The Department of Health Food Science, University of Human Arts and Sciences holds the "2nd Food Idea Contest" for high school students to solicit food ideas.The result was announced.
According to a household survey (households with two or more people) released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in May 2020, the ratio of home-cooked meals (home-cooked meals) to consumer spending was 5%, the highest ever since 2, which is comparable. ..In addition, the need for home cooking has increased significantly due to the demand for corona stagnation, and the nutritional balance and variation of daily dining tables have become issues.On the other hand, there are many reports that foods that were supposed to be used in restaurants are not consumed and are discarded as surplus foods, but it is said that about half of food loss is discharged from ordinary households, and expired foods and foods. Increased leftover food."Food loss" from multiple directions is becoming more serious.
Therefore, the University of Human Arts and Sciences has set the theme of the second "Food Idea Contest" as a "simple arrangement recipe using preserved ingredients" that incorporates preserved foods that have been in high demand due to the corona disaster. Set to "How to reduce food loss at home?" From June to July 2, we are soliciting ideas from high school students nationwide.The 2020 ideas submitted were judged by faculty members of the University of Human Arts and Sciences, and the winning works were decided.
The highest award for "Easy Arrangement Recipe Using Preserved Ingredients" is "Easy! Time saving! Delicious somen noodles!" By Naomi Takahashi, a third-year student at Izu Comprehensive High School in Shizuoka Prefecture.It is a simple noodle soup based on canned clams and dried shiitake mushrooms, and you can enjoy the change in taste depending on the condiments such as ichimi, shichimi, ginger, green perilla, and plum meat. "All ingredients are derived from preserved foods", "Easy to get anywhere in the country and cheap price", "It takes only 3 minutes to clean up", "Abundant arrangements and can be applied to other than somen noodles" It was awarded the award.
For "How to reduce food loss at home?", Kohei Narita, a third-year student at Saitama Prefectural Warabi High School, won the highest award for his idea "How to use sticky notes on the refrigerator".With the conventional method of sticking sticky notes on the surface of the refrigerator, it is troublesome to find out where the ingredients written on the sticky notes are in the refrigerator. Suggested to pinch like a bookmark.Regarding this idea, he said, "There are many ideas for sticky notes on the refrigerator, but Mr. Narita was very happy that he was devising while demonstrating where to put them and what to write."
In the Department of Health Food Science of the University of Comprehensive Human Sciences, based on "comprehensive understanding of human beings", knowledge, technology and practice from food education to food safety and security, risk management related to food and ingredients, etc. We are training human resources who have the power and are required by society.
