lunch lady blues
Everyday at school I eat the school lunch just like everyone else. Each day the menu is different but we all get the same items. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are rice days, Tuesday is bread day (the students' favorite) and Thursday is noodle day (my favorite). Today we had this fried hamburger thingie, miso soup, rice and a small salad. Most days I really like school lunch because for the most part it is fairly nutritious (except for the occasional hamburger), it's cheap, it's easy and inspite of a ridiculous amount of mushrooms nearly every day (nothing I can't pick out) it tastes pretty good.
Today's menu and my stomach however decided go to battle. I finished up lunch around 1pm and started feeling sick around 1:15pm. My stomach felt like it was going to explode. We had an assembly at 3 and I sat in a corner in the back crawled up in a ball. It wasnt until the end of the day when one of the teachers was telling me that one of her students was complaining because the hamburger had cheese in it and she didn't like cheese. Lightbulb went off. I then had to explain to the teachers what Lactose Intolerance was and one of them looked quite shocked. She said "But you are American.. Dont all Americans like cheese?" Yes ma'am, I love cheese, but it doesnt like me. It was like the same response I get when people here find out I dont drink coffee.. "But you're American, dont all Americans drink coffee?" Yes, it is fed to us in our baby bottles but somehow my mom slipped only milk into mine.
Stomach still quite unhappy :( I dont know if it was the cheese or not but Im going to assume it was.
Today's menu and my stomach however decided go to battle. I finished up lunch around 1pm and started feeling sick around 1:15pm. My stomach felt like it was going to explode. We had an assembly at 3 and I sat in a corner in the back crawled up in a ball. It wasnt until the end of the day when one of the teachers was telling me that one of her students was complaining because the hamburger had cheese in it and she didn't like cheese. Lightbulb went off. I then had to explain to the teachers what Lactose Intolerance was and one of them looked quite shocked. She said "But you are American.. Dont all Americans like cheese?" Yes ma'am, I love cheese, but it doesnt like me. It was like the same response I get when people here find out I dont drink coffee.. "But you're American, dont all Americans drink coffee?" Yes, it is fed to us in our baby bottles but somehow my mom slipped only milk into mine.
Stomach still quite unhappy :( I dont know if it was the cheese or not but Im going to assume it was.