What's in your lunchbox? - Page 2

Clodfobble · 05-27-2010, 07:17 PM

We have three of these, primarily for the kids, but also for us when we need them. They generally get filled with rolled up lunchmeat stabbed with toothpicks, fresh fruit, and a few different kinds of veggie chips. When I use them I often take out the inner containers and fill the whole thing with a spring greens salad.

glatt · 05-27-2010, 07:25 PM

I take 2 sandwiches every day, and I keep a huge bag of pretzels in my desk drawer. Lunch is water, two sandwiches, and a handful of pretzels. I usually eat one sandwich mid morning, and the second one at 12:30 or 1:00.

Shawnee123 · 05-27-2010, 08:27 PM

Recently, Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. It was cheap for four cans. What I've noticed, as I heat it, is the insane amount of chemically thinned fat that is present. My poor little plastic spoon needs sandblasted after a round of that soup. Then there goes the spoon's effectiveness.

Mostly it's coffee and ice water.

HungLikeJesus · 05-27-2010, 09:10 PM

Plastic spoon? What happened to the silver spoon that you were born with?

Shawnee123 · 05-27-2010, 09:18 PM

I pawned it in exchange for self-respect.

(not really...never did know no silver spoon.)

Griff · 05-28-2010, 05:30 AM

I bring water, apple, orange, banana, and sometimes a clif bar.

Pie · 05-28-2010, 07:43 AM

Breakfast:
black coffee
Fiber One bar or somesuch

Lunch:
Lean Cusine or somesuch (today it's Healthy Request soup - clam chowder)
(snow peas | broccoli | green beans | carrots) & FF dressing
two slices of 'Lite' bread
Cottage cheese
Coke Zero

Afternoon snack:
Apple
Tea

Yes, I'm on a calorie-tracking diet. Why do you ask?

Shawnee123 · 05-28-2010, 08:56 AM

@ Pie

That's a tough diet. Good for you!

And, I love love love snow peas. Raw, as a snack. Yum. Which reminds me...the local produce farm (where I worked growing up) should have fresh peas soon. I buy a pack of shelled peas and eat them out of the bag like candy.

wolf · 05-28-2010, 01:59 PM

I have a wide variety of lunch bags/boxes to choose from, and then some days I just stuff things into the messenger bag. What's in there varies wildly. Some days are sandwich days, others frozen (Marie Callender Honey Roasted Chicken Pot Pie is a favorite), and very rarely something I've actually made. I don't have a lot of time for that, though. Durability is an important component of what I take to work, because if it needs nuking, there is an even money chance I won't get to eat it, and it has to make it through a day or two in the work fridge, which is one of those mini college things, that keeps things cold in the "freezer" space, and less than room temperature in the rest of it. I have a number of shelf-stable food items in the house because of this. When I don't have time to nuke what I brought, I order.

DucksNuts · 05-29-2010, 03:53 AM

I take all my food everyday to work...

Breakfast is in the car, usually liquid meal replacement or cereal

Morning smoko is fruit

Lunch - sandwich, soup or left overs

Arvo smoko is cheese n bikkies or something for my 3.30 sugarfixitis

wolf · 05-30-2010, 01:13 PM

Could you translate that for us, please?

Cloud · 05-30-2010, 01:17 PM

yeah; how do you get "arvo" from afternoon? and what's a bikkie?

wolf · 05-30-2010, 01:21 PM

I'm assuming biscuit, which I thought meant cookie, but you can't eat cheese with cookies!

And a smoko. Does how does that translate to snack, coffee break, elevenses, or tea?

Griff · 05-30-2010, 01:35 PM

monster · 05-31-2010, 11:14 AM

smoko comes from smoke break. In this context bikkies (biccies in British slang) would usualy be the type of biscuits merkins refer to as crackers.

Chocolate Chip cookies and Swiss works, though, just sayin'......

arvo from afternoon I think because some people (not speculating who *coughcockneycriminalsanduppercrustgovernorsofprisoncoloniescough*) (used to) pronounce afternoon with a longer "a" sound ........and it is mandatory for all aussie slang to end in "o".

