School Lunches Around the World | Italy

[@Realhockeyfan]

Seems like italy doesn’t hate their kids that much

[@themightypizzadevourer6018]

They gotta keep them close, there's barely any left there

[@francescacastronovo647]

Never saw that in my life, and I live in Italy I meant kids, not food I've never seen a kid in italy

[@dietznutz1]

​@themightypizzadevourer6018 good one

[@francescacastronovo647]

@@themightypizzadevourer6018 that's a good one

[@Terrinist]

@@francescacastronovo647 dang

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

a reasonably sized glass of wine for teachers halfway through their day is probably the most justifiable glass of wine.

[@Ken-fh4jc]

Haha I know right! They should let teachers in America have some wine or a beer.

[@reinnoskrtt]

⁠@@Ken-fh4jcyeaaaaah maybe thats not such a great idea

[@tyerode]

​@@reinnoskrtt wouldn't really change much, half the country is drinking throughout the day anyways

[@Icarusa-dk5pr]

​@Ken-fh4jc yeah absolutely not. Italy seems to be doing much better in reaction, American laws are so loose that some teachers who dgaf would be horrible with this.

[@lucreziabianchi]

Hahahaah I work in a middle school and I ve never seen wine for lunch. Its better like this because I work after . Imaging teaching wile you're tipsy.

[@staypositivenomatterwhat4383]

That unseasoned chicken is a crime in itself

[@pseudonym21]

Much like how a koala can't recognise food unless it's on a branch, it seems Americans can't recognise seasoning unless it's powdered.

[@Marine_That_Loves_Jesus]

Well I can recognize a roasted chicken breast from one that definitely isn’t roasted. Looks poached or steamed even though I saw it in the pan

[@heylea4636]

you know oregano and basil are seasonings right?

[@Stfusigmamales]

@@pseudonym21acting like other places around the world don’t use seasoning 💀💀

[@Stfusigmamales]

@@pseudonym21and how is adding flavor a bad thing? My fault I don’t want to taste some bland ass food. If we did that it would be nothing better than British food. And that’s ass

[@sun_hasleft8975]

well... if we had school lunches they would probably look like this, but actually school usually ends at 2pm so we eat at home! (there are some schools that give lunch but they're probably private or at least not where I live) My school for example has a bar where they sell pizzette (like mini pizzas), arancini etc for a snack between lessons but also coffee, cappuccino, croissants etc for breakfast!

[@somethingitswrong]

Credo che andiamo alla stessa scuola

[@Erylar_]

sì, beh, ma alle elementari c'è il pranzo in mensa per le sezioni che escono alle 4 (infatti parla di "kids" non "teenagers")

[@sun_hasleft8975]

@@somethingitswrong oddio spero per te di no fra

[@sun_hasleft8975]

@@Erylar_ beh in realtà con kids si può intendere anche ragazzi ma in generale non ho mai mangiato a scuola nemmeno da bambino, probabilmente esperienza mia

[@fatemarahman1411]

As an Italian I went to Mensa (canteen) for lunch almost everyday. And i can confirm you that it's 💯% real.

[@user-dr9qu7qt9o]

I live in Italy and in this area most children go home for lunch as school finishes between 13:30-14:00. The few schools that serve lunch - it's pasta with a basic tomato sauce and a piece of fruit...it's depressing and tasteless lol.

[@oprtationtrulove]

@@user-dr9qu7qt9ofr

[@cwahl6007]

Rich kid implant alert

[@TheMagicalFrogYT]

@@cwahl6007could be different from school to school

[@Gochonkjohn]

​@@TheMagicalFrogYTnah no school serves that honestly the main comment just lied

[@parsnipthepossum8962]

As an italian i can confirm that the dishes you made there are often present in the school menus but you'd get only one of them and you can't choose what you get, it depends on the day, also the ingredients for them are nowhere near locally sourced, they arrive in trays from a third party company (not the school) and usually the quality is really bad, in some rare cases the food is actually good but the main reason for it is that the lunch ladies add salt, vinegar, oil and other stuff to the food when it arrives

[@jene9755]

Still 1000% better than what the kids get served in the US. I grew up in Germany. Our school lunch was also city kitchen but compared to the crap the kids get here it was downright healthy and seemed organic and locally sourced. 😂 The stuff here you can't even call food.

[@cohen7464]

@@silviaarwen7402rich parents 😁

[@cohen7464]

@@silviaarwen7402 my parents too broke for allat

[@agentpotato3844]

I'm having the UK's lunches and they don't even salt the mashed potatoes or the chips. SALT IS A STEP UP

[@grimlin903]

@@jene9755Depending on where you live. Rich/private schools are Gordon Ramsay quality while poor schools are...less than prison quality. The middle man of public schools have decent meals but it depends on city by state

[@yuh.pringle]

Military kid, was in preschool and kindergarten in Italy. I remember always getting tiny toasts(crostini) and my favorite memory was a huge meatloaf with cheese filling(polpetone) with butterfly(farfalle) noodles. My actual teacher (no lunch ladies) would sit us all down and walk out our food on a big rolling cart and hand us each a plate. Ily teacher Dianna🫶🏼

[@BeckettDiMasi]

I get everything else, but why did you specify “military kid” at the start? That’s like you’re a doctor, and then saying the video was funny.

[@yuh.pringle]

@@BeckettDiMasi To explain that I’ve been around different cultures so I know the weird difference between American and Italian school lunches. KZbin is of course an American owned platform so assuming I’m American doesn’t seem presumptuous.

[@simonhenrikssonshusband]

kids in Italy are living the best life ever, I used to eat soggy green beans and hotdogs on a stale bun.

