Originally was going to have a delivery person saying Todd's line, but I decided Todd probably would do the more sensible thing and just self-assemble it.
After reading the description of what you might find, in Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcuterie
I suspect that while the three Sarnothi students will have a fine feast, most of the other kids will turn their noses up, because the products listed in the wiki article is stuff that you’re normal 8 year old has never had. “I’ve never had that before, I don’t like it.”
I am sure it’s kid friendly stuff, cheese, sausage, crackers, fruits, veggies. I know if I was an adult there’s no way I’d waste Prosciutto on a room full of kids. It’s too damn expensive.
Also, unless this world is VERY different from ours there is a 0% chance this would be allowed in a school. These days your lucky if they let you bring in pre-packaged food for a host of reasons (allergies, dietary preferences, food poisoning, etc). Catered by a restaurant MAYBE, like pizza delivery. But homemade is very very unlikely these days. Especially something like meat and cheese.
There are plenty of schools in the US that do not have the nightmarish dietary restrictions so often lamented in media. I’m pretty sure most grade school teachers have at least a rudimentary grasp of what the kids in their class can or can’t eat (e.g. “Johnny has a nut allergy”, “Arielle will spend all afternoon in the bathroom if she eats gluten”, etc), so between Ms. Afkhami, Jessie, and Todd (at least) it should be perfectly fine.
Just tell them “it’s meat and cheese”. No need to get into specifics. Not to mention, that Wikipedia definition is a very purist, snobby definition of it.
Eh.. I really don’t know.. I was going to start doing charcuterie boards when I host Dungeons and Dragons (I always feed my players), but I read it has a two hour life and after that there’s a risk for illness, so I opted out of that. Don’t want to make anyone sick…
I mean, I’ll eat pizza that’s been on the counter for a week, but I know not everyone is a gross slob like I am.
I guess as long as it’s ice cold, it’s just for lunch so probably not an issue.
I wanted to add, as a kid, I’d eat whatever. One time my Mother shared frog legs with me when I was like six and was annoyed to find out I liked them, because they were expensive.
Actually as long as you stick to the harder cheeses and hardier sausages charcuterie can be a safer choice to have sitting out than most other party foods. Ours rarely last longer than an hour but our kids devour prosciutto, speck,chorizo, salami, brie, gorgonzola, camembert, you get the idea.
We have weird kids who are eager to try new things and have basically eaten the same as us since they got teeth
Even better than pizza! I hope there are some crackers and stuff for the non-obligate-carnivores.
Who’s “Toidd”? 🤣
…I will brn this websie to the grond
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ðŸ˜
A British person talking about Tide laundry detergent?
I think you’re thinking of New Joisy, where the boid watchers gather.
After reading the description of what you might find, in Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcuterie
I suspect that while the three Sarnothi students will have a fine feast, most of the other kids will turn their noses up, because the products listed in the wiki article is stuff that you’re normal 8 year old has never had. “I’ve never had that before, I don’t like it.”
I am sure it’s kid friendly stuff, cheese, sausage, crackers, fruits, veggies. I know if I was an adult there’s no way I’d waste Prosciutto on a room full of kids. It’s too damn expensive.
Also, unless this world is VERY different from ours there is a 0% chance this would be allowed in a school. These days your lucky if they let you bring in pre-packaged food for a host of reasons (allergies, dietary preferences, food poisoning, etc). Catered by a restaurant MAYBE, like pizza delivery. But homemade is very very unlikely these days. Especially something like meat and cheese.
There are plenty of schools in the US that do not have the nightmarish dietary restrictions so often lamented in media. I’m pretty sure most grade school teachers have at least a rudimentary grasp of what the kids in their class can or can’t eat (e.g. “Johnny has a nut allergy”, “Arielle will spend all afternoon in the bathroom if she eats gluten”, etc), so between Ms. Afkhami, Jessie, and Todd (at least) it should be perfectly fine.
It isn’t necessarily homemade, especially since Todd is a vegetarian. Plenty of places sell pre-made charcuterie trays these days.
Just tell them “it’s meat and cheese”. No need to get into specifics. Not to mention, that Wikipedia definition is a very purist, snobby definition of it.
I suspect what Todd’s brought in is more like one of these (just doing a quick search of stores in my area):
https://stopandshop.com/groceries/deli/party-trays/deli-trays/boars-head-charcuterie-cheese-12-oz-pkg.html
https://www.instacart.com/store/items/item_2020988718
There’s nothing in either of these that I would expect a room full of grade-schoolers to NOT devour within 5 minutes.
Kids are well familiar with charcuterie. They call it “Lunchables.” 😉
Perfect point 😂
Eh.. I really don’t know.. I was going to start doing charcuterie boards when I host Dungeons and Dragons (I always feed my players), but I read it has a two hour life and after that there’s a risk for illness, so I opted out of that. Don’t want to make anyone sick…
I mean, I’ll eat pizza that’s been on the counter for a week, but I know not everyone is a gross slob like I am.
I guess as long as it’s ice cold, it’s just for lunch so probably not an issue.
I wanted to add, as a kid, I’d eat whatever. One time my Mother shared frog legs with me when I was like six and was annoyed to find out I liked them, because they were expensive.
Actually as long as you stick to the harder cheeses and hardier sausages charcuterie can be a safer choice to have sitting out than most other party foods. Ours rarely last longer than an hour but our kids devour prosciutto, speck,chorizo, salami, brie, gorgonzola, camembert, you get the idea.
We have weird kids who are eager to try new things and have basically eaten the same as us since they got teeth
Charcuterie is just a fancy way of saying “snack tray.”
True that! And everyone can have what THEY like. Even grapes!
The joy of an obligate carnivore faced with a mountain of MEAT!
Oh yeah, Selkie would have a FIELD DAY in France. 😀
Oh… I mean, this would be great but I personally would be disappointed that it wasn’t pizza. Especially if there were no crackers.