tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90425387324618262302024-03-18T09:48:45.504+00:00NeverSecondsOne primary school pupil's daily dose of school dinners.Dave Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07561073180066073691noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-42282961364028143482014-02-04T17:13:00.000+00:002014-02-04T17:13:28.149+00:0010 million!Wow, 10 million hits! That's brilliant because that's 10 million thinking about kids and food. I am still working away quietly trying to raise money for <a href="http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/">Mary's Meals</a>. Together we've raised <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/neverseconds">£131,666.79</a> so far and I know the total is going to jump because last week I got told that Lidl are donating £7500 as part of the Young Fundraiser award and there's a big lump from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Seconds-Incredible-Story-Martha/dp/1908885165">my book!</a> Keep an eye on the total to see how much it jumps!<br />
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I have been asked to talk at lots of conferences. I find it hard. I always ask my dad to help. Last year I went to Copenhagen to talk at the <a href="http://www.madfood.co/">MAD food conference</a>. It was an amazing experience. It is organised by Renee from Noma and his friends. I learnt loads from the other speakers. Roy Choi spoke about feeding communities in America and I ate food cooked by ladies from a souk in Lebanon cooked by ladies with different religions. When it was my turn to speak every one cheered and my nerves got me. <br />
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<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/85140281?color=006633" width="650" height="366" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/85140281">Martha Payne: "Changing the World, One School Dinner at a Time"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/madsymposium">MAD</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>I was very glad my dad was there to help. Sorry Renee!<br />
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My whole family has also signed up to join the <a href="http://www.scottishfoodfamily.co.uk/">Scottish Food Family</a>! <br />
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It's brilliant. It's all about better food lessons in school, improving school meals and being really proud of Scottish food! There's also going to be a Scottish food day. I love growing food. I've got my very own sheep now and she is in lamb! We've loads to be proud of in Scotland. Scottish food isn't just haggis even if it is one of my favourites! You should make a haggis lasagne....it's awesome!<br />
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It's great getting 10 million hits. Shows how important food for children is both in Scotland and around the world.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-21737395201370207192013-10-04T08:11:00.001+01:002013-10-04T08:11:52.682+01:00Surprised!October is the month for surprises I think! <a href="http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/monday-1st-october-lirangwe-friends-of.html">Last year I was in Malawi</a> at Lirangwe <a href="http://youtu.be/uRw5KxTzlS4">(video)</a> visiting the kitchen we are all supporting with Mary's Meals. This year I was in London helping Mary's Meals when this happened...<br />
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You can read all about it in the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pride-britain-2013-jamie-oliver-2337073#.Uk5IVegQEu0.twitter">Mirror newspaper</a>. Jamie is brilliant and I am so glad it was him that surprised me. It was all filmed as well so you will see how surprised I was. ITV came to film at Mary's Meals and at my house but I thought it was for a documentary and I didn't know anything about the Pride of Britain awards.<br />
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I have been quietly busy helping Mary's Meals and school dinners all year. There's lots going on. Mary's Meals is feeding more and more children a free school meal every day. I can't wait until we can say we're helping 1 million children a day! In England children will get a free school meal starting next September for their first three years at school. What a difference that will make. I am waiting to hear what will happen in Scotland. I hope it will be just as good and maybe better than England. There is so much you can do in a school with a great school dinner. <br />
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I am looking forward to London at the weekend. I think it will be good for Mary's Meals and school dinners. My whole family is coming. I know my family are proud of me but it is amazing that Jamie and the <a href="http://www.prideofbritain.com/">Pride of Britain Awards</a> are as well and that has made me smile. I will tell people about everyone that has supported me and about the children we have helped. If you watch the programme on Tuesday, ITV 8pm, you will see me say thank you and I mean it for everyone that has helped raise so much for Mary's Meals.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-15926957837353276502013-04-25T20:12:00.002+01:002013-04-25T20:12:44.681+01:00Join meThe Sunday Times has a <a href="http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/school_meals/"></a>new campaign to improve school food and I love it! <br />
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Some school dinners are amazing. It would be great if all dinners were amazing. The campaign wants to make sure all school meals are healthy and tasty so more of us want to eat them. The best thing is the campaign is starting with a competition so anyone between 7 and 18 can send in their review of their school dinner. There's a fantastic prize to go for lunch in London at <a href="http://www.bistrotbrunoloubet.com/">Bruno Loubet's restaurant</a> in London. If you don't live in London you'll get help to get there and stay. I promise if you win everyone will joke with you about writing a review. It happens everywhere I go still!<br />
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So please join me and be a school food reviewer! Send in your reviews to the <a href="http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/school_meals/">Sunday Times Campaign website</a>. You don't have to have great food to win the competition just write a great review! <br />
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Good luck,<br />
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VEG<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-17134206033156482162013-03-24T11:04:00.001+00:002013-03-24T11:04:54.315+00:00Meeting Madam President Dr Banda of MalawiOn Monday I travelled with my dad to Edinburgh to speak at an event organised by the <a href="http://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/">Scotland Malawi Partnership</a>. Because Presidents are so busy when they visit other countries we weren't sure if Dr Joyce Banda would be able to come to the event. She did and she was wonderful.<br />
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M- I started my blog NeverSeconds as a writing project to show people what my school dinners were like. I know how important school lunches are for children in Malawi too. My grandpa is a Mary’s Meals volunteer and we often talked about how a school dinner can bring kids to school and give them the energy to learn.<br />
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D- Overnight Martha’s blog became popular and people responded from around the world. Adults remembered their school dinners, children sent in photos of theirs and a debate started about the quality of school food.<br />
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M- Someone commented on my blog that ‘I was lucky to have food at all because some children have none’. I decided the best thing was to write about Mary’s Meals and try and raise some money to build a school kitchen in Malawi. When my blog was banned it was terrible but I was very happy that people supported me by making lots of donations.<br />