[@patsysolatzzo2962]

I was born and raised in a catholic orphanage in Italy. It was ran by nuns and I lived there until I was almost 8 years old. One thing about Italian food in school was that one of the classes we took involved gardening and a lot of our food was hand picked by the nuns and students to be used in meals later on. I truly believe I eat the way I do because of this. It spoiled me as I’ve been a “food snob” for many years.

[@Azerus_]

It sounds sweet to have nuns around, they're so kind.

[@bonesandhearts5683]

Wow that’s an incredible story!

[@opportunity3278]

@@Azerus_ yep so great to have nuns, totally arent just child abusers 90% of the time!

[@BC-bt7hu]

​@@Azerus_ You're joking, right?

[@Azerus_]

@@BC-bt7hu I am not.

[@alistar_009]

to everyone saying that its a good lunch, as an italian i can tell you the company that provides the food in milan just stopped working bc they found insects in vegetables and glass pieces in bread loafs

[@willstout5988]

Still better than the shit most American kids get served for lunch

[@aku4772]

yummy

[@teatime5847]

me and my sister won't forget the bugs in the salad

[@lilibgoon4073]

💀

[@LUKEPAT19]

I actually found a worm in my pasta

[@HowlingDragon]

Every thing I’ve gathered from this is that Italy likes kids

[@samisnotacknowledged]

Omg first KZbinr I’ve seen playing madness in the background music!! Awesome👍

[@Theadore5M]

Kids in Italy eat better than 60% of Americans LMAO

[@niecydavis8087]

As an American it's more like %80.

[@WillieFungo]

​@@niecydavis8087 Speak for your own social circle, buddy. Roasted chicken and some pasta isn't anything special to me or any other Americans i know.

[@just_a_mei]

@@WillieFungo having it like that is special to me & everyone i know. its missing mold and the meat isnt miscellaneous.

[@coolgamrprorobpozswagger69420]

@@WillieFungoyou gotta remember that this is school lunches

[@nxghtcxre_]

that chicken looks fucking under seasoned

[@b0t._.]

As an Italian I can confirm, we eat a portion of pasta, of course bread, some veggies and the chicken is pretty frequent when you eat at school but do not expect those to look good, I’m serious when they serve you those things you would rather starve than eat that. The biggest problem is the smell, probably 90% or so of the food you are eating at lunch was cooked at least 50 kilometers away and brought to your and other schools in some big black containers, that’s where the smell comes from, and then it was warmed up by putting it in hot water, which is soaked up by the container mentioned before. Is not a bad lunch, it has all the nutrients and so on, so basically just eat while pinching your nose

[@J.Trashy]

Gosh damn

[@KenzoGT]

Childhood memories...

[@yetihassyphilis5095]

Which part of italy?

[@itzzthewolf3826]

​@@yetihassyphilis5095 all of it

[@umarishtiaq5061]

Low-key Miss italian school lunch ibr

[@fabianooandrade_ttv]

In Italy my schools let teachers fully sit down with us and eat. It’s was so nice cuz you got to take a second off of learning and really chat about anything with your teachers.

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

That is accurate. We had also a day with pizza (margherita) but you couldn't have your square until you finished you vegetable soup first. And there's always fresh fruit. Ultimately we had a nutritionist who decided a variety of seasonal, balanced meals, taking in consideration individual food restrictions (allergies, religious, ...) ... as it should be.

[@jokerpandroidc9807]

fresh fruit as school lunch is the best

[@Yichh]

⁠@@jokerpandroidc9807I swear man the juiciest peach I’ve ever eaten in my life came from a school lunch

[@Black-rs3fl]

all'asilo o scuola privata?

[@sephidude123]

"But that costs money, we can't have taxes benefit CHILDREN." - American educational systems run by insane conservatives who want to bring back beating children with bats and bibles.

[@Yamezzzz]

Total BS unless you went to a private school for 20.000€ per year, trapped in an elite bubble.

[@I.Read.The.Hobbit.In.1937]

My parents are Italian immigrants, and I grew up in California, but at 15 we moved back to Italy for a few months and it was the best experience of my life. I had gotten my left leg amputated a few months before and I was still getting used to it, but everyone there was super polite and helpful. The food was absolutely amazing. Italy is an amazing country and I recommend going.

[@GAMERZ10378]

I used to live in Italy! Highly recommend it!

[@nyambura7698]

@@GAMERZ10378how is it for poc and lgbt tho

[@farihaahmed4790]

Why did your parents leave Italy?

[@farihaahmed4790]

Why did your parents leave Italy?

[@ryankhan4302]

Hope u are all right mate ...god bless u brotha 😊

[@stacyxiong4931]

I would love this for school lunch in America

[@walking_Dead111]

As a person who studied in a Russian school, I am amazed to the core.... such a hearty and appetizing lunch...

[@huh5950]

Mensa (canteen) is one of my happiest school memories from kindergarten to elementary school. Im a child of immigrants so I didnt have a lot of family or grandparents but the grandmas and aunties there really made me feel how it was to have them, amazing people, some are still in my neighborhood and Im forever grateful. Favorite dishes from there were Polenta and Spezzatino, Chicken Scaloppine and normal tomato pasta, but when you cook tomato pasta in those big pots for a lor of people it just tastes different and for all those dishes eating the sauce left on the plate for the perfect Scarpetta? Unbeatable. I HAVE to worn you tho: in the decade since I was done with elementary school a lot of the dishes I loved dont get served anymore I think, for health and inclusion reasons (between different lifestyles and allergies its pretry hard to make menus I imagine)

[@jeff-266]

Sorry but I don't want to read a essay rn

[@ZlatnoPeroTV]

Everything that's cooked in large quantities taste better.

