Speak Easy in the schoolyard

With the school term set to start Kitchen Rat has heard rumblings that 1920's style American prohibition practices could become reality in England with sugary snacks - about to be outlawed other than at lunch times - the new alcohol.

Yes in future years it seems school leavers will reminisce about knowing Jimmy the Fist and William the Kid (literally) who saw an opportunity and earned so much selling cakes and such at break-times that they no longer needed pocket money.

Certainly at least one school is apparently intending to hide banned cakes and sugary snacks under the counter when the Ofsted inspectors call, although there are fears over whether the pupils will keep stum.

With enterprising want-to-be Al Capone's doing rather nicely in the playground supplying illicit sugary goods one suspects there will be plenty of children ready to spill the beans to the inspectors and speak-easy to protect their share of the market.

School caterers vs children vs the authorities. Just what have we set in motion in the name of healthy eating?

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