I've noticed over the last few weeks, since I've been making an effort to pack more of my own snacks and lunches, that my students are inordinately fascinated with what I am eating. When I bust out my ak-mak crackers and laughing cow cheese, they ALL want to try them. I guess anything that isn't a Dorito or Goldfish must seem strange and exotic. And my yogurt? They have never heard of Greek Yogurt and are highly skeptical of my statement that I make my own. They seem confused that it's not brightly colored and doesn't extrude from a tube. And when I break out my actual lunch (chili, soup, lasagne), they ALL have to take a gander at it and wonder aloud how it tastes.
I am no culinary genius. It's not like my lunches have been torn from the pages of some fancy cooking magazine. I'm not doing anything special. What I am doing, however, is actually cooking.
I know I'm beginning to sound like a broken record here, folks, but I sometimes feel like some of my students are deprived of good food. I don't think they suffer from hunger (we do have a HUGE line of kids waiting for free breakfast and lunch), but I do think they suffer from very limited horizons. I wish there was something I could do to expand those horizons.
