T02:06:03.153+13:45Comments on Oswald Bastable's Ranting: Prison holiday campsOswald Bastablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-35149521403456031642007-08-03T13:44:00.000+12:452007-08-03T13:44:00.000+12:45Llew some of us are becoming concerned that you se...Llew some of us are becoming concerned that you seem to have a deeper knowledge of the inside of our prisons than say Oz who was a PO.<BR/><BR/>Something you want to share with the rest of the class?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01319335925823399226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-87508663231823096442007-08-03T12:07:00.000+12:452007-08-03T12:07:00.000+12:45I'm going to punt that Serbian jails are more like...I'm going to punt that Serbian jails are more like holiday camps than ours are.<BR/><BR/>http://www.stuff.co.nz/4150222a4560.html<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>BTW - prison food here is typically battered & deep fried. Hard to say what exactly is under the batter though.llewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561709142491895984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-40404166204055264372007-08-03T09:55:00.000+12:452007-08-03T09:55:00.000+12:45from a site on workhouses Boring and hard to eat T...from a site on workhouses <BR/><BR/>Boring and hard to eat <BR/><BR/>The food generally provided in workhouses was based around bread, gruel, meat, cheese, potatoes and suet pudding. Some regional differences were allowed for so that, for example, on the coast fish was often provided in place of meat.<BR/><BR/>VIndeed modern nutritionists have found that the diet although lacking in certain nutrients is reasonably healthy, provided that full measures were served and the quality of the raw materials was good. <BR/><BR/>Authentic recipe for gruel <BR/><BR/>Ingredients <BR/>16 oz oatmeal<BR/>8 pints water<BR/>Salt or treacle (optional depending on mood of workhouse master or guardians)<BR/><BR/>Method: <BR/><BR/>Boil<BR/><BR/>Cook's note: For added authenticity leave in warm place overnight! <BR/><BR/>That would cut costs of keeping the scum inside and i doubt they would then want to return either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-46940058388969329442007-08-03T08:57:00.000+12:452007-08-03T08:57:00.000+12:45OK - I'll own that Tongariro has at times resemble...OK - I'll own that Tongariro has at times resembled a holiday camp. I'm thinking the time I was there, returning to my car to find 40 or 50 inmates (very low security) playing volleyball & paying unecessary attention to my wheels.llewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561709142491895984noreply@blogger.com