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to show you these pictures of Danish children's packed lunches?

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wallyfeatures · 26/01/2017 08:06

I've followed a few of the lunchbox threads and thought it might be of interest to mumsnet to see what is allowed and typically given to young children here in Denmark in schools and kindergardens. I am a member of a closed facebook group where Danish mothers share ideas on packed lunches. The photos below are a typical sample of what is given to children from 3+ years up. The food shown would be enough for lunch and a mid afternoon snack. Happy to answer questions about what is shown.

to show you these pictures of Danish children's packed lunches?

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TheSpottedZebra · 29/01/2017 21:09

I was served boiled potato, caremalised potato and crisps on one plate. At a swanky restaurant!

There was also a potato soup. It wasn't a special potato theme, by the way.

The crisps were probably dill flavoured - they usually are. And they are jolly nice!

bigkidsdidit · 29/01/2017 21:09

Just googled, I was wrong, they're by Ruffles not Lays. York'eso flavour

TonaldDrump · 29/01/2017 21:10

I'm surprised because from what I've seen kids in Denmark eat crap!

Other than a worship of rye bread of course!!

Ineedmorelemonpledge · 29/01/2017 21:11

I love those freshly cooked crisps they have in Spain, every day in the supermarket in brown paper bags.

Plain but just delicious.

BarbaraofSeville · 29/01/2017 21:26

Something I've just remembered about Danish food that is very popular is a hotdog thing where the sausage is baked into the bread roll - so yes - crap.

Thanks for the Ruffles Ham and Cheese tip kids. I remember seeing Ruffles so will look out for those.

Klaphat · 30/01/2017 02:40

Something I've just remembered about Danish food that is very popular is a hotdog thing where the sausage is baked into the bread roll - so yes - crap.

That's just the equivalent of a sausage roll - except not with flaky pastry, so a lot less greasy (and infinitely inferior). It's junk you buy in 7-Eleven if you're drunk or in a rush and fancy it as something to eat (there are also salads etc). Durum kebabs are infinitely more popular (but again, mostly drunk food).

Natsku · 30/01/2017 06:38

Meat 'pies' are popular here in Finland, basically mincemeat baked in bread - they smell like doughnuts but taste like sadness. Definitely drunk food though.

Putyourdamnshoeson · 30/01/2017 07:07

Tbh I'm a lunchtime supervisor at a fairly 'nice' school. I do KS1, so the majority have school meals. Those with packed lunches are, by default, the picky ones.
An average lunch for 75% of them is a Dairylea dunkable, a packet of crisps, a sugary yoghurt and ne sad piece of fruit that travels in every day, to be ignored, then probably binned on Friday.
I'm absolutely appalled by what is considered ok. The majority of them have crisps every, single, day.
There are exceptions, whose lunches look more like these pictures. Also, a lot of the KS2 kids have much healthier options like soup, salad and Rye, wholemeal bread etc. But again, not a majority.
I sweep up at the end of three sittings and the volume of stuff chucked on the floor is overwhelming, a note has gone home about it. It's all grapes, carrot, sticks and cucumber.

ChuffChu · 30/01/2017 07:20

I know we've moved on from the grapes but...

I don't think it's overkill at all to cut them up anymore.

Last year my friend lost her little dd (4)

She choked on a whole grape, she'd been happily eating them since she was two. My friend tried to get it out and had been trained in first aid but she just couldn't.

I didn't find out until later that there is something about the grapes skin that can get stuck, you need surgical scissors to get it out of the throat.

Who carries those around with them?

Choking kills so many children a year, I genuinely had no idea before and now always cut my dc's fruit.

It's just not worth it.

(Sorry, I can't help but now. I see dc eating whole grapes and shudder. It's just pure luck)

Putyourdamnshoeson · 30/01/2017 07:46

Yy to cut up grapes, esp at school. They aren't watched like hawks and the throat constricts around grapes, ridiculously hard to remove. Will cut up for my kids until they leave home.

Bubblesagain · 06/02/2017 13:07

I have loved reading this thread, I have so many ideas for my own lunches now! I have very Typical British packed lunches and love them now, I'm eating a marmite sandwich as I type marmite and onion, i know the onion part is weird but as someone shared the danish typical lunches I thought I would share the kind of typical lunch I ate growing up (not my pics but very similar to what I ate)