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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2009 19:38:10 GMT
I never had a lunch box, because I always ate in the school cafeteria. (Years later, my wife gave me a Star Wars lunch box as a joke, and I still have it -- it is probably worth a bundle!) But some lunch boxes were really terrible! |
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Post by cristina on Sept 4, 2009 20:04:30 GMT
I had a Monkees lunchbox - and I wished I still had it. I had a lot of Monkees paraphernalia. In fact my first (and only) fan letter was to Davy Jones.
And much better to have an homage to the Monkees on your lunchbox than to metrics.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2009 22:53:13 GMT
I never had a lunch box either. Brown bag. But,I did find a lunchbox in a thrift store with the Ramones on it and bought it for a friend (rabid fan). I very briefly thought about keeping it.  |
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 5, 2009 18:48:53 GMT
never had a lunchbox, although something very near to it was the box for my salad lunch for the past four years. just a standard plastic box. I have played many times with the idea of a lunchbox for work, but haven't yet found something suitable.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2009 14:27:50 GMT
This doesn't fit into the "nostalgia" part of the OP, but might become nostalgia for a spouse or kids later. Apparently bento boxes are being used more and more outside of Japan. According to this article, they're a way to encourage children to eat balanced meals, to give a bit of artistry and flair to a "brown bag" lunch, and even as part of a weight-loss program.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2009 14:46:26 GMT
I love bento boxes, but there's not much real food in that one!  I had a sushi box for lunch. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2009 15:39:31 GMT
I'm glad to hear someone else say that. When I looked at the slide show, my main thought was that the amounts were tiny. Maybe the idea is to take a little stack of boxes? Also, some of the food seemed silly -- more for looks than for nutrition. There is one meant for an adult with half a wienie cut to resemble an octopus, with seaweed eyes and mouth. I'd really go hungry if I found that in my lunch, due to flinging the box against the wall.
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Post by cristina on Sept 9, 2009 16:24:49 GMT
It seems that many of the lunches in the slideshow might be more appealing to children. However the last one (the picture you posted, Bixa), would make a very satisfying lunch for me. All foods that I love and visually stunning, IMHO.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2009 16:37:38 GMT
An adult bento box looks more like this.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2009 17:41:34 GMT
What a delightful ................. appetizer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2009 17:47:36 GMT
One thing that I have learned about Japanese food over the years is that it is a lot more filling than it looks (the opposite of Chinese food!).
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 11, 2009 6:59:41 GMT
I'm with Bixa, the best lunch boxes are big lunch boxes, preferably prepared by yourself.
In Germany schoolchildren don't go to school all day so they don't have lunch in school. They take a sandwich and a tetrapac of cocoa or milk with them as a snack.
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 11, 2009 7:19:43 GMT
What do you think of these lunch boxes? I image- googled 'roast beef lunch box' and got these on the 3rd or 4th page. Lots of nice pics on the previous pages but all of roast beef without a box.   |
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Post by BigIain on Sept 11, 2009 9:19:03 GMT
All this healthy stuff belongs in the Abominations Gallery in my opinion
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 11, 2009 17:06:19 GMT
Now THOSE are lunches, HW!
The thing about fitting meals in with work is typically this ~~
If you have a regular 9-5 office job, you probably need to have breakfast @7-7:30 in order to get dressed and to work on time.
If lunch is at noon or 1:00, you would logically feel hungry. If you go out to eat, everyone else is trying to eat at the same time, plus many people need to get stuff done during the lunch period, so wind up gobbling something in order to fit in food and errands.
If work ends precisely at five, you still have to fight traffic to get home, plus stop off to do any stuff you couldn't do in the lunch period. Then, who wants to walk into the house and immediately start cooking, even though by the time you arrive home it's at least 6:00 and you're probably hungry.
Even if your job isn't actually 9-5, the above is probably similar to the spread of time many people spend at work.
The thing about the boxes that HW shows is that part of one could be lunch, and there would still be a healthful snack or two left for part of the afternoon. Or, part could be a mid-morning snack and the rest lunch or lunch plus afternoon snack. The other thing about them is that they don't induce the "I'll starve!" panic I felt looking at some of the skimpy bentos.
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