A different lunch at school

On the 18th March we had a special lunch at school – Greek cuisine. Greece is one of our partners’ countries at the Comenius Project “Today’s European” and we decided to show its cuisine to our school community.

In the Comenius Club, students surf the Net and found out that Greece has an ancient culinary tradition dating back several millennia.

Many dishes are part of the larger tradition of Ottoman cuisine and their names reveal Arabic, Persian or Turkish roots.

Greek cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine and makes wide use of olive oil, vegetables and herbs, grains and bread, wine, fish, and various meats, including lamb, poultry, rabbit and pork. Also important are olives, cheese, eggplant (aubergine), zucchiniy (courgette), and yogurt. Greek desserts are characterized by the dominant use of nuts and honey. Some dishes use filo pastry.

From its rich cuisine we decided to present this menu:

Greek vegetable soup

180 grams of onions

2 leaks,

2 red peppers

300 grams of carrots,

300 g of courgettes

200 grams of tomatoes

200 grams of potatoes

Olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano and parsley

                        Greek pasta

500 grams AL dente boiled spaghetti

Sauce

½ kg minced meat (duck)

3 spoons (soup) of olive oil

1 chopped onion,

3 cloves of garlic

300 grams of tomato sauce

½ a spoon (coffee) of cinnamon powder  

nutmeg and  salt to taste

 a pinch of sugar

 

Topping

2 spoons (soup) of butter

2 spoons (soup) of wheat flour

½ l of milk, salt to taste

100ml of natural yoghurt

100 grams of grated parmesan cheese

 

Dessert

Bowl of yoghurt with mango

4 spoons (soup) of honey

12 spoons (soup) of natural Greek yoghurt

Seeds of a pomegranate

2 ripe mangos, peeled and cut into cubes

 

This was a very successful activity and students enjoyed it a lot.

 During all week the Comenius Corner showed different cultural information about Greece.

 

To make this lunch possible our Club Comenius team worked together with the teachers from the Program PES (Program for School Health), the Social School Service and the canteen staff.

We are preparing a Polish lunch to be held in the 3rd term. We hope it could be as enjoyable as this one.