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D- We found ourselves in a media storm. Journalists from around the world wanted to talk to the nine year old girl who had beaten the ban. All Martha wanted to tell them about was the kids in Lirangwe and the kitchen that was going to be built. Martha practises her friendship skills every day in the busy playground at her school and it was only a small jump for her to name the kitchen ‘Friends of NeverSeconds’. When we were invited to visit the kitchen I was worried it was a long way. Martha was worried she’d be too tired to make new friends!<br />
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M- I made brilliant friends in Malawi. I spent a day with Ben who is my age. His home is different to mine but we do so many similar things. His family grow food like mine. We both have to do jobs and I think his are harder. I tried to carry water on my head but I kept spilling it. Ben started to spill his because he was laughing at me! We went to his school together and had lessons and played games. Ben shared everything with me and I will remember him always. <br />
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D- It was great watching all the kids together. They don’t worry about language or clothes they just care about smiles and fun. Since 2005, more than 200 Scottish schools have established partnerships with Malawi. Each of these educational links is underpinned by mutual respect and understanding, by friendship and solidarity. Each year, hundreds of young Scots and Malawians get the chance to visit their partner school, experiencing a new culture, a different way of life, and cementing the friendship which has existed between our two nations for over 150 years.<br />
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M- - The head teacher in Lirangwe School was so like my head teacher. She was really proud of her learners and her school. It made me nervous to paint the ‘Friends of NeverSeconds’ kitchen sign because I know they will all see it every day and I wanted it to be perfect for them. I helped to share out the Likuni Phala. Everything went quiet as all the children ate their lunch and when they finished it became extra noisy just like at my school. The biggest difference is my dinner ladies don’t sing when cooking my school dinner!<br />
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D- Our family has made strong bonds with Malawi through our new friends. These are friends we could only make because of the existing bonds between our countries. 85,000 Scots and 148,000 Malawians are linked through partnerships and all our lives are enriched as a result. <br />
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M- When I started my blog, I thought my own school food was the most important thing about it. I now know the most important thing is the friends it has brought together and the help we have given each other. I think about my friend Ben often. I think about him and his Mary’s Meal, about him carrying water and about how he wants to be President when he grows up. I don’t want to be First Minster when I grow up but I do want to be Ben’s friend. <br />
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I really enjoyed the event despite being nervous. Afterwards I spoke with some senior girls from Leith Academy and I hope I will be doing as much as they are when I am their age. There are lots of people in Scotland thinking of their friends in Malawi. It is good.<br />
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Madam President and I had a chance to talk at Edinburgh Castle with Alex Salmond the First Minister of Scotland. He invited me to blog my dinner and I will. It was a very special evening.<br />
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VEGUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-28332738065123472072013-03-08T16:00:00.000+00:002013-03-08T16:00:04.815+00:00and finally my favouriteThis isn't just my favourite. It's the most important school meal I have ever seen.<br />
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It was cooked by a <a href="http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/">Mary's Meals</a> volunteer at one of their under 6 centres in Blantyre, Malawi. It is nsima, which is made from maize flour, and fish from Lake Malawi. I didn't want to try it because it was for the children but the volunteers were proud and I didn't want to offend them. It was delicious.<br />
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Food-o-meter- 10/10 <br />
Mouthfuls- I only tried a couple<br />
Course- main<br />
Health Rating- 10/10<br />
Price- I think less than 10p <br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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I miss my friends in Malawi and think of them often. It's a special year because it's <a href="http://www.davidlivingstone200.org/">the 200th anniversary of David Livingstone's birth</a>. He was a Scottish explorer and the friendship he made between Scotland and Malawi is still special today. There are lots of celebrations and if I make it to some I'll tell you all about it!<br />
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thank you and I hope you enjoyed International School Meals Day,<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-35262419810762768312013-03-08T14:00:00.000+00:002013-03-08T14:00:02.211+00:00Staying in Japan......This is one of my favourite posts. I love all the different meals and how people dress and prepare them. I even guessed the winner!<br />
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Thank you Doni.<br />
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Hello everyone. Doni is here.<br />
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Thank you very much for deeply-appreciated message.<br />
Arigato gozaimasu. And I'm sorry for my terrible at English. I was a student with poor English. As you might know, my best subject was the lunch time at school.<br />
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Our School lunch menu for Thursday;<br />
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Rice, Simmered Chicken and Konjak with Miso. Deep Fied Chicken, Boiled Japanese Mustard Spinach, and Milk. The above Mustard Spinach is grown at local. <br />
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Food-o-meter- 8/10<br />
Health rating- 8/10<br />
Bites- unknown<br />
Courses- Rice, 3 sides<br />
Price- JPY234yen (Approx. US$2.9 £1.8 )<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Today another school dietician who is my friend sent me a picture for Martha’s Project.<br />
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Cooked Rice Chinese Style, Vermicellifine Noodle Soup (Soup of somen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth), Meat Ball with White Sesame, Grape Jelly, and Milk.<br />
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Our school served a lunch for 188 days a school year. It is hard work to menu which is concerned balance of nutrition, calories, like and dislike of children and more.<br />
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School dietician should to raise a child to become a healthy eater. It is big challenge for them. Dieticians are thinking about what children liked, what they didn't like, what kindthey liked and what they didn't mind but would rather not eat.<br />
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Yes, Dieticians are checking kitchen waste every day, and they peep in to see what children are doing at lunch time. And so dieticians develop a game plan.<br />
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OK. Today, I introduce school lunch contest in Japan. It is called Kyushoku Koshien.<br />
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This tournament is designed to encourage local production for local consumption and that through the tournament to compete on behalf of the regional dishes are offered in school meals across the country to educate about healthy eating. This year the seventh contest will be held at Tokyo in December.<br />
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I usually cosponsor this contest to sneak into the contest room.<br />
