On the 21st of the winter solstice, at an elementary school in Odate City, Akita Prefecture, a simmered dish containing pumpkin cultivated by ourselves was served for lunch.
At Seisho Elementary School in Odate City, where 72 children attend, "Itoko-boiled" is eaten with sweetly boiled pumpkin and azuki beans for lunch on the 21st, so that you can eat pumpkin on the day of the winter solstice and spend the cold winter well. Was issued.
"Itoko-boiled" also contains one white-skinned pumpkin cultivated and harvested by second graders as part of the class.
In the second grade classroom, warm "simmered cousin" was distributed to the school lunch, and when the children found a pumpkin with white skin, they ate it happily.
He also explained on the school broadcast that 6th grade children began to eat nutritious foods to protect themselves from colds and illnesses on this day, when the daytime is the shortest in a year.
The second grade girl said, "It was delicious because I ate the pumpkins I raised myself. I want to be careful about my physical condition."