tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post3596630723045235323..comments2024-03-28T07:24:51.488-04:00Comments on Sew Many Ways...: Thoughts on Thursday...Karen from Sew Many Ways...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05258367030113873230noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-65526534455288275262012-09-13T16:33:47.689-04:002012-09-13T16:33:47.689-04:00Great topic! My mother almost always packed my lun...Great topic! My mother almost always packed my lunch. In grade school I had a Barbie lunch box and I think I ate PBJ almost every day! I too would put my potato chips on my sandwich - awesome! I can't get my kids to try it though, what's wrong with kids today? LOL! I also got a piece of fruit and a small homemade treat. The only days I got hot lunch were "pizza boat" days - which was a half-sub baked with pizza toppings - which I had to beg for. Now I know we didn't have the money for hot lunch but back then I just thought my mother was being mean. <br /><br />At the start of each school year, my 1st grade teacher always bought a stack of lunch tickets that she kept at her desk, so if you forgot your lunch or didn't have one, she'd give you a hot lunch ticket so you could eat. I distinctly remember my mother making me march in and give the teacher $.75 to repay her for the ticket she gave me one day when I "forgot" my lunch at home. I suppose our family could have qualified for reduced cost lunch but my parents were very proud and would never have applied. I never knew we were poor though - we always ate well, my mother canned and baked, my grandmother sewed my dresses, and I was happy.LMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451996846805242913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-4984638773540824242012-08-31T09:02:43.205-04:002012-08-31T09:02:43.205-04:00OMG I loved a bologna cheese and HEINZ Ketchup wit...OMG I loved a bologna cheese and HEINZ Ketchup with Ruffles potato chips in it. I never had this for a school lunch, I always bought lunch at school, this was my favorite lunch at home.Nanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199611865435864619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-15881881431725859402012-08-31T08:19:35.848-04:002012-08-31T08:19:35.848-04:00My daughter does the same thing with potato chips ...My daughter does the same thing with potato chips and her sandwiches! I'd never heard of it before I watched her do it. She still does it even as a college girl. I used to (and still do) like ketchup and mustard sandwiches. For a treat sometimes I add anything else that would go on a hamburger except the hamburger. I don't eat hamburgers but love these sandwiches. I know, I'm weird!onlymeherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08880378084448908090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-12358324678335809842012-08-31T07:08:53.538-04:002012-08-31T07:08:53.538-04:00I always took my lunch to school. Back then small...I always took my lunch to school. Back then small town schools in Alberta didn't have cafeterias, so we really didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. In fact, I don't think they have them even now.<br /><br />Mom always packed us a sandwich of some sort, a piece of fruit (apple, orange, pear) and sometimes a cookie for dessert. My favourite were meat sandwiches. My least favourite was tomato sandwiches. I love tomato sandwiches but by the time lunch time rolled around the bread would have started to get soggy and not so fun to eat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-6279346222931091432012-08-31T02:32:05.520-04:002012-08-31T02:32:05.520-04:00I did brown bag lunch, always with a homemade trea...I did brown bag lunch, always with a homemade treat of some sort, made by my Dad. My favourite was mac & cheese lunch meat (the thought of the chemicals I ingested make me shudder now!)mary mahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223209929188308349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-79672369930516227492012-08-30T21:40:59.815-04:002012-08-30T21:40:59.815-04:00Those are awesome memories. I always did hot lunc...Those are awesome memories. I always did hot lunch, because it was easier. Once in a great while she would bag me a lunch, but oddly I don't remember a thing. But I loved the schools spaghetti! Would go back for thirds if they would let me. LOL Here in CO some of the schools are checking bagged lunches to see if they are good enough. If not they throw them out and serve them hot lunch which is better balanced. And then send you a bill. Now my question is how did we ever survive our childhood?<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Vicki R<br />sunraesban@yahoo.comRichardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392038745265433727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-52030867661500401962012-08-30T19:40:34.329-04:002012-08-30T19:40:34.329-04:00so sad. I would have befriended you at lunch and s...so sad. I would have befriended you at lunch and shared mine. my mom had 5 kids and we each got lunch and what we needed. we were poor and raised our own food on the farm but we had what we needed and we were happy. learned about sharing too and teamwork<br /> ((((hugs)))) want some of my fluffernutter?? :-)sewyouquilt2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07422106403699477143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-91449831140086996152012-08-30T19:36:48.112-04:002012-08-30T19:36:48.112-04:00I was a fluffernutter girl. peanut butter and mars...I was a fluffernutter girl. peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. We live in New England for those of you who dont know what fluff is. I also packed devilled ham sandwiches. Hubby remembers his dad making apple squares. He was a chef.the family would go apple picking and they would make trays of them and freeze.for the school hot lunch I liked most meals ecept Friday fish sticks. thats when I would bring my lunch. dessert favorite was grapenut pudding and still is today. YUM!sewyouquilt2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07422106403699477143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-51682818879205885012012-08-30T19:11:52.129-04:002012-08-30T19:11:52.129-04:00Oh, I remember "hot