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Contestants are 12 school (included central kitchen) representative of 6 region of across Japan. Players are School dietician and cooks in pairs.<br />
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Criteria of the contestants are as follows;<br />
-Menu what you have previously provided as school meals before the date of the finals.<br />
-That according to the Ministry of Education Reference Intakes for school meals.<br />
-Local products to be a menu that uses local products, taking advantage of the features that.<br />
-It has been used as a teaching tool, live food education<br />
-Nutrients and amount (in the case of elementary school students and volume for middle grade) that is correct<br />
-It is the menu that nurture children love joy regional<br />
-Cook 6 meals servings within 60 minutes<br />
-Cooking and sanitation management process to follow standards of school meals and health management<br />
-The application form attached a picture of the menu.<br />
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I think it is so hard to cook 6 meals within 60 minutes.<br />
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But they do that. OK, I show you all lunch menu of final contestants in 2011. I bet you will be surprised with them.<br />
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1) Iwate<br />
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2) Ibaralki<br />
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3) Fukushima<br />
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4) Gunma<br />
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5) Toyama<br />
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6) Wakayama<br />
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7) Nagano<br />
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8) Kagawa<br />
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9) Kochi<br />
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10) Kagoshima<br />
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11) Okinawa<br />
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12) Gifu<br />
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Please guess who won.<br />
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Ah. These menus are special for contest. Please don't believe menu like the above is served every day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-37962349201728211932013-03-08T13:30:00.000+00:002013-03-08T13:30:00.467+00:00Bento Boxes- JapanI am not listing these top ten in any order but I love the look of Japanese food!<br />
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Dear VEG and VEG's Dad,<br />
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I'm from Tokyo, Japan. Your blogs interested me very much. And I admire your activity for Mary's Meals.<br />
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Since about "bento" has become the topic of comments, I would like to present two photo for Veg's blogs readers.<br />
Bento is being used in various situations in Japan from former times. For trip, picnic, of course for school lunch, and also Hanami(cherry blossom viewing), Sumo viewing(Sumo is the traditional Japanese wrestling), and Kabuki theatergoing(Kabuki is a traditional theatrical drama).<br />
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One photo is the most traditional old style bento-box which was made of gold lacker in 18th century. This contains four lunch boxes, a equipment box and two bottles for Sake(rice wine).<br />
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Another one is a bento for Hanami. This cuisine style is carried out today in Japan.<br />
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Best regards,<br />
Tadami YamadaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-31746762731938219422013-03-08T13:00:00.000+00:002013-03-08T13:00:00.429+00:00The most colourful plate from IsraelToday we are going to Tel Aviv in Israel. (1 minute 25 seconds, it was really hard!) Ziva emailed me and said Boker Tov! (That means "Good Morning" in Hebrew)so Boker Tov Ziva! <br />
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Her lunch was 'falafel, which is ground down chickpeas and fava beans, with pita chips and yoghurt and cucumber sauce, with green leaves and onion. It was a really good food and I always enjoy it. We also get dessert (I could not take a picture as you only get it if you have finished all your first course) which we are able to take with us. This day I had a kichlach which is a type of cookie. Through the day we also have 2 snacks, for which we are allowed to get as much fruit or salad as we like, I normally have סָלָט יְרָקוֹת יִשְׂרְאֵלִ (Israeli vegetable salad) which is small cucumber and tomatoes. Or fruit. We pay for school lunch with school tuition but i believe it translates or 12 shekel per day which is almost 2 pounds.<br />
Shalom! (That means Peace, but also Hello or Goodbye)'<br />
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I love Ziva's colourful plate. Every other plate I have seen is white. The pretty plate and place mat make the food look so much nicer and I bet it tastes great. I like colour!<br />
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Shalom,<br />
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VEG<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-27873188320887018652013-03-08T12:30:00.000+00:002013-03-08T12:30:01.159+00:00Brazil!<b>Veg here!</b><br />
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Good morning to Enzo Buzz and Giorgio Bros in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1 minute 15 seconds because I used Grandpa's atlas and it's the biggest book I have ever seen!) Thank you for your email. I am glad you help your mum to cook. I help my dad.<br />
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We normally have a Sunday roast but I really like the look of your lunch. It is very colourful. Thank you for sending a video about your guest blogging. I do not know what to expect from Brazil so it is very exciting. I hope you are enjoying the Olympics. It is very special and you will enjoy them in Brazil in 4 years! <br />
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Thank you for the translation!<br />
"Now let's talk in Portuguese. We will participate in the project NeverSeconds representing Brazil this week.<br />
Here in Brazil we do not have (is) all day studying, we studied only one period, or studied in the morning or afternoon - it's cool, you know, gives us more rest is better.<br />
It is not everyone who eats lunch at school, and generally only those who want us lunch at home. This week we will have lunch at school.<br />
We participate in a project at a place called SESC and there we have a place (way) totally different food, is quite different and there will be two days, Tuesday and Thursday.<br />
Here in Brazil we usually eat rice, beans, vegetables in salad or cooked meats and varied. Interestingly, rice and beans, which is what we usually eat, we do not think abroad, here in South America has the same countries that do not like to eat rice and beans and we really like here is the thing we eat more (or more frequently).<br />
So that's it, thank you. It`s all folks, see ya!"<br />
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I really like watching your carnivals on TV. They are so colourful. I think I will learn more about Brazil this week.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-24665414563332637732013-03-08T12:00:00.000+00:002013-03-08T12:00:04.878+00:00To Seoul for kimbap 김밥I really worried about the storm coming to Seoul and was glad everyone was ok. I've never tried kimbap but I will do one day.<br />
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Hello again from Seoul! Today’s blog post is going to be a little different. As you know the posts on NeverSeconds are usually written by children, but today I (Hansik’s teacher) am going to be<br />
taking the reins. Why? Because Korea is currently preparing to be hit by Typhoon Bolaven and the kids were told not to come to school today. While teachers still have to report on the outset of this hurricane, the cafeteria is closed. I’ll take this opportunity to tell you a little bit more about a typical Korean snack or lunch when not at school.<br />
