Comments on: Bento…… Nostalgia??

By: Appliejuice

Appliejuice — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:03:42 +0000

I love bentos! Each of my girls have one. You can read about it here
http://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/lunch-and-snacks/

I am in the process of deciding if I want to purchase a Tiffin for myself. LOL Anyhoo, your mom sounds wonderful. My mother was not like that at all. We bought our lunch. Chocolate milk cost 10 cents, and a cheeseburger cost 25 cents. The cheeseburger came open faced in a box and the teacher would put it in the microwave (this was before home microwaves), and zap it for a minute or two. I thought I was in heaven, having cheeseburger five days a week with chocolate milk. LOL I think I would rather have had your lunches.
Do you ever trade? I’ll give you my plastic cheeseburger for a stuffed tomato or some homemade cheese crackers. No, ok, how about the recipe for the cheese crackers then?
Seriously, your mother sounds wonderful. What a blessing.

Yes, I would love to trade! LOL!
I would have been equallt enthralled with a hamburger every day.
A Tiffin, huh? I had to look that up. Actually, I have seen those but in the Amish stores and communities around here they are just called ’stainless steel stacking lunch boxes’! LOL!
I have often thought I’d love to have one, but its the idea of having it more than actually having a need for one.
Sylvia

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:28:48 +0000

Your mom sounds like a wonderfully creative woman - I’m inspired to get more creative with lunch-packing. I actually bought my husband a Mr. Bento for his birthday. He loves it - even if he doesn’t get cout-outs and fun shaped foods. This is what his lunches are mostly like: http://sara-at-home.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-mr-bento.html

I love the coffee can lunch tote - that would be a great keepsake!

Sara, I like the Mr Bento thing! We have a store here that sells things like that, I may go and peruse a while to find something for my hubby.
Love
Sylvia

By: mumsflowers

mumsflowers — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:43:52 +0000

In three ways I can relate:
1. I collected rocks…still have ‘em.
2. I’ve always been a bit…different.
3. H. presented me with a bento…gee, I think it was for Mother’s Day. It is sooo cute. H. does the bento thing better than me. She has the little animal cutouts for cheese, makes rice balls, and has some sort of contraption to shape boiled eggs.

…we really need to visit on a porch glider some day, with sizzling cold sweet tea… Ha!

I am definitely all about cold, sweet tea! Yes, I have always thought we had a lot in common, your post just reenforces that.
And I still have my rocks! We could compare rock collections. Of course my children love my rock collection but most people are less than interested. LOL!
Love
Sylvia

By: suchtreasures

suchtreasures — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:31:31 +0000

This is fascinating, Sylvia. Your Mother was a treasure! If only she knew… I have never heard of bento before. I think it is neat that you were self-confident enough to buck the norm day after day. Did you never ask your mom if you could just be normal? From what you wrote, it sounds like you didn’t care about the norm, but were comfortable the way you were and the way you were raised.

Those lunches… wow! No wonder you go above and beyond to make pretty foods (albeit simple) for your family. You’re carrying on your Mother’s tradition.

Love, Wardeh

Oh Wardeh, I don’t think I ever thought I wasn’t normal until I was a teenager. I remember telling her once when I had done something or other that was typical teen misbehavior that I was just an ordinary teen and she said, “No, you’re not! You’re extraordinary and don’t forget it.” LOL! Not until years later did I really understand that I thought and behaved differently than the majority. Yes, she was a treasure and I am thankful for my years with her.
Love
Sylvia