They Serve Themselves? $1.50 Japanese Elementary School Lunch in Osaka

They Serve Themselves? $1.50 Japanese Elementary School Lunch in Osaka

It had great texture! Soooooo good! Good morning! Please stand. Stand straight! Let’s do the morning greeting. Good morning! Please sit. This is Jonan Elementary School in Izumiotsu City. We’re a public school. I believe it varies depending on the city, but a lot of elementary schools have kitchens right in the building. Today’s menu is wonton soup, barley rice, and chinese-style fried chicken. Plus furikake and milk. We’re making about 600 meals. Once veggies are checked in the inspection room, they go over to the prep room. Right now we’re washing the bean sprouts. We have a rule that veggies must be washed 3 times. Izumiotsu City uses alkaline ionized water—basically, electrolyzed water. Some of the veggies are washed with that too. It has sterilizing properties, so things like bean sprouts, and fruits served raw, also get washed in it. Let’s start the machine. Starting the process. We’re checking everything to make sure there’s nothing weird in it. Sometimes there’s dark specks and stuff. Look, there’s something white stuck here. We wash stuff like that off. This is 42 kilos. We remove bones, tendons— and big chunks of fat, too. We also take out anything tough or hard to chew. We remove any blood clots too if we find them. Take it back with you! Can you tell me what you wrote? I wrote, “I hope for peace.” “I hope my whole family stays healthy.” Safety is the most important. It’s still the most important part of school lunches. We even use different apron colors— so things that touched raw stuff don’t touch clean stuff. We inspect everything really carefully, so they catch even tiny things. We feel totally confident serving the food. Izumiotsu works with different local farmers and part of that includes the rice. They’ve got contracts for rice grown with less than half the usual chemical fertilizer. Even with rice shortages, they make sure we’re well stocked. They use something called “kinmemai” rice— it’s kind of between white and brown rice. It has a lot of fiber, and still keeps the rice bran, so it’s full of B vitamins too. It’s a super nutritious rice. Families help pay, but on top of that, the city also gives subsidies— and even covers the rice cost. Lower grades pay ¥215, middle grades ¥220, and
upper grades ¥225 (all about 1.5 USD) per week for lunch. They take making this food super seriously. All we do is plan the menu and say, “Please make this,” but they take care of all the rest. We feel like we can totally trust them. Taste is important too. We want the kids to enjoy the food. But even beyond that, we want them to grow up healthy. So we include stuff that teaches them good eating habits too. Checking the temperature. We record the time we put the fried chicken in and the time we take it out. Since today’s main is chinese-style fried chicken, we want the kids to get plenty of veggies here. Even the miso soup is packed with ingredients today. Now we’ll head outside, hand over the lunch to the kids when they come to pick it up, and then do the cleanup. I’m getting the lunch for all the teachers in the staff room. The principal is supposed to taste-test everything. The kids jokingly call it “poison tasting.” Let’s eat! Since it’s kinmemai rice, it tastes really good. Everyone always says this, but Izumiotsu’s school lunches are really delicious, so the kids really enjoy eating them. Chinese-style fried chicken! Chinese-style fried chicken with sauce. Barley rice and wonton soup. Here we go! Line up for lunch duty! Let’s line up! I’m in the front! Where’s your mask? Did you bring one? Let’s put it on, please. This is Class 6-3. Alright, let’s put our hands together. Let’s say it nicely together— Thanks for the food! Thank you very much! Thanks for the food! Thank you very much! Thanks for the food! Line up side by side! It’s not that heavy! Are you nervous? Nope. You ok? Yay! Looks great! Who wants only a small portion of rice? Thanks for the food. Thanks for the food! Small side dish—with extra! Who wants seconds? Delicious. It’s very delicious. Alright—small, medium, or large? It’s really good. Rock-paper-scissors—go! Come on over! Wait—did you just play scissors? Sure did. You want the chicken skin? They’re only small pieces left now. How many people are left? If it’s just you guys, come get it together. They usually finish everything to the last crumbs. Anyone want sauce on their rice? Me! Alright, come on over. This is super flavorful. Like a strong flavor? Delish! The sauce is amazing too. Let’s eat with manners. Thanks for the food! It was so good! It had great texture! Sooooo good!! Best dish ever, I’d say. If you haven’t had it, you gotta try it. Best dish ever! It’s really good. What are you drawing? What’s that? Let me see! Isn’t that from Animal Crossing? It’s a character from a game. What character? From Animal Crossing. Yeah, “New Horizons,” right? I’m just copying it. No need to tell them that! Lunch was really good. I love rice. The lunches are always delicious. I’m grading papers. I always do that after lunch. We’ve got so much stuff to do. So once we’re done eating, we get right to it. Let’s say our thanks! Hands together, please. Thanks for the food! We’re heading to the kitchen now! Why the serious face? Alright, let’s go! Let’s go, let’s go! You’re going so fast! Thank you for the food! Our channel really cares about sharing the skills of true craftsmen with the world, and passing them on to the next generation. Through our videos and products, we want to show their charm,
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Japanese Elementary school students have so much discipline, they serve themselves at lunch and we got a chance to film at one of the elementary schools in Osaka which serve lunches that only cost $1.50 per student! Amazing?! How about in your country?

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