[@starcruiser454]

isnt is so funny pretty much every kid in america had the exact opposite experience, american governments are so bad at feeling homeless and school kids

[@elenadonati6422]

This comment warmed my heart. Mensa’s kids ❤️

[@ZlatnoPeroTV]

@@elenadonati6422 some kids go to mensa, some kids are members of MENSA 😃

[@BH-pt1ps]

Italy seems so chill, there’s a lot about their culture that I really like. We could learn from them. Healthy food doesn’t have to be nasty, this meal looks like something I’d be overjoyed to have for lunch

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Yeah, but sub some good dark thigh meat for the tasteless dry breast meat.

[@Aiumy_chan]

Nahh, we don't eat this, they just give us some raw things

[@hagoromootsutsuki6820]

They’ve got a real racism issue that’s the only thing. And guarantee some weirdo is gonna come in here spewing some hitlering “protecting my country” bs

[@Timeful-ou2rk]

We can learn from them 🗣️ 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 🫡 🙋‍♂️

[@Ojisgay]

Fr it’s such a safe country too😍😍

[@rosaspinosa85]

Some schools have better lunches than others, depends on whether the food is prepared on site or not. My daughter's school prepares lunches like this onsite daily and it's bloody great.

[@ScrappyMCPlays]

In my school they make the kids make the food (as an elective or you can cook for free lunch) and since we all don’t wanna be tortured the food is AMAZING. There is great diversity and health IS a thing 😊

[@stefssj1291]

As someone who grew up in Italy I can confirm that school lunches are 10/10 and I always went back for seconds!

[@huh5950]

Mensa (canteen) is one of my happiest school memories from kindergarten to elementary school. Im a child of immigrants so I didnt have a lot of family or grandparents but the grandmas and aunties there really made me feel how it was to have them, amazing people, some are still in my neighborhood and Im forever grateful. Favorite dishes from there were Polenta and Spezzatino, Chicken Scaloppine and normal tomato pasta, but when you cook tomato pasta in those big pots for a lor of people it just tastes different and for all those dishes eating the sauce left on the plate for the perfect Scarpetta? Unbeatable. I HAVE to worn people tho: in the decade since I was done with elementary school a lot of the dishes I loved dont get served anymore I think, for health and inclusion reasons (between different lifestyles and allergies its pretry hard to make menus I imagine)

[@TurkeyVulture]

As an American: You could get seconds?!? Not only did you get good good but you could get seconds??? Holy shit I fucking wish we were like that here Did you have to play for the food or pay extra for seconds? Did they ever run out of food or part of the meal while serving seconds? How much time did you get to eat?

[@anmol2458]

@@huh5950bro same litterally for everything u said

[@tobinculus]

@@TurkeyVulturegetting seconds is free. also we're allotted 1 hour for a sit-down lunch time and afterwards they will let us play at the school's playground for 20 mins so we could "digest" the food before returning to class

[@oliverwilson5957]

It looks so good I may have to make it for myself soon

[@lotstodo]

I grew up in Southern California . The neighbor lady was an Italian immigrant and worked at the grammar school cafeteria. Other moms worked there too. Much of the food was made from scratch, and was always delicious. Sure we had the standard fish sticks somtimes, but mostly it was freshly made.

[@orcasrock]

im in middle school right now... lucky

[@philippineguy9116]

yh in middle school we aint goin to the caffetteria so whe aint got lunch just snack for the breaks so they go to the caff in elementary or highschool

[@amongusbqlls]

Stop complaining about the fish sticks oh my god all we get is nasty pizza that shouldnt even be considered pizza with how disgustingly over-doughey the dough is and our cheese is literally sliding off the dough. Thatd what we eat every single fucking day i wish we even had fish sticks be grateful

[@lotstodo]

@amongusbqlls I wasn't complaining, I was talking about how we had it good. I thought about it and there was some religious reason that people had to eat fish on Fridays.

[@user-hx1tu3ms4w]

It's safe to say that Italy likes their kids.

[@soulodile2681]

"They care about students" Nah, Italy is just extra af about literally everything.

[@tesoro5620]

Better than what they served in America so I wouldn’t complain 😂

[@WaitForAntonio]

Americans being unable to fathom natural, healthy food will always be hilarious

[@tonybablony2041]

@@WaitForAntoniothe only thing that’s unfathomable to you is a day in which you don’t ride the US hard asf like your life depends on it

[@tonybablony2041]

@@tesoro5620rent free

[@riccardoboa742]

@@tonybablony2041 true, in Italy we aren’t even given bulletproof vests to go to school

[@ItsNoahOnThatBeat]

italy sounds fucking amazing. i’m sorry, but compared to the slop of a meal we get in the UK, this is like a 5 star restaurant.