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First off, I am an American who has been living in Korea for the past 18 months. I work at an immersion school so the students spend half the day studying the national curriculum with their Korean homeroom teacher and half the day studying core subject in English with a native English speaker. I’m the writing teacher so this project fits perfectly.<br />
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In Korea, teachers eat with their students. We eat the same food but are able to serve<br />
ourselves. I pay 50,000 won (about $50 US) a month which is a great deal. I actually love most of the food in the cafeteria!<br />
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Now for the food! One of the most popular quick meals or snacks in Korea is called kimbap, or in Korean, 김밥. Also called the “Korean sandwich” due to the fact kimbap is often brought as a lunch on hikes or field trips, kimbap looks like a Japanese sushi roll, but it is actually very different. Yesterday we learned that kim (김), the first syllable of the word, is dried seaweed. Well, the second syllable, bap (밥), means rice.<br />
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Like sushi it is rice and seaweed rolled, but the similarities end there. The most common variety is filled with egg, ham, cucumber, carrot, and pickled radish (danmuji, 단무지). You can also order kimbap with other ingredients including cheese, kimchi, or, my favorite, canned tuna with mayonnaise. It sounds weird at first, but once you get used to kimbap, it is delicious. A roll runs about 2,000 won ($2 US) and is available at convenience stores and take away shops around the country.<br />
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One final thing before I go. Although it is a little scary here in Korea today with this impending storm, I know that I will still have access to food and a hot meal. Let’s make sure everyone who can <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/neverseconds">donates to Mary’s Meals </a>so that this can be a reality for more people across the world!<br />
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That’s it from Korea today! Hopefully the students will be back tomorrow with another school lunch for you all. If you have any questions about food, lunches, or education in South Korea please ask and I’ll have the students get you some answers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-67785557053898767682013-03-08T11:30:00.000+00:002013-03-08T11:30:02.048+00:00Number 4- Alba, Spain!Danny's mum sent in this picture from Alba in Spain (20 seconds!) because Danny is only 10 months old and is at nursery. I still like eating with my hands and this is perfect!<br />
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I love the cute teddy bear bowls! LEFT: lunch one consists of white flesh peaches, strawberries and yogurt melts under they also have a meal which was cous-cous, broccoli, cucumbers and roasted salmon RIGHT: day two lunch he had poached apple pears, strawberries and blue berries, for the meal he had pieces of swede and fresh garden peas.<br />
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It costs 1 euro, about 80p, and I think I could eat three but there again I am nine not 10 months old!<br />
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VEGUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-45310237434862735152013-03-08T11:00:00.000+00:002013-03-08T11:00:02.693+00:00Breakfast from Finland- number 3!Lots of children get breakfast in schools as well. My dad is speaking at <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/professionals/conference">a conference</a> organised by the <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/">Children's Food Trust</a> with Carmel McConnell whose charity <a href="http://www.magicbreakfast.com/">Magic Breakfast </a>provides school breakfasts. This breakfast from Finland is brilliant!<br />
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Hi! I'm mother of three from Finland. I have two sons, 7 and 8 years old ones. They are going to primary school 1st and 2nd classes when new semester starts in August. My daughter is three years old. I'm homemom for her and childminder for three other kids ages one to three. I make and serve breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack for these little ones every Monday to Friday. Boys get their free lunch in school like every kid in Finnish schools, other meals they eats in home. <br />
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This time I like to present you most typically breakfast for my daughter. It contains rye bread with very thin slice of smoked ham and some veggies (lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomato and pepper), bowl of fresh fruits (grapes, watermelon and banana) and cup of hot chocolate. <br />
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I tried to ask her what she like about the breakfast. She told me that breakfast tastes good, and she ate everything else except watermelon, which she don't like. When I asked is it healthy or non-healthy, she answered healthy. So I think rates could be something like that:<br />
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Food-O-Meter: 8/10<br />
Mouthfuls: Didn't count<br />
Course: Breakfast<br />
Healthy: 9/10 I take one point off because of hot chocolate, 'cause I can't find the better option with less sugar last time in store.<br />
Price: I think less than 1€ or £0.80 for her portion.<br />
Pieces of hairs: none<br />
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My 8 years old son rates the same breakfast like that:<br />
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Food-O-Meter: 9/10<br />
Mouthfuls: Didn't count either<br />
Course: Breakfast<br />
Healthy: 10/10<br />
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Best regards,<br />
MerjaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-56514586714095811162013-03-08T10:30:00.000+00:002013-03-08T10:30:00.655+00:00Second Meal from ChicagoI have been sent lots of photos from America. This one was sent in by Kimberley who works in the Glenview school district, near Chicago, Illinois. Dad timed me to find Chicago on the globe and it took me 48 seconds but it was not fair as I was looking for it spelt SHicargo.<br />
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I would have chosen Glenview food over mine today and eaten everything!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-33696475601695572802013-03-08T09:47:00.000+00:002013-03-08T09:47:26.871+00:00First International School Meals Day is today!I've had lots of fun getting ready for today. Although Argyll and Bute isn't doing anything special I wanted to share my favourite 10 posts from my blog to celebrate <a href="http://www.internationalschoolmealsday.com/">International School Meals Day</a>. I've enjoyed going back and seeing all the great dinners and how much everyone likes them.<br />
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First we are going to Pavlova in Australia who squeezed more lemons that I have ever seen for <a href="http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/">Mary's Meals</a>!<br />
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Hi Everybody! My blog name is Pavlova and I am 9 years old just like Veg. I live in Perth – not in Scotland- but in Western Australia. Can you guess why I have called myself Pavlova?<br />
I go to Dalkeith Primary School and we don’t have a school canteen so I have to take a packed lunch every day. We all eat outside our classrooms on the shady veranda.<br />
It is like having a picnic everyday. Here is a picture of my lunch today.<br />
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I had Vietnamese chicken spring rolls filled with grated carrot, coriander, capsicum (that’s red pepper) and the left over chicken from my Sunday roast. It was delicious dipped in chilli sauce. I had fruit salad after though Mum forgot to pack a fork so it was a messy business! I had an oatmeal cookie for recess which was tasty too. <br />
