This post falls into the, "Beam Me Up Scotty" category.An article by Hannah Edwards in the Sydney Morning Herald, describes how preschool teachers are inspecting lunch boxes and decreeing which ingredients are acceptable in birthday cakes. If daily lunch-box checks reveal such foods as chocolate frogs, lollies, cakes and fruit roll-ups, they are sent home uneaten.
As for birthday cakes - big creamy chocolate cakes are banned. Teacher Jess Karhu said, "For birthdays we encourage a vanilla cupcake..It should be something little, not too big."
I am not quite sure how you put five candles on a cupcake but I am sure Ms. Karhu has a Bachelor of Arts degree in such things.
Excuse me but I decide what my children eat - your overpaid job is to look after them for a few hours.
I wonder what will be the next trumped up Nanny State Flavour Of The Year bandwagon.
Oh sorry, I used the term Nazi, which of course is only acceptable if used by second rate American comedians in second-rate yuppie "comedy" shows.
