Несъедобные обеды американских школьников
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At my school, there was no cafeteria. Each morning, my mom awoke early and packed lunch for my sister and me. It grew monotonous, eating the same sandwiches and fruit each day. Secretly, I dreamed of being like my friends who went to public schools, lining up each day to have some old woman with a net around her hair throw slop on my plate. In the U.S., there's constant debate over what school children are fed in the cafeteria. A lot of schools have removed snack and soda machines, and guidelines about nutritional values for school meals are always shifting. Over the weekend, I looked at the menu from my nephew's elementary school, listing the meal choices for each day in the month of May. Common choices include pizza, tacos, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken nuggets and pastas, all served with some type of vegetable and potatoes or rice. There's always one healthy option like grilled chicken or fish, and a wide-variety of fresh fruit is available for purchase. Yet only the most disciplined of children would pick such options when there are tastier and more indulgent choices placed in front of them each day. All of this creates a very sad picture on the white tray. I grew curious, and began to read about school lunches around the globe, and here's what I discovered!
Look at the culinary delights thrown on these plates from Brazil, Greece and France. The Greek dish looks especially appetizing to me, while the plate from Ukraine has the same sad and pathetic appearance as the USA lunch, filled with greasy sausages, potatoes, cabbage, borscht and a pancake.
If the topic is of interest to readers, I can take my camera and join my nephew for lunch one day to explain more about what school kids in the USA eat. Of course, many parents still pack lunches for their children, so they aren't forced to eat this cafeteria slop each day. However, I think there's some level of excitement for most young kids to go through the cafeteria line each day, pick from a choice of foods, and create their own meals. It's a rite of passage for almost all American school children.
What did you eat during your school days? Cafeteria food, or homemade lunches? I have no idea what Russian children are served in cafeterias or dining halls, because I've never once visited a school there. Has it changed a lot from the Soviet era? What happens if the family has no money to pay for a child's lunch, does the Russian government subsidize it?
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Date: 2015-06-05 08:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-10-17 11:01 pm (UTC)Начиналось все с завтрака, с обязательным кефиром в младших классах. Так же каждый день давался пакет молока, с 1983 года это прекратилось в тех школах где я учился. Впрочем, может я чего то не помню и пакет молока давался только тем кто был в группах продленного дня. Обед состоял из первого, второго, десерта и компота, соков, морса или киселя. Старшие дети могли попить чай, кофе если было то только желудевое с молоком. Это делалось нарочно из соображений пользы для здоровья. Кисели практически всегда были не вкусные, поскольку делались из одного и того же исходного сухого сырья. Современные школы к сожалению перешли на блюда из полуфабрикатов, или привозные блюда, в лучшем случае с разогревом в школе. Это влияние Запада и капитализма и не является русским по существу. Все написанное лучше прочесть на русском.
In the Soviet school of the early 1980s it was basically a proper nutrition than what is shown in the photo. I never use semi-finished products. The kitchen was full of cooking cycle. Tasty or not depended on the specific chefs.
It all started with a breakfast with yogurt mandatory in elementary grades. Just every day was given a carton of milk, since 1983 it is stopped in the schools where I studied. However, maybe I do not remember, and a carton of milk was given only to those who have been in extended-day groups. Lunch consisted of a first, second, dessert and a compote, juices, fruit drinks and jelly. Older children can have tea, coffee, unless it was the only acorn with milk. This was done on purpose for reasons of health benefits. Jelly is almost always were not tasty, as were made from the same initial dry raw materials. Modern schools unfortunately switched to semi-finished dishes, or imported dishes, in the best case with the heating in the school. This influence of the West and capitalism and not a Russian on the merits.
All the better to read written in Russian.
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Date: 2015-10-17 11:09 pm (UTC)I forgot to add. The principle of supply of different dishes on one platter terrible for schools. Children need to learn better, and not averaged. Therefore, they have to serve meals separately on different plates. It is not so convenient for those who washes dishes for them, but it teaches children the correct table setting, cleaning the table and table manners, as well as to the correct serial eating. Even if used trays.
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Date: 2015-10-19 04:58 pm (UTC)