In France, we have a special tradition called the "goûter" (pronounced ぐーテー).
Every afternoon, we eat a little snack around 4 pm. It is like a little break to recharge for the rest of the day 😉.
Children usually bring their goûter from home, at school. Common snacks include biscuits, fruit, yogurt, bread with jam... At school, a special time is dedicated to it, and kids often exchange their snacks with others, making it a fun and social moment.
But the goûter is not only for children, and many adults also enjoy it as well! For me, if I miss my goûter, it feels like I skipped a meal of the day.
Here are the three snacks I loved the most when I was a primary school pupil:
Nesquik Chocolate Bars:
These were chocolate bars filled with a creamy, sweet filling. All the kids - like me - wanted it and tried to trade their snacks with the lucky child to obtain it!
We usually do not bring goûter (we call it "oyatsu") to school, but the exception is when we go on an excursion. Teachers tell the children that their snacks should be within 300 yen, so the children try hard to figure out how to spend as close to 300 yen as possible when buying their snacks.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your introduction to these snacks! I agree, who could say no to chocolate flavor snacks? I noticed that you mentioned enjoying these snacks around 4 p.m., which makes me curious, what time do you usually have dinner? In China, people prefer to have dinner around 5 or 6 p.m., and if we have snacks at 4 p.m., we often lose our appetite for dinner.
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