05-27-2010, 07:17 PM	#16
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We have three of these, primarily for the kids, but also for us when we need them. They generally get filled with rolled up lunchmeat stabbed with toothpicks, fresh fruit, and a few different kinds of veggie chips. When I use them I often take out the inner containers and fill the whole thing with a spring greens salad. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-27-2010, 08:27 PM	#18
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Recently, Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. It was cheap for four cans. What I've noticed, as I heat it, is the insane amount of chemically thinned fat that is present. My poor little plastic spoon needs sandblasted after a round of that soup. Then there goes the spoon's effectiveness. Mostly it's coffee and ice water. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-27-2010, 09:10 PM	#19
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Plastic spoon? What happened to the silver spoon that you were born with? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-27-2010, 09:18 PM	#20
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I pawned it in exchange for self-respect. (not really...never did know no silver spoon.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-28-2010, 05:30 AM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I bring water, apple, orange, banana, and sometimes a clif bar. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-27-2010, 07:25 PM	#17
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I take 2 sandwiches every day, and I keep a huge bag of pretzels in my desk drawer. Lunch is water, two sandwiches, and a handful of pretzels. I usually eat one sandwich mid morning, and the second one at 12:30 or 1:00.

05-28-2010, 07:43 AM	#22
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Breakfast: black coffee Fiber One bar or somesuch Lunch: Lean Cusine or somesuch (today it's Healthy Request soup - clam chowder) (snow peas \| broccoli \| green beans \| carrots) & FF dressing two slices of 'Lite' bread Cottage cheese Coke Zero Afternoon snack: Apple Tea Yes, I'm on a calorie-tracking diet. Why do you ask? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-28-2010, 08:56 AM	#23
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	@ Pie That's a tough diet. Good for you! And, I love love love snow peas. Raw, as a snack. Yum. Which reminds me...the local produce farm (where I worked growing up) should have fresh peas soon. I buy a pack of shelled peas and eat them out of the bag like candy. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-28-2010, 01:59 PM	#24
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have a wide variety of lunch bags/boxes to choose from, and then some days I just stuff things into the messenger bag. What's in there varies wildly. Some days are sandwich days, others frozen (Marie Callender Honey Roasted Chicken Pot Pie is a favorite), and very rarely something I've actually made. I don't have a lot of time for that, though. Durability is an important component of what I take to work, because if it needs nuking, there is an even money chance I won't get to eat it, and it has to make it through a day or two in the work fridge, which is one of those mini college things, that keeps things cold in the "freezer" space, and less than room temperature in the rest of it. I have a number of shelf-stable food items in the house because of this. When I don't have time to nuke what I brought, I order. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-29-2010, 03:53 AM	#25
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I take all my food everyday to work... Breakfast is in the car, usually liquid meal replacement or cereal Morning smoko is fruit Lunch - sandwich, soup or left overs Arvo smoko is cheese n bikkies or something for my 3.30 sugarfixitis

05-30-2010, 01:13 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Could you translate that for us, please? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-30-2010, 01:17 PM	#27
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah; how do you get "arvo" from afternoon? and what's a bikkie? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-30-2010, 01:21 PM	#28
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm assuming biscuit, which I thought meant cookie, but you can't eat cheese with cookies! And a smoko. Does how does that translate to snack, coffee break, elevenses, or tea? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-30-2010, 01:35 PM	#29
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	__________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-31-2010, 11:14 AM	#30
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	smoko comes from smoke break. In this context bikkies (biccies in British slang) would usualy be the type of biscuits merkins refer to as crackers. Chocolate Chip cookies and Swiss works, though, just sayin'...... arvo from afternoon I think because some people (not speculating who coughcockneycriminalsanduppercrustgovernorsofprisoncoloniescough) (used to) pronounce afternoon with a longer "a" sound ........and it is mandatory for all aussie slang to end in "o". __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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