[@DaJeGaming]

i'm italian and this food aint what we get

[@blurbbbb8397]

Don’t believe everything you see on the internet you’ll learn to live a pretty depressed life

[@ItsNoahOnThatBeat]

@@blurbbbb8397fr the internet can be a messed up place sometimes

[@BigBrownM0nke]

​@@DaJeGaming icl my school gave us food like this when I went to school in italy

[@flip849]

This is a private school meal. Public school food was awful

[@lellouvoglas6971]

In Switzerland the majority of the kids go home for a two hour lunch break. If the parents work there is a school program for those kids but they still leave the school to go to a different building where they will eat and play before school starts again. ❤

[@MrA6060]

I remember elementary school launch here in italy. It was awesome. For the first dish it was usually pasta, risotto or a soup. For seconds it could be anything, roast beef slices, omelett and the fruit was always there and it was basically unlimited. I stockpiled on bananas (they let me cause they knew my mother couldn't afford to buy all the groceries at the time)

[@sdiarre]

As an italian who still eats at school 4 days a week, that's pretty accurate ye 👍🏻

[@MiraiBakamoto]

In che regione vivete voi?? A noi per pranzo davano il filettini findus con pasta al pomodoro o bianca😭😭 sono pronta per trasferirmi!!🫡

[@sgtz4529]

​@@MiraiBakamotoveramente, poi ogni volta che li volevi prendere con la forchetta si disintegravano, credo che tutti quelli che fanno commenti non sono mai stati in una scuola italiana o hanno una scuola buona/privata

[@maryfreegirl2029]

Noi mangiavamo dalle macchinette 😭 o dovevamo portarcelo da casa altrimenti lo prendevi nel qulo Ah e avevamo un quarto d'ora scarso di tempo quindi ci odiavano parecchio

[@sgtz4529]

@@maryfreegirl2029ma alle medie o elementari

[@maryfreegirl2029]

@@sgtz4529 dalle macchinette alle superiori, alle elementari portavo sempre io il panino (ovviamente lo faceva mamma)

[@ericktellez7632]

Now that I think about it, we don’t really have school lunches in Mexico, its either home made lunches or street food from a vendor who places their cart next to the school and all the kids would go out in recess and buy lunch from there. Only the private expensive schools that mimic the US private schools had school lunches system.

[@MHNK77]

pensaba exactamente lo mismo Te falta la tiendita dentro de la escuela, los niños se viven de Doritos y pingüinos 😂

[@empress3847]

same here in South Africa

[@Julie_Mango]

Same in belize. In primary school we go hone for Lunch (1 hr 30 mins) and in high school theres a cafetería you can buy food from.

[@Georgina-lv9bt]

In Argentina you have both but the cafeteria lunch is not free and pretty expensive, so most of the time you just bring from home. Cafeteria lunches are usually for the days your parents dont feel like cooking or have nothing to give you for the next day lol

[@Georgina-lv9bt]

@@MHNK77 eso tambien existe en los EEUU

[@whoifnotecho]

I remember getting seconds and eating pizzaiola meat in literally kindergarten. they'd let us sing before lunch before digging in it was so nice

[@Emanuele_Polisena]

I still remember the meal we usually had in school during Monday, back when I was in elementary school and honestly it wasn't bad. They would give us: A small portion of butter or tomato pasta, chicken and spinach cutlets cut into small pieces, salad, potato puree sometimes, a fruit, a dessert: usually puff pastries, a cream sweet covered in a thin layer of chocolate, or icecream

[@katelyn_cookie]

Why is no one talking about the foot casually stroking every ingredient 😂

[@baddieali4476]

Was looking for this comment 😂

[@katelyn_cookie]

@@baddieali4476 haha ✋

[@zesuliwenkonzo6824]

Right 😭😭😭

[@username5172]

Not every ingredient…… just the egg plant, which is way worse

[@katelyn_cookie]

@@username5172 lol yeah fr

[@Alice.Sp.]

I'm Italian and I never saw a school with this kind of lunch, usually we have to buy our own or bring it from home.

[@federica_rovere]

Ma io non ho mai sentito grandi lamentele da persone che sono andate in altre scuole elementari, ma nel mio caso era abbastanza schifoso il pranzo. Era comprensibile perché effettivamente non avevamo un mensa, ma neanche una scuola, visto che era in ristrutturazione. Le classi erano tutte in posti diversi quindi ci davano il cibo che spesso era freddo o comunque che era stato preparato tanto prima. La pasta annacquata penso sia una delle robe più schifose che abbia mai mangiato.

[@Myreactionwhen_80085]

Most other self-proclaimed Italians in the comment section are contradicting you

[@andreadellipaoli890]

yeah

[@DipityS]

Did you go to a public school? Or in a rural smaller school? That would explain the difference in experience. I'm from Australia and we brought sandwiches to school for lunch tbh so I know nothing about Italian schools.

[@cirocarlucci9769]

fr bro me too

[@prachijain6077]

Italy is so cool, in my school we had a 20-30 minute lunch break and you have to eat the food your mom prepared early morning 4 hours ago, they definitely didn't bother to let the students have warm food, let alone good food with enough time to chew lol

[@teddymiles1267]

Listening to what he's saying ❌ Looking at the food ✅

[@Dilly_Dork]

As an Italian, I started to cry. This is beautiful

[@amintiri2503]

Where do you live at

[@SleepyPj]

​@@amintiri2503probably Italy

[@kaylathornton9384]

​@@amintiri2503why would you ask someone their personal information?

[@user-zq3gf4pf8l]

I remember watching the travel channel in the late 90's or early 00's and in Italy saw that they take a midday siesta where workers have a glass of wine, eat, and have a nap if needed. As an American who was working 16 hours a day with no breaks along with an awesome staff I managed I decided they all needed a siesta! I found the best Italian bakery in Boston. I would buy beautiful pastries. Purchased a really nice coffee and expresso machine, and allowed anyone that was tired to take a one or more nap in a comfy room. Any staff that threatened to tell would be immediately transferred to another location. My supervisor was absolutely cool with this because it created almost no call outs, happier staff, and amazing work ethic. I was one of the most successful managers for 8 years until I was offered a higher paying position closer to my home. Yep! I also did the same thing there and they loved me! Italy has it figured out and the food is just as far from American Standard Diet as it gets. Glad to see these students are eating so well. Hope America can offer something close to this one day.

