They were a bit silly to expect something else, save jellied eels.

Better than the alternative

That's british's bad habit for culture lol

At least they sent something, not like other schools.
I think they will have prefered sausage from Kuromorihime

Myrrhmidon said:

Better than the alternative

That's still better than jellied eels. Fish pies can be rather tasty.

Well, that's UK for you.

Jarlath said:

They were a bit silly to expect something else, save jellied eels.

In some places tea is usually drunk with cake, cookies, or other desserts, probably that was their expectation.