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 07:32 pm (UTC)Но да, конечно, это не индульгенция есть что попало. :)))
Ну а суп каждый день едят далеко не все и вообще, такое "особое" отношение к супам принятно в русско-язычной среде. :))))
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Date: 2015-05-26 07:36 pm (UTC)At my first school I rarely ate in the cafeteria, but used to buy junk food at the kiosk. I remember there were long lines and elder boys pulled younger student out and took their place. Russian survilance began at school.
At my next school I sometimes ate there, sometimes I didn't. The food there was usually awful and disguisting. I remember cold fried пельмени . I hate fried пельмени but cold fried пельмени with thick layer of butter on it. I suppose the food was bad because that school didn't recive enough money.
At my last school I usually ate at the cafeteria. Unfortantly portions were rather small. They were enough for 10-12 yers old children but too small for teenagers. But the principal always told us to take two portions. Not all my schoolmates ate at cafeteria so we usually were able to take an extra portion.
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