Missing those pies and fries.

When the British government banned junk food from school cafeterias in September, an outcry was heard from students and parents alike. Gone are fatty meat pies and French fries. In their place are two portions of fresh fruits and vegetables per day, and fish is served at least once a week. "They shouldn't be allowed to tell the kids what to eat," says Julie Critchlow, a parent at the Rawmarsh School in Rotherham, England. Concerned that their kids would go hungry, Critchlow and other mothers began setting burgers, fries, and sandwiches to as many as 50 students a day, passing the food through the school fence. [They stopped after the media denounced them as "meat-pie mums."] Andreas Petrou, an 11th-grader at Rawmarsh, says the healthier menu is "rubbish." He would much rather scarf down a "chip butty": a French-fries-and-butter sandwich doused in vinegar.