[@iota-09]

Rich sudents in overly pricey private schools* But the rest mostly checks out i guess. *Most schools don't even run until lunchtime so most italians wouldn't even know what school lunch is like

[@carlomontecarlo7881]

I'm Italian. Siesta is not a thing here. It is a Spanish word...

[@vohbe]

@@carlomontecarlo7881siesta is Spanish, riposo is italian

[@dedosdeceniza]

​@@carlomontecarlo7881idk why people even call it siesta anyway... its a nap. and its for people who work a morning shift then get home and sleep LOL

[@carlomontecarlo7881]

@dedosdeceniza idk all I know is, when I was a kid school started at 07.45 and ended at 2 pm + we had a shit ton homework to do. Uni was something else & now that I'm working it's 09.00 to 6.30 pm minus the lunch break which lasts for max 1 HR and these are the standard Italian hours lol

[@Niikoo06]

I'm italian and I NEVER SAW a school lunch like that. From my school it depended on days (you couldn't choose your menu) but usually it was microwaved pasta, tasteless vegetables or polenta with sausages and fruits, but I cannot forget the horrifing soup with legumes. Really, no one really wanted to eat that "thing", but the school gave us "crostini" and we put them in the soup like they were gravestone.

[@googleuser2480]

As a kid in America, lunch was either pizza or cheese sandwiches.

[@Kavolo122]

I'm from Italy and mine was a couple of veggies absolutely drenched in vinegar and maybe an overcooked pasta that was the same consistency as glue, all with a piece of white bread an orange or something like that.

[@aspenroots]

you guys got oranges??

[@diocanaja]

@@aspenroots oranges and mandarins are some of the cheapest fruits in italy that's why schools give a ton of them at my school every day at 10 am a janitor would bring us a plate of fruit, almost always oranges, mandarins, pears or apples the cafeteria food was dogshit tho

[@diocanaja]

da me ogni tanto capitavano i "finocchi in insalata" che in realtà erano due fette spesse di finocchio crudo senza niente, no sale no aceto niente proprio

[@aspenroots]

​@@diocanaja yea, but when i went to an italian school they didn't give us anything apart from lunchtime (also actual dogshit) we were just expected to bring our own food in for a snack

[@diocanaja]

@@aspenroots that's sad, in elementary school I would absolutely dread the moment we had to get lunch (I would only eat cause I was hungry but it was sooo bad, also I filled up on bread cause at least that was decent) but the fruit given during the 10 AM break was the best moment of the day other than recreation after lunch

[@gaminglion4315]

The unflavoured/unseasoned chicken always gets me

[@ennaxor1991]

When I saw that, I couldn't pay attention to the rest of it.

[@mnncom1]

100% 😂

[@poopscoop5836]

I winced in pain when I saw that shit

[@Bigmommafluffy]

That isn't unflavored. Didn't you see the fresh herbs? Many times, Italian chicken is marinated in lemon juice, or some other kind of citrus.

[@gemma5039]

What's wrong with Chicken tasting like chicken?

[@CVP-og9pw]

Italian here, i had been eating at school canteen from kindergarten to middle school, our meals were pretty much like that, a first dish either pasta or risotto, a second, usually meat based but there were also omelette and fish, a side of vegetable, bread and fruit, quality was quite good but it was better when schools cooked their own food instead of hiring contractors

[@ventoaran161]

Hailing from Italy, I use to eat lunch when I was in elementary school and the things you did do come close on what I use to eat. Only difference is that the bread was packed (and almost always stale) and meat always had a secret sauce that only god knows where it came from...still goated.

[@goshdarnchicken]

Ngl a glass of wine a day for teachers is a brilliant idea

[@enricoommassini351]

it really isn't + it's illegal in italy. i don't know where he got that info

[@goshdarnchicken]

@@enricoommassini351 oof

[@gokuson4542]

Fake tho, we only get water at school.

[@darsar7]

as a proud italian, i honestly can't believe how close you actually got to what i ate yesterday at school edit: thanks for the likes!!

[@howlingdowrf6452]

So he actually is not lying

[@darsar7]

I guess so

[@NutsFromBerk_]

Dude im italian where do you even live we Just get a sandwich for lunch 😭

[@darsar7]

@@NutsFromBerk_ i live in Rome, but i don't think that matters, but anyway don't worry we get sometimes shitty things like a "polpetta" made with fish instead of meat which is horribly disgusting and sometimes "finocchi gratinati" i want to jump off a bridge when they us these foods of the devil

[@darsar7]

i hope u're reading all of it

[@ronnievego8037]

Thank-you for the awesome music.

[@moonlightgamezyt450]

My cousin lives in Italy (yes were Italian) and he makes sures to brag abour hai school lunches during my lunch period. Im in America theres it never fails go make me jealous

[@catly84]

as an italian i’ve never seen some one be actually accurate, infact you are the first and only one who is! but of course it looks way better in your version, usually they don’t use very fresh products (even if localy sourced)

[@tr4sh_.k1tty]

still sounds much better than my school in america lol

[@Tyeriul787]

dove andavo io ci davano del cibo abbastanza buono ma come hai detto te non è che era poi così tanto fresco, però comunque lui ci è andato abbastanza vicino

[@treeismyusernamewhyjustwhy]

And then you got the americans in the comments complaining that the chicken doesn't look like some bright neon red bullshit 😂

[@DonPatrono]

Italian here, never seen a school lunch like that in my school years from elementary to university

[@pasqualeprota185]