lunch" fondly! I lo...Oh, I remember "hot lunch" fondly! I loved bringing home the monthly menu and circling what days I wanted to "buy". I particularly remember Chicken a la King. But, the one thing I still pine for to this day is the peanut butter bars. OMG,they were heavenly. I've never come across anything similar, I so wish I could duplicate them. I don't really remember what I brought when I took my lunchbox. You know, I still get a thrill when the weekly menu is posted for our cafeteria - some things never change! o:)Denise in PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523418345283854892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-86247371239487567402012-08-30T19:11:41.634-04:002012-08-30T19:11:41.634-04:00I brought my lunch to the Catholic school, and it ...I brought my lunch to the Catholic school, and it was bologna on white bread or PB&J sandwich. In the winter I had a little thermos of chicken noodle soup. Sometimes I walked home for lunch for Lipton soup, Spaghettios, or thickly cut & fried bologna meat. That must have been cheap. My favorite thing was the foil TV dinner with Salsbury steak & fries. Once our school had McDonald's hamburgers & one boy would not eat them & had his sack lunch. He 'was' the smartest boy in the class, too.karen608https://www.blogger.com/profile/12475931662014505249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-76539763219566756382012-08-30T18:35:13.467-04:002012-08-30T18:35:13.467-04:00I went to a small country school with 8 grades.I r...I went to a small country school with 8 grades.I remember having dark Karo syrup and butter on homemade bread and maybe a piece of fruit and we got free milk.I was born in 1952 so people are amazed when I tell them this-sounds like "Little House On the Prairie!"Oh,we also used lard pails for our lunch containers!!We walked two miles also!!donniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353184949865512674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-35210312275633873402012-08-30T14:55:38.833-04:002012-08-30T14:55:38.833-04:00Oh yes, I had the exact lunch as you. Packed neatl...Oh yes, I had the exact lunch as you. Packed neatly in my Bugs Bunny lunch box. I remember those Thermos' that would shatter into a million pieces if you just LOOKED at them wrong;-)<br />Unlike your homemade treats you had, I did get the Ding Dong...totally did the same with the foil!!!!<br />"Lunch on a tray" that's what my girls call the lunch that can be purchased at school these days.<br />Thanks for the walk down memory lane!!!Simply Fresh Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348296412681863305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-79940237770502094522012-08-30T14:52:46.029-04:002012-08-30T14:52:46.029-04:00My Dad made my lunch, since my Mom worked nights. ...My Dad made my lunch, since my Mom worked nights. Back in the day, Catholics didn't eat meat on Fridays, so my Friday sandwich was always PB&J. One of my friends had tuna fish. Her mother never gave her peanut butter. So we switched. I can taste that tuna salad even after all these years; it had celery in it. YUM!!<br />We didn't have a cafeteria in my elementary school, so I didn't know what a hot lunch was until I got to High School.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791592886458322904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-15002720109090575152012-08-30T14:12:44.446-04:002012-08-30T14:12:44.446-04:00My mother was pretty b\weird but not like this. So...My mother was pretty b\weird but not like this. So sorry.dwaldenrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125864117874209020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-70204795765231653382012-08-30T13:58:47.065-04:002012-08-30T13:58:47.065-04:00Mom believed in hot lunch so my brother and I went...Mom believed in hot lunch so my brother and I went home for lunch every day. We were the fastest walkers in town!! (There was no hot lunch at school but even if there had been, I don't think it would have changed things.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814824232124376605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-16163040281125194512012-08-30T12:25:16.050-04:002012-08-30T12:25:16.050-04:00We called it hot lunch too, and very rarely had $ ...We called it hot lunch too, and very rarely had $ for that, in a family with five kids! Chips were a rarity too. Mostly it was a sandwich, piece of fruit and a dessert. My mom would buy bread and Ding Dongs at the day old bread store and put them in a chest freezer in the garage. We would take a frozen Ding Dong and it would keep cold until lunchtime. My brothers loved Twinkies but I never did :) We were always embarrassed when Mom ran out of brown lunch bags and we had to take our lunches to school in plastic bread bags she saved!!! I don't ever remember having a cool lunch box like some of my friends did.AnnieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619125197850685345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-39241321598318843412012-08-30T12:22:16.924-04:002012-08-30T12:22:16.924-04:00Since my dad worked for Hostess, I always had a Ch...Since my dad worked for Hostess, I always had a Cherry Pie in my lunch, the thought of a Twinkie or Ding Dong just grossed me out! My mom always baked cookies those were for after school!Quiltingrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885973879588867172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-88660499664586648272012-08-30T11:33:27.374-04:002012-08-30T11:33:27.374-04:00I don't remember anything in particular except...I don't remember anything in particular except ham salad (and I remember waxed paper too!!). When I was in high school, we didn't have a cafeteria, so I would walk home for lunch. Occasionally two of my non-townie friends would come with me. The one girl's mom always packed a cheese sandwich and my mom would turn it into a grilled cheese sandwich. I just saw her for the first time in almost 30 years, and she said that was one of her favorite memories.