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Food-o-meter- 10/10- it was delicious<br />
Health rating- 9/10- lost a point because of the cookie though it was homemade.<br />
Mouthfuls- 48<br />
Courses– main/dessert and my recess snack<br />
Price- difficult to say as was bits of leftovers from our Sunday lunch though about $3.00.<br />
Pieces of hair– 0<br />
Amount of his packed lunch my brother brought home uneaten- about half and all of his fruit!<br />
Number of Olympic medals won by Australia- 3 one of each color! <br />
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At my school we are not allowed junk food as we have a healthy eating policy. There is a traffic light system of food. Food on the red list is not allowed. This is sugary and unhealthy food. We can have food from the amber list sometimes and we must try and eat lots of healthy stuff off the green list.<br />
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As Veg said it is winter here in Australia but it has been a beautiful sunny day. It was 23 degrees. I have just checked online and it is 14 degrees in Scotland though I guess you may still warm up a bit this afternoon.<br />
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It great news that Veg has been nominated for the great Scot award. I hope she wins.<br />
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I am really excited to be in filling in for Veg this week. See ya tomorrow!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-84557887713889635412013-02-24T10:00:00.000+00:002013-02-24T10:00:03.176+00:00Lirangwe ReportHello. This report was sent to me from <a href="http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/">Mary's Meals</a>. I wanted to share it with all of you that have supported the children of Lirangwe. Mary's Meals is also taking part in <a href="http://www.internationalschoolmealsday.com/">International School Meals Day</a>.<br />
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Please read it. It's brilliant.<br />
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<b>Lirangwe Primary School<br />
Blantyre, Southern Malawi</b><br />
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Kitchen and feeding sponsored by Martha Payne and supporters of “NeverSeconds”<br />
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<b>School information:</b><br />
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Your school, Lirangwe Primary, is located in the southern city of Blantyre, Malawi. <br />
Blantyre is Malawi’s second biggest city and is Malawi’s commercial and financial centre. Despite this, many of its inhabitants still live in extreme poverty. The city is named after the Scottish town Blantyre which was the birthplace of the famous explorer David Livingstone, who established many missionary churches and schools in Malawi and particularly in the Blantyre area. Blantyre is a gateway to many Africa countries and has air and bus links to Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa. Blantyre has many bustling market places and many Malawians travel long distances to the city to stock up on food and clothing.<br />
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Your school currently has 2020 children enrolled, of whom there are 986 boys and 1034 girls. The children range from Standards 1 – 8 (Equivalent to Primary 1 – Secondary 1 in Scotland). There are eleven permanent classrooms at Lirangwe and your kitchen will be able to double up as an extra classroom when it is not being used for feeding. Due to lack of indoor space, some pupils at Lirangwe are taught under trees and at a local centre nearby. The children are taught by a total of twenty teachers. <br />
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The school’s water source is a borehole in the school grounds. There are sixteen pit latrine toilets on site which are equally shared between the boys and girls. Lirangwe has netball facilities and a football pitch and the pupils play regular matches.<br />
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<b>The Mary’s Meals feeding programme:</b><br />
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Mary’s Meals is initially organised by the school’s head teacher, who then meets with the school’s committee and people from the surrounding neighbourhood. A team of volunteers are then drawn from the local community. Volunteers are split up into teams and each team takes a slot in the rota to cook the school meals. At Lirangwe, many of the volunteers are parents of the children at the school.<br />
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Volunteers often arrive at the school as early as 5am to fetch water, get the pots ready and start cooking. A vat of porridge takes about three hours to cook on a rocket stove. The porridge is then put into buckets, before serving, to stop the children crowding around a hot stove where they could get burned. The Likuni Phala porridge is then served to long queues of children all eager to get their daily Mary’s Meal. Typically, schools in Malawi begin serving their Mary’s Meals at around 9:30am each day, feeding the youngest children first (Standard 1). After serving, the volunteers stay on to wash the pots and put away the stoves. The entire process normally finishes at about 2pm. Mary’s Meals cooks take on a big commitment and the whole system would not be possible without the dedication of our volunteer cooks. <br />
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<b>Primary Education in Malawi:</b><br />
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All children in Malawi are entitled to free primary education. Children are allowed to start Primary School at the age of six. There are eight years of Primary School – referred to as Standard 1-8. To get into the next class level, children must pass end of year exams. This means there can often be a wide age range in each standard. Entry requirements for secondary school are based on children’s results in their final Standard 8 exams. For many schools, the introduction of Mary’s Meals has seen senior pupils gaining a place at secondary school for the first time ever and more and more children are winning scholarships to pay their secondary school fees. For those who don’t go on to secondary school, the level of education pupils get at Primary provides them with good employment prospects by equipping them with good levels of literacy and numeracy as well as life and agricultural skills. The daily meals provided by Mary’s Meals allow children to attend school every day, rather than work or scavenge for food, greatly increasing their chance of finding a good job and a brighter future.<br />
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The two national languages in Malawi are Chichewa and English. Children in Standard 1-4 are taught in Chichewa while also learning English. In years 5-8, they switch to lessons in English, with the addition of classes in Chichewa. The curriculum includes English, Chichewa, Maths, Life Skills and Agriculture. <br />
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<b>Mary’s Meals at Lirangwe Primary School:</b><br />
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Mary’s Meals began feeding at Lirangwe Primary in April 2012. Head teacher, Godfrey Mbato, describes the benefits that the Mary’s Meals food programme has already had on the school:<br />
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”Because of Mary’s Meals, children are thriving and the rate of absenteeism has been minimised. The children participate fully in lessons and drop-outs are coming back.”<br />
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The impact of Mary’s Meals can be seen upon examining Lirangwe’s enrolment rates. Enrolment at the school, in 2011, was 1600 pupils, which is made up by 700 boys and 900 girls. The most recent enrolment figure is 2020 children (986 boys and 1034 girls). Every single one of the extra 420 pupils has been able to benefit from a daily school meal. It is fantastic news that Mary’s Meals at Nawita enables more children to go to the school and receive the high standard of education provided there. Your feeding and kitchen sponsorship at Lirangwe means that some of the world’s most vulnerable children need not go hungry and, through education, now have the opportunity to have a bright future. <br />
