Anonymous
09/14/2014 17:50
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
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.
Anonymous
09/13/2014 23:45
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 23:30
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 23:29
Subject: Re:Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 23:28
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
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.
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
09/13/2014 23:24
Subject: Re:Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 23:12
Subject: Re:Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 21:51
Subject: Re:Question about making fancy lunches for school
My kids are so happy when I put a Rice Crispy treat in their lunch box! That's the extent of my creativity.
Anonymous
09/13/2014 15:19
Subject: Re:Question about making fancy lunches for school
^^^ 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
09/13/2014 15:16
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
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
09/13/2014 15:00
Subject: Question about making fancy lunches for school
Pink rice? Hmmm