I mostly agree with you but my university canteen once served me one of the best chicken breasts I ever ate so I guess they do try some times

[@nanakomatsu7425]

Same. XD

[@asmraficionado2473]

The whole thing sounds very lovely because it's all in your head, I wish my school lunch was ever nearly as good as this one

[@marco_bulgaa]

im italian and i went to the “mensa” (canteen) every day and i can confirm that you would rather starve than eat that because its not fresh food but it is cooked probably 50km away and than brought to your school and other school

[@andreapinotti9383]

As an italian I can guarantee that my school launch were the most disgusting meals of the day😂 But I have to make some clarifications: since I attended a pubblic school in a big city (milan) all the meals were prepared in an industrial kitchen and the food was gross to say the least. On the other side if you live in a small town or you go to a private school school meals are prepared locally and some school canteens are actually really good. So this video is an half truth

[@tommasopassadorqueerstatal5808]

hello friendly milano ristorazione survivor

[@francescobizzoco625]

Same thing in my public school in Rome... I don't remember a single decent meal I had at the mensa.

[@GabDotExe]

Io vivo in periferia ma il cibo faceva comunque cagare ahah, penso varia da scuola a scuola direttamente

[@alcahest.]

Torino Here at a public: "Alberico il cuoco amico" was the brand of the business that gave the slob that they tried to force us to eat, at the time i was underweight, and forced more than othets to eat to regain some kilos at least, i arrived at a point where i called the brand with my peers not the "Alberico il cuoco amico" but "Alberico il cuoco avveleinico" that the translation is something like "Alberico the Poisoncook", when i finished primary school, out for curiosity I askes my mom to prepare all the school war crimes *ahem* lunches, and apart from an allergy i found, i liked it all, public school lunches are pure garbage. In 2017-2018 some parents lose all s🎉🎉t (and you can search the online news papers if you don't trust me) and were horrified of what their poor children were eating, rightfully so, if my school prepare a thing like this when i was in school, at the time i would have eaten the plastic plates too lol

[@Justme_julia]

Bro I feel u bc I lived in Italy for 10 years 😂😂 the school lunch was disgusting 🤢

[@andreascarpanti2268]

This looks better than any of the school lunches I’ve had tbh

[@forgotclips9983]

its not like that

[@Undertail_Neutral_Player]

I'm jealous of Italian kids now, there school lunch looks delicious.

[@Nini_yummyy]

I'm italian and when I was in elementary school they gave us the food that remained from the kindergarden near our school(and it's true cause I went to that kindergarden and they took the food we didnt eat and took it to the elementary school).You dont wanna know how many times I had stomachaches from that food..

[@giorgiamastroberti]

Just to say in middle school and in high school in Rome we don’t eat lunch, right after school we go home to eat(I get off at 2). Another thing in my old elementary school I did have pasta for lunch but it wasn’t good, I would usually eat just like 1/3 of it. The pasta would be or with nothing or with sauce

[@tatersalad76]

Italy's child population: 📉 Italy's school budget: 📈

[@sasuccheuciwa7255]

only private school, i swear my school literally fall apart day by day. like fundaments are rotting haha so funny i love being italian

[@digge2210]

Few kids, well treated

[@SiUm-rq1vr]

@sashccheuciwa7255 pure la mia scuola, la mia scuola assomiglia a una casa in palestina abbimi avuto una finestra che è caduta durante la lezione

[@sasuccheuciwa7255]

@@SiUm-rq1vr a noi la lim è calibrata male le finestre si aprono ma 3 volte su 4 si bloccano in palestra le luci non vanno la palestra con hli attrezzi sembra che ci abbiano combattuto le tende si staccano hahah

[@ivebel3966]

I’m italian, and trust me, school lunch sucks here too. In middle school i ate gummy-like pasta every day, and the meat they’d serve was harder than a shoe’s sole

[@Mallard790]

I lived in Italy for 3 years from 1st to 3rd grade, they served us pasta, and only pasta. Everything else that we ate was from home.

[@Dafunkcat]

as an italian student, i confirm that teachers get a glass of wine, but it's very rare since it's a gift from other teachers.

[@TheBigBadRaven]

Glad that it IS rare

[@areswalker5647]

​@@TheBigBadRavenwhy? Wine is good at lunch, it's not like you would get drunk with a glass of wine😅

[@shinyterra7358]

Italian school lunch looks so much better than my regular lunch as an adult 😅

[@LidiaPizz]

TRUST. ME. Our school lunches don't look like that at all. They could, that's the same produce we use, but it's so badly cooked it's one of the worst memories a student carries from their school years.

[@areswalker5647]

​@@LidiaPizzdunno where you studied but in all the schools i've ever had lunch it was always good enough for kids to asks for seconds and teachers asking the stuff if there were things they could take home lol

[@LidiaPizz]

@@areswalker5647 I studied in Friuli, I remember one single meal I really liked and they did it three times in all my school years. I even went to a sort of boarding school in my last years of high-school (not private but I lived there and we had a canteen) and it was basically the same even though they had kitchens down there

[@areswalker5647]

@@LidiaPizz I was in Campania, been to three different public schools' cafeterias: ingredients were fresh, the diet was balanced, sometimes some soups happened to be a bit too watered down and it created some buzz for a few days with moms harassing the school for not making us eat as good as they would at home but overall the cafeteria was good I still remember their pasta al sugo, it was a bomb (teachers always had two plates).