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Thank You!<br />
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On behalf of everyone at Mary’s Meals, and especially from all the children at Lirangwe Primary School, we would like to extend our very warmest thanks for sponsoring the kitchen and feeding at your school.<br />
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What you have doing for these children is truly life changing – thank you! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-64303806020011862812013-02-23T09:48:00.002+00:002013-02-23T09:48:18.584+00:00Horse meat in School FoodHi.<br />
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Everyone is talking about horse meat being found in school food in Scotland. Lots of people have asked me about it. I'd like to answer you all at once!<br />
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I think it's terrible that horse meat is in schools with no one knowing about it. We don't know where the horses came from and how they were looked after. We should change what we eat if we don't know what it is or where it comes from.<br />
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VEG<br />
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PS I have a report on our <a href="http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/monday-1st-october-lirangwe-friends-of.html">kitchen in Lirangwe</a> to share soon! <br />
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Healthy food for all is part of <a href="http://www.internationalschoolmealsday.com/">International School Meal Day</a> which is less than 2 weeks away.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-12306266039052693392013-02-01T09:32:00.000+00:002013-02-01T09:32:23.246+00:00It's today!I won't be able to look at the <a href="http://www.internationalschoolmealsday.com/">International School Meals Day</a> website until I get home from school today. I hope I will find some more bloggers on it!<br />
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I got a great email from Enzo Buzz from Brazil that guest blogged in the summer with another post. Here it is. Thank you Enzo! <br />
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VEG<br />
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<b>Hello people!<br />
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Here speaks Enzo Buzz from São Paulo, Brazil. <br />
I'm so glad to be back!<br />
This Tuesday I also returned to school, after two months of Summer vacations, starting 8th year grade (I think you call this last year in Junior High or middle school).<br />
But I'm not here today to talk about school or my lunch there and to be honest I didn't stayed in school for all the classes and I had a great reason for that. <br />
Started today in my city the biggest geek and technology event in Brazil: Campus Party. But, besides the "party" in the name, this is a really big professional meeting where thousands of technology and social media workers and students think about our future.<br />
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I was there to heard about Social Good and one of the speakers was a young girl 1 year older than me. Isadora Faber is 13 years old and a few months ago she created a fanpage in Facebook called "Diário de Classe" (School's Journal) and got really famous with this. The best thing is that she really changed this School and she kept strong even suffering bullying from teachers and students and now she is an example for several kids in Brazil.<br />
Do you want to know where she got that inspiration?<br />
She saw Martha's story on TV and decided to use the idea of Never Seconds to help her own school in Florianópolis, a middle city in South of Brazil. <br />
My brother Giorgio and I took a picture with Isadora today specially to send greetings and to say thanks to Martha for inspiring us. <br />
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Then, today is only this, that's all folks, See Ya! :-D</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-84164475150289518292013-01-24T21:23:00.003+00:002013-01-24T21:23:47.085+00:00Is mud!Back!<br />
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I'm sorry I have been away from my blog for so long. I wasn't sure if I was going to write again but then I heard about plans to celebrate school meals from around the world! I love looking at what other children eat for their school dinner and what they think about it. Although dinners look different and taste different they are important to all children. For some children it's their main meal, like in Malawi with Mary's Meals and the 'Friends of NeverSeconds' kitchen.<br />
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The big idea I heard about is International School Meals Day and it's coming very soon! The website launches on the 1st February and the actual day is on Friday March 8th. Lots of countries are involved and there are some brilliant ideas. <br />
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I am going to pick out my ten favourite meals that I have been sent. Please send in yours to share to NeverSeconds@gmail.com. There will also be an update from Lirangwe, Malawi, on the 'Friends of NeverSeconds' kitchen (we have raised nearly £129,000, thank you!).<br />
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I'm also going to try and cook some recipes from around the world. There is a new book about children cooking around the world that I want to try. I will probably get more ideas from the website <a href="http://www.InternationalSchoolMealsDay.com">InternationalSchoolMealsDay.com</a> when it opens. I don't use Twitter, my dad does, but you can follow @IntSchoolMeals and #ISMD2013. I am going to blog until the big day, honest, because i have missed writing.<br />
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This is the first International School Meals Day and people have shortened the name to ISMD but that sounds like 'is mud' to me! <br />
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VEG<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-48065498491705009022012-12-30T16:25:00.001+00:002012-12-30T16:25:52.208+00:00Kindle Special offer<b>Veg's dad here</b><br />
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Just wanted to quickly let you all know what that our book is part of Amazon's 12 Days of Kindle promotion and is currently only 99p!<br />
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Same support to Mary's Meals so grab a bargain for you and your friends whilst supporting Martha's favourite charity. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00A76F1FG/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1356884074&sr=8-1&pi=SL75">Grab it here. </a><br />
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DaveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-72374090184466167622012-12-21T08:16:00.002+00:002012-12-21T08:16:37.947+00:00A Christmas Thank you message!I started recording this on my camera then found out that on JustGiving you must use a webcam! Here is the link.<br />
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<a href="http://www.justgiving.com/NeverSeconds">NeverSeconds JustGiving Page</a><br />
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The BBC has updated our documentary and it is being shown this weekend on BBC1 Scotland on Sunday at 5.30pm and also on the BBC News Channel and on BBC World on the 26th December. <br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ndyy3/broadcasts/upcoming">There is more info here.</a><br />
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Thank you all and Merry Christmas!<br />
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VEGUnknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-78368333886008184642012-12-12T12:30:00.000+00:002012-12-12T12:30:00.601+00:00Hello again from Frankfurt am Main.Dear VEG!<br />