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696823153485544595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-31488081745826079542012-08-30T10:41:52.337-04:002012-08-30T10:41:52.337-04:00awww....life can be so hard. That's sad.awww....life can be so hard. That's sad.CynthiaT59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16916457610265733456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-8609414269052033812012-08-30T10:40:08.743-04:002012-08-30T10:40:08.743-04:00My favorite treat was the Ho Ho. I remember eatin...My favorite treat was the Ho Ho. I remember eating the chocolate off then eating slowly as it unrolled. We packed and bought lunches. My favorite school lunch meal was the mac and cheese. My best friend brought a plain cheese sandwich everyday. I thought maybe she was poor and just felt so sorry for her until I had a child who wanted to take a plain cheese sandwich everyday! I still put potato chip in my sandwich! CynthiaT59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16916457610265733456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-50391661952200106532012-08-30T10:38:26.024-04:002012-08-30T10:38:26.024-04:00Almost forgot the one sandwich I loved the most, b...Almost forgot the one sandwich I loved the most, but the looks of it grossed out my friends. My mother had a meat grinder -- she would be bologna, velvetta cheese, sweet pickles and onions through the grinder. Then she would add miracle whip and stir it together. It made the most delicious sandwiches but my friends thought it looked like dog food :-) The other big memory was my Mom wrapped everything in waxed paper -- no baggies in those days (I'm certainly dating myself).Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774357135500902445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-49134203345777555712012-08-30T10:19:19.269-04:002012-08-30T10:19:19.269-04:00I remember walking home for lunch a lot of the tim...I remember walking home for lunch a lot of the time in elementary school. I used to sing "Sing Your Way Home" while I walked. The only thing I remember eating at home was canned Cream of Mushroom soup, which was my mom's favorite, but I HATED it. Hot lunch was a mixed blessing. I loved the food (and still get nostalgic when I smell a school lunchroom...lol), but my mom would tie my lunch money in a hankie and pin it to my dress. She tied the knot so tight, I had a terrible time getting it untied! I used to love it when she made me lettuce sandwiches, usually on the weekends. Just the ubiquitous white bread, mayo, and iceberg lettuce. I still like them! I also like the baloney and potato chip sandwich, and Fritos are good on tuna salad...yum. Tuna salad is also good on raisin bread, and, believe it or not, something I learned by accident one day at work, after the "roach coach" came by, was that barbecue potato chips taste great with chocolate milk! Who knew....8-) I also remember the wonderful new invention that I tasted at a neighbor's house one day. It was Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup, reconstituted from the packets. We were astounded at this modern miracle! <br /><br />Thanks for the walk down memory lane! It was fun<br /><br />xo LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-6734936200209644512012-08-30T10:09:44.878-04:002012-08-30T10:09:44.878-04:00We lived across the street from school so went hom...We lived across the street from school so went home everyday. If there was something special going on we took our lunch in a brown bag with 3 pennys tied in the corner of a cloth hankie for our milk.<br /><br />Robin in Washington State<br />assweetaspeaches hotmailRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449681191160001700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-69816101301101455202012-08-30T10:07:02.282-04:002012-08-30T10:07:02.282-04:00In grade school, I had the metal red plaid lunchbo...In grade school, I had the metal red plaid lunchbox, but brown bagged it in junior high. My mom always put those short little thermos jars in with fruit cocktail or pudding! We usually had a pb&j or sometimes a splurge of the Buddig lunchmeat. Sometimes mom would put a little handful of chocolate chips and mini marshmallows in folded up wax paper. We never had baggies or plastic wrap....that was too expensive.....it was always waxed paper. Later, in high school, I remember all my friends going crazy for my mom's turkey salad sandwiches after Thanksgiving, so she would make me several of those, and all 4 of my friends and I would eat them like they were dessert! They were awesome, and I make them now, too! My mom would bake every day when I was growing up, and when she did cakes, she always trimmed off the tops to make the layer even, and the trimmed off top would be made into a cake and frosting sandwich, and she's put wedges of that in our lunches, too! I used to do that for my kids, as well. They loved that the frosting didn't get stuck on the wrapper! reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822110311373036914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-46059926716610198872012-08-30T09:59:17.057-04:002012-08-30T09:59:17.057-04:00I had hot lunch through jr high then I packed my o...I had hot lunch through jr high then I packed my own lunch for high school. My mother did not cook so she was more than happy to pay for my hot lunch at school. Unfortunately she stoped wanting to pay in high school when I had a friend that would drive a group of us to a fast food place for lunch. Sigh...<br /><br />I pack my kids lunch even though he would love to eat hot lunch like so many of their classmates. Our school district has a central kitchen and trucks in food to each school from there. No more walking down the hall and smelling something good cooking in the cafeteria for the kids here. Plus the district thinks that breakfast means funnel cakes more often than not and the corn dog is stared on the menu as being the healthy lunch option. Good grief. I added it up and it comes to about $50 a month to feed one kid hot lunch everyday. I spend a fraction of that and I am able to send a healthy and enviable cold lunch with my kids. To some interest I add a little plastic cupcake ring in too. Every month or so I go the the grocery bakery and they sell me one or two of each new cupcake decorator rings they have in stock. I have quite the collection now and the kids LOVE the surprise in their lunch! whiskerchasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351958786710302173noreply@blogger.com