[@LidiaPizz]

@@areswalker5647 yeah, Campania. You give meaning to food, as you should. In Friuli schools and the agency that cooked the food only wanted the most income possible with the least expense. They bought fresh fruit and everything, but the recipes were revolting. Sometimes parents came to check on the menus and they made better meals, but they were scheduled visits, so pretty useless. A friend of mine suffered from anorexia and I couldn't even try to convince her to eat the food, because honestly, I barely could, so it just gave her an excuse to not eat.

[@mizzbarbiedoll8989]

that looks so yummy😍😍😍😍going to italy is by far one of the many things i want to do before i leave this lifetime

[@Mitchmyoutube]

Teachers being able to drink wine as work is a sign of a civilized country

[@babazin]

Italian kids, anyone remembers the sponge-frittata 😭. I live in abbruzzi, and lunch has always been anything but good

[@kc8391]

A noi a una certa hanno pure iniziato a metterci della carne di dubbia provenienza, e arrotolarla come un roll... Non la rendeva più appetitosa, devo dire

[@Uncanedinomepepe-ot3fx]

Me la ricordo l,per fortuna che faccio 5 ore di scuola ora

[@Link-from-totk]

Mi hai fatto venire un conato di vomito appena ho letto "sponge frittata". Che schifo... Quella cosa mi ha traumatizzata

[@Uncanedinomepepe-ot3fx]

@@Link-from-totk almeno c'erano le patate dentro

[@Link-from-totk]

Erano patate quelle???

[@Domilyons]

I was not prepared for the tiny foot stroking the eggplant 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bloodstainedramparts6631]

Exactly

[@norahlia4575]

This is exactly what my northern Italian grandma would make me every time I was over for swimming or to play with the dog, like spot on item for item (except the grapes were usually green or she’d do strawberries) rip Noni

[@gamingclan4651]

Here in Canada we don't have lunch. It's just bring your own food. The best I've seen was my highschool and they had a caf but the prices were so high that it just wasn't worth it when there was a grocery store across the road along with a pizza place that offers 2 big slices and a bottle of soda for $6

[@charcs_7624]

Bro if I got served this for school I’d cry this has the perfect balance of macros and high quality ingredients omg

[@trushnapatel4580]

Ain't no school giving their kids some sh!t like this

[@user-ue4cp3yh2x]

In Italy kids usually go back home for lunch (as school ends at 13:00/14:00), so the schools in which students actually eat there (from elementary to high school) are the minority I think. Personally I only had lunch in preschool.

[@ashashhundredyarddash5441]

The memories I have from the school lunches are lovely! Every day at the entrance there was a blackboard with the menu of the day written on it and if it was something good our morning was automatically brightened! We didn't have trays like in the USA because first and second courses were separated, usually we first had some kind of pasta followed by a protein and a side of veggies. And we weren't rushed! It was like having lunch at home, only you were with your class friends. Thanks for this sweet nostalgia ❤

[@nicholasjamison2612]

Ja, but can you multiply 15 × 15 in your head? Tomato- potato 😅

[@CharlesB-yh3sy]

​@@nicholasjamison2612 Eh?

[@inanckacan]

It should also be that the chicken must be seasoned by law💀

[@TheChristina1369]

Ong that stuff looks nasty

[@Unknownuser017]

You’re both brain dead

[@treeismyusernamewhyjustwhy]

It's seasoned wtf are you on about

[@CoOkiEz981]

In Kuwait, we don’t have cafeteria lunch. We just buy junk food ( chips, chocolates, candy…) as lunch in school.

[@patrickcostello5330]

A lot of italian schools actually finish so early in the day that students go home for lunch. people have lunch late in italy and schools finish at 2pm so...

[@Bigbaymonstermare]

I like that rule - no deep fried food. I grew up in Canada and the area I grew up in is very much an area where most of us brought our lunch. It wasn’t until high school that we had a cafeteria. So in elementary school (kindergarten through grade eight, or from 4-5 until about 13-14 years old) we had pizza day on Friday, where on Tuesdays, you brought your $2 or whatever it was and you can have a slice or two (depending on what you paid for) and it was delivered hot to the classrooms where we ate lunch on Friday! Then we had milk orders where you got milk everyday at lunch, regular milk or chocolate milk, and again, your parents had to send money with you. I never had the milk but I did have pizza every other week. High school had a cafeteria and they had meals but served fries and chicken nuggets and poutine (fake, without cheese curds, but shredded mozzarella cheese) and had cookies/biscuits and chips/crisps (I now live in the U.K., so have to represent both!) and they sold candy and fruit and did proper breakfast, either oatmeal and fruit and yogurt, or a fried breakfast. I brought my lunch Mondays through Thursdays and had lunch at the cafeteria on Friday. On days I had volleyball practice early, I had breakfast before school at the cafeteria. I would have loved meals like Italy!

[@crazyitalianguy000]

(Sicily) Back in middle school we didn't have a school kitchen so we were served the same shitty packaged food they gave in hospitals along with hairs and insects sometimes.

[@TeutonicOrderState]

You were unlucky, very unlucky.

[@jacopofuiano7549]

Mai sentito di una scuola media che abbia una mensa, quindi reputati pure fortunato che non tu toccava andare a casa affamato

[@cajakit]

That's either a lie or a full crime

[@mattiabruni5463]

​@@jacopofuiano7549in che senso scusa? A meno che tu non intenda una scuola che non aveva l'opzione dei pomeriggi ma altrimenti sarebbero stati dei criminali a tenervi lì senza mensa e sinceramente non ho mai sentito niente del genere da nessuno

[@sonicadolescence]

🧢

[@Potatozord_Alt]

If my school servers it i will be happy. They serve basically spongebob chum and some time an cakeless cake

[@matteoelmager7992]

as an italyn this wold be a dream food for student is tearible

[@mynosycats]

I heard that Italians actually love children a lot, which can be also seen here 🥰

[@dibblisouris2]

no thats the vatican 🙃

[@nanakomatsu7425]

@@dibblisouris2 right.

