Несъедобные обеды американских школьников
May. 26th, 2015 11:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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: 2015-05-26 05:58 pm (UTC)But sometines it looks like that:
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Date: 2015-05-26 05:59 pm (UTC)но кажется, там ниже про это уже отписались про данное несоответствие.
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:01 pm (UTC)Я не люблю сухомятку и суп в школьной столовой ел с удовольствием,когда преподавал в школе.Каша,картошка с котлетой или рыбой.
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:04 pm (UTC)Of course, location is very important thing. But from my own experience I know that everything depends of people who are working in school cafeterias. Ukrainian schools have their own kitchen and a lot of staff is making on the place. So, it might be not so fancy but very delicious and healthy.
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:05 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:10 pm (UTC)Якщо так дивитися, то й обід з американської школи теж має овочі - пюре та зелений горошок, кетчуп, щось... компот чи желе. ))
Що стосується смаку шкільних обідів, то моєму синові вони подобаються. А він у мене звичний до домашньої кухні. Я виробляю йому різні витребеньки. Тож це добрий показник, що йому смачно в школі. Та й маю сказати, що й інші діти майже все з'їдають. Це означає, що їм також смачно. )) Діти не їстимуть, якщо їжа буде мати поганий запах, смак та вигляд. Хоча, як і всюди, є такі діти, яким взагалі мало що до смаку. Цілком можливо, що є й такі школи, де готують не так смачно, як у нас, і діти там не їдять. Але ж це вже привід для скарги на їдальню.
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:13 pm (UTC)Доколе?
Date: 2015-05-26 06:14 pm (UTC)Re: Доколе?
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Date: 2015-05-26 06:15 pm (UTC)Симптоматично
Date: 2015-05-26 06:18 pm (UTC)Симптоматично
Date: 2015-05-26 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-26 06:18 pm (UTC)The school year is ending in Russia these days.
In September I'll possibly try to make photos of food in Russian schools.
But it can be difficult, because other teachers won't understand шею
In primary school all children get so called "the second breakfast", it's free.
Sometimes there are even nuggets in it, but usually it's tasteless, but healthy.
Lunch is free only for limited group of children, for example ophans, others pay for it.
Every day during 2 weeks it's different. Soup with bread, meat-balls with mashed potatoes,
vegetable salad, fruit compote.
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