Question about making fancy lunches for school

[Anonymous]

Pink rice? Hmmm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Love it, OP!

My Japanese father decided to put me in a Japanese Kindergarten in Europe. My European mother would just send me to school with a sandwich, until my father realized that all the other kids were coming with bentos and that it was actually a competition among the Japanese mothers as to who was going to concoct the most recherche bento for her child. So he bought a huge bento how-to book (I still have it), woke up early every morning, and got down to business.

I remember how cute he made my lunches, how opening them was such a joy, and how they tasted so much better than my mother's sandwiches... so I the same for my kids. Not to that website's level of detail, but I try.

I love this story. Very sweet.

+1. Awesome dad.

[Anonymous]

^^^ Great the dad made poster feel special. But kinda stupid to have a competition among the parents to see who could prepare the best bento. It's food to provide nourishment. Too much time on the hands.

[Anonymous]

My kids are so happy when I put a Rice Crispy treat in their lunch box! That's the extent of my creativity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are so happy when I put a Rice Crispy treat in their lunch box! That's the extent of my creativity.

You should blow their minds with some Little Debbie Swiss Rolls some time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are so happy when I put a Rice Crispy treat in their lunch box! That's the extent of my creativity.

Braggart.

[Anonymous]

On Monday morning, I plan to whip out my food-grade markets and create a true masterpiece on a slice of white bread - my canvas.

These lunches are cute, but I'm the mom who wondered WTH these look like after they leave the photoshoot spot on the kitchen counter. My kid's would look like a heap of multicolored food chunks. No longer artsy, just really messy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ Great the dad made poster feel special. But kinda stupid to have a competition among the parents to see who could prepare the best bento. It's food to provide nourishment. Too much time on the hands.

PP said it was a Japanese thing, and I can totally see this in the link with all the pictures of examples. Not judging, just a different culture. Cute story, nonetheless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On Monday morning, I plan to whip out my food-grade markets and create a true masterpiece on a slice of white bread - my canvas.

These lunches are cute, but I'm the mom who wondered WTH these look like after they leave the photoshoot spot on the kitchen counter. My kid's would look like a heap of multicolored food chunks. No longer artsy, just really messy.

Damn it! "Food grade markets" is supposed to be "food grade MARKERS". Which I do have, and my daughters just used to draw pictures on their marshmallow fondant draped birthday cakes. Which were also multicolored on the inside. Screw daily bento art - I wait for an annual event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an admitted non-bento mom. What I've been trying to figure out is what these lunches look like after they've been shoved in a lunch box, transported in backpack, tossed into lunch bin, carried to table, and finally turned right side up and opened. I can't imagine cute little raindrops on Mac n cheese stay glued to the pasta throughout this process.

I wondered the same thing.

Hilarious blog post though.

[Anonymous]

Once a week I cut hearts from some bread, slap some pb and j on it and stick it in DD's box. She thinks it's awesome. But the rest of the week she gets a regular sandwich, fruit and cookie in the three compartments of her box.