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Last week my younger daughter didn’t go to daycare twice because she had dentist appointments. I wanted to pick her up from school but was early and she hadn’t been to lunch yet so I went to the canteen with her.<br />
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On Thursday, the children had the choice between ratatouille with rice and fish sticks with potatoes and rémoulade. Friday’s menu offered different kinds of pizza and salad. At least that’s what the sign at the entrance said.<br />
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My daughter went for the fish … uhm … thing on thursday. It was some sort of slobber with greenish spots – I assume they were herbs of some kind – held together by a concrete-like shell of breadcrumbs. She was given a large blob of ketchup with it because there wasn’t any rémoulade (which she would have preferred). She didn’t even ask for potatoes or rice as sides “because they’re never good, either they’re still hard or there’s too much salt”. However, I took a bite of this fish thing: it was cold, the crust bone-dry and the slobber inside had a fish-like taste but was as far from fish filet as it could possibly be.<br />
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Friday’s lunch: Pizza. One of the children’s favourite. It came in the size and texture of crisp bread. The tomato sauce was burnt to charcoal and the salami could not be found. Again, the food was cold. I asked my daughter to get herself some salad and for reasons I don’t understand the only choice that day was potato salad (which in my opinion doesn’t go with pizza, but oh well…). It was surprisingly good but I guess it wasn’t cooked there but bought in large buckets.<br />
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My daughter and her friends said that usually the pizza is a lot better, usually the best tasting food offered at the canteen. They also said that the food isn’t always that bad.<br />
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Usually, I'm not picky but I wouldn't want any of those two meals on my plate. And I'm no longer surprised that my child comes home hungry quite often.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-10012607853751491202012-12-12T09:15:00.000+00:002012-12-12T09:15:00.558+00:00And the winner is........OK. I will now announce the results!<br />
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<b>Aichi</b> won the Victory for the The School Lunch of the Year in Japan (Kyushoku Koshien) in 2012.<br />
Defending champion, <b>Wakayama</b> finished second prize this Year.<br />
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I was surprised that David tweeted "Wakayama and Aichi scored " after I posted the latest report. <br />
"How do they know that???" <i>(I was adding up the twitter votes! - Veg's dad</i>)<br />
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I have checked all of plates on site. I also have tasted these menu. Then, I guess who will win.<br />
But that expectation was ill-founded.<br />
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First prize menu of Aichi is;<br />
Cooked Rice with Baby Sardine and Green Tea Powder (left),<br />
Teriyaki Chicken Meat Loaf with Local Grown Vegetable, Lotus Roots Salad (center),<br />
Deepsea Smelt and Carrot Ball Soup (right),<br />
Green Tea Flavored Rice Cake Stuffed with Bean Jam, and Milk.<br />
Sounds delicious?<br />
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Thank you and best regards,<br />
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Doni,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-58827066024155010292012-12-06T12:30:00.000+00:002012-12-06T12:30:04.188+00:00Can you pick the winner? Tweet your answer to @NeverSeconds!School Lunch of The Year 2012 in Japan<br />
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Dear Martha, and all friends,<br />
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Long time no see. Doni is back here. How are you doing?<br />
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There is school lunch news from Japan.<br />
Do you remember I tell you before about school lunch cooking contest?<br />
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The competition namely "Kyushoku Koshien" (学校給食甲子園) was held in Tokyo last Sunday (2nd of December).<br />
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Winter is really here. I find it hard to get up early on cold mornings. But Totally 12 schools and central kitchens cooked exciting at the competition. 2271 schools and central kitchens from all over the country applied for the contest. And 12 schools and kitchens passed the preliminary screening for finalist.<br />
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Now, let me just run over some criteria and rules for this competition;<br />
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-Menu what you have previously provided as school meals before the date of the finals.<br />
-That according to the Ministry of Education Reference Intakes for school meals.<br />
-Local products to be a menu that uses local products, taking advantage of the features that.<br />
-It has been used as a teaching tool live food and dietary education.<br />
-Nutrients and amount (in the case of elementary school students and volume for middle grade) that is correct.<br />
-It is the menu that nurture children love joy regional<br />
-Cook 6 meals servings within 60 minutes<br />
-Cooking and sanitation management process to follow standards of school meals and health management<br />
-The application form attached a picture of the menu.<br />
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Guess what they are doing. They are washing their hands. Yes. It is normal. We should wash our hands before cooking and eating. And then, how long does it take to wash hands? They should take 2 minutes. I worry that washing will chap their hands.<br />
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You can see there are four colored Aprons hung on the wall. Each colored apron is used separately depending on the cooking process.<br />
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And also you see some thermometer on the table. That is inserted into the center of a roast. It should be checked once the required temperature in food has been obtained.<br />
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Sometimes, they also change gloves depending on the process.<br />
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It is our standard sanitation management process for school meals based on HACCP(Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point). And all things of the above are in order to avoid food poisoning.<br />
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As you might know, every children must eat same menu and plates in average public schools. It means there is no other alternative for their lunch. Therefore, to prepare school lunch , the most important thing is to prevent food poisoning.<br />
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Have I kept you waiting? Let’s see school lunches of finalist for School lunch of The Year 2012 in Japan.<br />
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1) Iwate<br />
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2) Fukushima<br />
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3) Tochigi<br />
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4) Saitama (My Place, I cheered.) ;-)<br />
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5) Niigata<br />
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6) Nagano<br />
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7) Aichi<br />
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8) Wakayama (Defending champion of 2011)<br />
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9) Hiroshima<br />
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10) Ehime<br />
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11) Kagoshima<br />
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12) Okinawa<br />
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Please guess who won for this Year. ;-) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-38691860751134058332012-12-04T12:30:00.000+00:002012-12-04T12:30:03.573+00:00Dear Martha,<br />
