Abstract
A survey of the awareness and preference of school dietitians was conducted in order to apply “Oomura sushi”, a traditional local cuisine of Nagasaki Prefecture, for school lunch. The Oomura sushi was provided for school lunch, and the responses of school children were monitored.
Most of the school dietitians were interested in traditional local cuisine and considered to succeed in the propagation of food culture. Although 78% of the subjects wanted to succeed Oomura sushi, only 12.5% of it had been provided to school. 30.3% of the subjects wanted to provide Oomura sushi for school lunch as food for special occasions and food for cultural education.
69.7% of the subjects was reluctant to provide of Oomura sushi for school lunch for the following reasons; there are no cooking utensils, the working process is complex and difficulty of sanitation control. However, the above problems were improved and the inclusion of Oomura sushi for school lunch was operated.
The students who have had Oomura sushi gave affirmative opinions and the teachers welcomed Oomura sushi, and traditional local cuisine for school luch.
These results imply that there is a possibility of inclusion of traditional local cuisine for school lunch which was considered to be almost impossible so far. The introduction of traditional local cuisine to school lunch may lead to food education. Hence, we expect more often application of the traditional local cuisine to school lunch.
