What do children in France usually drink everyday? Help with Girl Scout Troop project?

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abuela Nany

My daughter lives near Paris, and has 3 children (ages 5, 3, and 3 months)...
Mostly they drink mineral water (except for the baby who is evidently on "Mommys milk" for the next few months). :-)
For breakfast they have a cup of milk, either plain or with Nesquik, and a handful of cereal in it, and a piece of fresh fruit.
The children have lunch at school, and there again the meal (usually 2 courses and a dessert, NOT five courses) has mineral water as the beverage.
After school she gives them a glass of fruit juice or a glass of milk (plain or with a spoon of Nesquik), a piece of fresh fruit, and maybe a cookie. If she has shopping to do after school, she may stop at the bakery and buy them a croissant (french crescent) or a sweet bun with chocolate chips in it, as a special treat, and gives them a tetra-brik of juice with it (in the car).
For supper they again have mineral water.
The french also give the kids an occasional "treat" of either milk, water or "limonade" (a clear lemon soda) mixed with a "sirop" (this is a fruit syrup, and there are many flavours anything from strawberry to aniseed flavour and peppermint. The childrens favourites are usually orange, strawberry and peppermint (it turns the milk a lovely shade of green!).
Soda pop (coke, pepsi, fanta, etc.) is not very popular as a drink for the children, since it is not really considered a healthy drink, and parents usually avoid it... But it is allowed on special occasions such as birthday parties. (Evidently the kids love it!)
Hope this is enough information for you.

Oliver

As for everyday snack, I first think about "tea time", after school.
I remember to drink milk everyday and I really enjoyed having a "tartine" with it: a slice of bread (baguette sliced on the longer side, or some whole grain bread) on which I would have Nutella spread. This Nutella spread is still a killer.

The healthy comment above is true: everyday, we take tap water, which is OK here.
You can also think about warm milk with chocolate in it.
Orangina is not an everyday thing. :-)

If you want to over-achieve your project, you will have to find a quart of pasteurized milk. The one used here are hard to find in the US, but you can find some ok ones at Whole Foods (if you're in the US).

Millie

Mostly water. Also fruit juice.

For food, picnic lunch classics are:
- sandwiches (with ham, cheese)
- salads (tomato or rice and tuna salad)
- hard-boiled eggs
- cherry tomatoes
- a yoghurt
- a fruit or chocolate bar

(peanut butter and jelly doesn't exist in France!)

As an afternoon snack they may have:
- a chocolate milk
- cookies
- a fruit
- a chocolate bar

But that's not every day, it's picnic food only. Every day, French children have a 4 to 5-course hot, balanced meal at the school cafeteria and the only drink is water. Same thing at home. Most parents won't let their children drink sodas as a regular drink (it's only for parties), mainly water (+ juice and flavored water).

alphadelicious

I think mineral water is a popular drink in France. You can get fruit flavoured mineral water, or Perrier which is carbonated.

Madinina

Orangina would be a good choice, or diabolo menthe (peppermint syrup and Sprite), or perroquet (peppermint syrup and water), or grenadine (grenadine syrup and water). You can also mix the grenadine with milk, it's called bÃ©bÃ© rose (pink baby).
For snacks, any cookies will do, but if you have more money, you can find the following brands of cookies: Lu (Petit Ã©colier, petit beurre...), Bonne Maman, at your supermarket. You can also make a pound cake (equivalent to our quatre-quarts), or a yoghurt cake (there is a good recipe here: http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/gateau_au_yaourt.php). Another favorite not very hard to prepare: slices of bread with Nutella.
Hope this helps.

janisjoplin1313

The drink the first guy is talking about is Orangina I think.

mes2269

They always drink a carbonated fruit drink better than any soda that you will ever taste but I cant remember the name of it. The always it biscuits(cookies) as a snack.

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