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We are students of the 7th class of the basic school in Chomutov. We are 12-13 years old. Chomutov is a town in the north-west of the Czech Republic – how detailed is your globe? <b>(Not detailed enough. I found Czech Republic in 21s- VEG)</b><br />
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It’s very interesting to read your blog about school food and to see what pupils eat at various places in the world. We think you have done great work with Mary’s Meals. Congratulations to the Liberty Human Rights Awards!<br />
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In our school, some children go home for lunch and some eat at the school canteen. We<br />
have a choice of two meals except of Tuesday. Every day there is always a hot soup, a main course and a drink. Sometimes there is a dessert, salad or fruit. The price of the meal is 24 Czech crowns, that means £ 0.75.<br />
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Some children like school food and some not. Some children don’t like vegetables or meal they don’t know. School food is regularly controlled by state authorities. We learn about proper food at school and this year we have lessons of cooking.<br />
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Czech meals are very tasty, but not always healthy. The most favourites meals in our country<br />
are:<br />
- beef with cream and vegetable sauce and dumplings<br />
- roast pork, dumplings and cabbage<br />
- fried steak (it’s covered in flour, beaten eggs and breadcrumbs and then fried) and<br />
potatoes or potato salad<br />
- fried potato cakes with garlic<br />
- white dill sauce or soup with boiled eggs<br />
- potato soup with vegetables and mushrooms<br />
- garlic soup with potatoes or fried bread<br />
- sweet dumplings filled with fruit (strawberries, apricots or plums) served with sugar,<br />
cottage cheese and cream<br />
- special cakes filled with jam, cottage cheese or poppy seed<br />
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We wrote the school menu and took photos of the meals during one week at our school<br />
canteen. We voted on how we liked the meals and how we think they were healthy (we are<br />
sorry we weren’t able to count mouthfuls). We hope that it will be interesting for you and<br />
for all your readers.<br />
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With best greetings,<br />
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Anicka, Petra, Karolina, Adela D., Adela V., Marketa, Magda (these are the girls – their names usually end –a in Czech), Lukas, Honza J., Honza S., Filip, Premek, Honza H. (these are the boys, the last two named are two of the quadruplets) and our teacher Jarmila<br />
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Here is our school menu for last week:<br />
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Thursday:<br />
semolina and vegetable soup with egg<br />
beef with garlic, potato dumplings with chickpea, spinach<br />
or pork with leek, red lentils (it isn’t on the picture)<br />
orange<br />
tea<br />
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Food-o-meter- 7/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/dessert/drink<br />
Health rating- 7/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Friday:<br />
caraway and vegetable soup with small dumplings<br />
stewed fish, mashed potatoes, chickpea and tomatoes<br />
or mexican rice salad with beans and corn<br />
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canned pineapple and peaches<br />
water with lemon<br />
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Food-o-meter- 6/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/dessert/drink<br />
Health rating- 7/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Monday:<br />
fish and vegetable soup with fried bread<br />
beef with tomato sauce, pasta (it isn’t on the picture)<br />
or fish baked with cheese, potatoes<br />
kiwi fruit<br />
vitamine drink<br />
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Food-o-meter- 5/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/dessert/drink<br />
Health rating- 7/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
beef soup with noodles and vegetables<br />
fried steak, potatoes, beetroot and celery salad<br />
hot fruit drink<br />
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Food-o-meter- 8.5/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/salad/drink<br />
Health rating- 6.5/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
goulash soup with meat and potatoes<br />
potato rolls with sugar and poppy seed<br />
or pasta and chicken salad<br />
<br />
apple<br />
milk<br />
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Food-o-meter- 7/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/dessert/drink<br />
Health rating- 5/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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Thursday<br />
bean soup with cauliflower<br />
meat and zucchini mixture with mushrooms, rice<br />
or roast pork and kuskus, lettuce<br />
yoghurt<br />
fruit drink<br />
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Food-o-meter- 8/10<br />
Courses- soup/main/dessert/drink<br />
Health rating- 7.5/10<br />
Pieces of hair- 0<br />
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(The photos are taken by our teacher so the portions are a bit larger than for the pupils)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042538732461826230.post-29979545902379435562012-11-28T13:25:00.001+00:002012-11-28T13:25:41.618+00:00from Sao Paulo, BrazilMy name’s Camila and I’m Brazilian. I live in São Paulo, the most important city of Brazil.<br />
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It’s a pleasure for me talk (or better, write) to you. I’ve known about you by a famous Brazilian News Site, and I was curious to know more . Let me say that I think your blog (and the practice of charity involved on it) incredible, congratulations. The world needs people like you.<br />
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I’d like to participate sending a picture of some typical Brazilian School meal, unluckily I have none here. (in other hand I think that is good for you, because you’d be very sad to see what our or children have to eat every day at school)<br />
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I left school many years ago but I know that the situation is the same until nowadays<br />
There is no many choices, it’s almost always rice, beans or pasta with some kind of sausage. The taste is terrible, I’m 23 years old now and I still remember the smell of this food.<br />
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Here we live surrounded of corruption and the powerful people (those of the government) have deals with suppliers who divert part of the payment for your own pocket. The money remainder is used for buy food of lower quality, many times spoiled or out-dated.<br />
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I’m sorry about my English but I couldn't leave the opportunity to share this with you.<br />
I hope you can improve the situation of school dinner in your country and in other places of the world (maybe till here) Thanks for be so kind and thanks to your father for help and support you on this mission.<br />
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Best Regards.<br />
Camila – Brazil<br />
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Here is the link about the news I saw: <a href="http://g1.globo.com/vestibular-e-educacao/noticia/2012/06/blogueira-da-merenda-arrecada-mais-de-100-mil-libras-para-alunos-da-africa.html
">http://g1.globo.com/vestibular-e-educacao/noticia/2012/06/blogueira-da-merenda-arrecada-mais-de-100-mil-libras-para-alunos-da-africa.html<br />
</a> <br />
Below there’s a picture of an example of what is served to our alumni just to illustrated or situation.<br />
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Believe, our children eat this every day. Really looks like delicious, don’t you think?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14