Triangular eating

The custom initially started with school lunches, and at that time, the method was to eat bread, milk, and side dishes in order.

[3] Some believe that it is a method of eating milk, bread, and side dishes, in that order, after school lunches began in the 1950s.

It is believed that this method was used to encourage Japanese elementary school students, many of whom disliked milk at the time, to drink it.

The idea is that by alternately eating rice, soup, and side dishes, the flavors that remain in the mouth will mingle and make the meal more palatable.

[13] Some believe that eating a triangular diet will help reduce satiety with smaller portions and moderate the degree of blood glucose increase.