[@lisalapoint7022]

It seems the past 35 years or more, it is more popular to have only one child in Italy . The reason being offered? Economy. So, do they love children? Debatable.

[@ciccioflamer8957]

@@lisalapoint7022 We love them enough to not want them to raise in poverty, the government is so worried about natality because if the poor people will not procreate enough, their children will not be able to eat thanks to the taxes paid by our children

[@Anthony-rz8cz]

Now living in Romania I still think about my school days in Opera (near Milano), Italy. I have the fondest and dearest memories with respect to that place. Man, it was some time ago when people were simpler, everything was peaceful and of course (as you can see in this video) the food hit the spot everytime…

[@DerlChur]

The assassins creed logo tops it for me , so fitting :P

[@DerlChur]

Glad you’re living out the dream. It is a good life we lead brother.

[@Calpsotoma]

That looks so good. I wish I were Italian. Would probably string up more Benitos though.

[@IlTizioConLaMaschera]

thank you from italy❤❤ appreciate

[@TheFuschiaDragonfly]

Very accurate ngl. Tbh not all food services for school are good, you have to get lucky. Also most of times rather than dessert they give you fresh fruit you can take home if you don't feel like eating in class

[@thynguel]

Yep, sadly not always you find something like this one . Still i think that even when you have a mensa that is not the best, the quality of the lunch is quite high for a lot of other lands. Kids always have a very balanced lunch with carbs, proteins, vegetables and fruits.

[@nikakirkitadze8033]

The chicken is so unseasoned, it probably still thinks it's free-range.

[@Nichiecole0503]

do you know that things can be infused

[@rozeroxy2148]

31 likes and no reply? Lemme fix that

[@dankduck]

Who cares

[@Ellada0427]

@@rozeroxy2148 What did you fix exactly? your need for attention?

[@0xydeath]

​@@rozeroxy2148there literally was a comment before yours 🤦🏻‍♀️🤡

[@Lilly_anime]

I live in Italy and just to break it down Usually the school provides lunch mostly in elementary school or if it is private It’s true that they gave us two courses usually the first ones are pasta or sometimes even pizza and the second is meat or fish or protein in general and vegetables And for last not all the food is really that good

[@nicothechad]

Im italian, and my school on FRIDAYS makes: -Pizza (1st course) -Roasted Potatoes with Cheese Sauce (2nd course) -Air Fried Carrots (Veggies) *(yes im not joking)* -Vanilla Pudding (Dessert) Jesus Christ i dont want to end school just for this.

[@filippofaini5848]

I wish it had been that good! The idea is almost the same, but your realisation is so much better.

[@RinaldoMcdonaldo]

Your chicken should be classified as a war crime

[@flamq9653]

Amen that hurt my soul

[@italian_-vs1bo]

Sorry what's the problem whith that chicken?

[@ije-br7tc]

@@italian_-vs1bolooked bland

[@positivesquad]

Americans when their food does not come with 3 greasy sauces and a shitton of toppings

[@therealbatmanfrong]

​@@positivesquadthis guy when his food isnt boiled:

[@jonahkolell]

I was working in Italy for a month and the lunches that get served at work are just scaled up in calories. We had 2 choices for the pasta, protein, vegetables, fruit, and bread. Maybe 3 choices somedays and the menu rotated.

[@DogWithTeeth]

as an American i shed a tear watching this because WTF THIS LOOKS SO AMAZING???❤️ WHY DID MY SCHOOL FEED ME CHICKEN NUGGETS THAT OCCASIONALLY TASTE LIKE OLD RUBBER BRO THIS CANT BE REAL 😭😭😭

[@hannahkirbyy]

I have an Italian exchange student in my American school. She was shocked by our lunch choices. When we asked her what she ate, she said her school didnt give them lunch at all and they only ate 2 meals

[@areswalker5647]

That's because only kindergarten and elementary school have afternoon class in Italy so only they have cafeteria lunch time. Middle school and high school last till 2.00 pm so the kids just go home to eat with their families

[@777lionfirex7]

They truly care about their students

[@arainbowonmyplate8634]

Unfortunately this is only partly true. First we have to pay for school lunches, even though it is subsidized and you pay according to income. But schools are poorly financed in other areas and fall apart, sometimes there isn't even toilet paper. 😢

[@loungeshit]

this isnt true btw, the italian school system is one of the worst school systems in the world. i did elementary, middle school and now high school. we literally never get a break and they basically teach us the same stuff. they do NOT care about our mental health whatsoever

[@gokuson4542]

​@@arainbowonmyplate8634 true lol

[@OzRakov]

I love this series. You always make a meal from some of the richest private schools of a random country and the people respond like they think its public

[@Mikehunt12e]

Yall in italy are so lucky😭😭😭😭

[@Felx-mt7uj]

Do a Baltic country next

[@gruffyddvaughan5857]

I love baltic food too much. I couldn't live in a Baltic country because I'd be massively over weight. 😅

[@TomationuJaDark1x]

Estonia!!!

[@vanessasanha528]

Omg this reminds me of Portugal 🇵🇹! In Portugal 🇵🇹 they love their kids too we always ate soup as a starter and the main would always delicious traditional Portuguese food and the desert was always fruit but jelly or moose on occasions like children’s day

[@nyanko_otaku]

My uncle (who has been to prison because the jail was full at the time) said that the way I described modern American school lunch was the same as the prison food.