They may be picky eaters but Cut Video was able to round up a few kids who were at least adventurous enough to taste some school lunches that kids, just like them, from all around the world eat every day. The American kids' reactions in the video ranged from disgust to confusion to surprised delight, and all-around hilarity.
The sampling to tray lunches the children tasted came from India, Sweden, Japan, Cuba, France, Kenya and even Afghanistan. While these kids may be used to nuggets, tater tots and green peas in their school lunches, they were about to get a mouthful of what other kids eat in different countries.
First up, one boy gets the ball rolling by apologizing in advance because he thinks that the githeri stew from Kenya looks like a "big bowl of poop with some corn." OK, so maybe it's not the most visually appetizing of the samplings, but what about the taste?
Here's what they had to say of their round-the-world school lunch tasting adventure.
India
The kids collectively were disgusted by chaas, a yogurt drink, which some of them looked at, sniffed, and declared that it was most definitely not milk.
They were also not fans of kesari, which some thought might have tasted like sweet potato but decidedly more disgusting. One little girl even said, "Why would kids eat that? That's just mean."
France
Known for some of the more exotic yet classic cuisine, the French might have offered a more desirable lunch tray. The American kids, for the most part, agreed.
"I like France," one girl smiled as she munched on her bread and cheese.
"Everywhere in France is really fancy," another one said.
Cuba
South of Florida, the kids were at first apprehensive about tasting some of the samples from Cuba. However, they admitted that they actually enjoyed the chicken croquette.
"Man, this is delicious!" one little boy couldn't keep in his excitement.
On the same tray, though, they were not fans of the fried plantains or taro root.
Sweden
Some kids were getting tired of the European cheeses by this time and struggled to chew on the Swedish lunch of crackers. They tried to wash it down with some juice, but all they had was lingonberry.
The combination of shredded carrots and raisins did not go over too well, either.
Kenya
Here comes the dish that came with an apology from the introduction to the video. Despite appearances, though, one girl declared that the stew smelled good with a smile as she breathed in its aroma. It also received a great big thumbs up from most of the children.
Japan
The dish from the Far East received the most perplexed looks from the children. Most of them did not even want to taste anything on the tray when it was first presented to them.
The montage of their struggles to use the chopsticks, though, makes up for all of their complaints and protestations to tasting the curry udon.
The kid in blue, in particular, was the only one who was successful with the chopsticks and did a celebratory dance when he was able to feed himself, a dance which we couldn't help but keep looping over and over.
Afghanistan
The final stop on this lunch tray adventure from around the world was Afghanistan, where the kids were presented with a single plate with a single cube.
Was it a cake? Was it cheese?
Turns out, it was a High Energy Biscuit and all the American kids declared that they LOVED IT.
"I would eat this for lunch most of the time," one boy said.
"Yes, I'd eat it every day," another girl said.
Only chopsticks kid didn't like the 900-calorie block and actually walked out on the food tasting once and for all, "Straight to the toilet!"
"I would go to Afghanistan to get that really really good cube-cookie-thingamajig," concluded one boy to end the video.
