[Drekkie]

Umm...when I was in High School I lived in poverty and thus off of free cafeteria food.

I now work in Mexico as a manager in a factory...all the factories have cafeterias, and as I'm a manager I get free cafeteria food...

I also go to school in the evenings...where I eat...you guessed it, cafeteria food.

I'm stuck in cafeteria hell.

Those bento boxes sure look tasty tho...

[Kaxiyu]

Originally Posted by bob

I'm curious though, how do those hard boiled egg molds work? Seems like high potential to be messy.

Not really. You have to put the eggs in the molds *right* after you boil them. A hot boiled egg is actually very very... I dunno.... Gelatin-like? Rubbery? It's certainly softer then one that's been cooled in ice water.

You have a higher chance of burning your hands with an egg right out of the hot water and trying to peel the shell off of a steaming egg then having the molds be really messy.

Although, I got around this by peeling the egg while it was submerged in lukewarm water.

Originally Posted by Drekkie

Those bento boxes sure look tasty tho...

Don't they?




Here's how the lunches look after they've been finished :P I took the pictures this time with my cell phone. The digital camera kinda died on me.

I made the rice into Onigiri again... I love making onigiri for some reason... I also cut out some stars from a fried egg to just add some embellishment on them. They were cut with a cookie cutter after I fried the egg XD;;

The Tamagoyaki, thankfully, turned out just fine... I was afraid that I'd screw up folding them (I have trouble with it sometimes) but it wasn't too bad.

I DID get my right hand burned frying the sausages/smokies. D= Stupid oil... My dad panicked when he saw me trying to nurse my hand with an ice pack this morning. Ugh. I probably won't be doing any extensive drawing today...

My friend is dang lucky I picked up her abandoned lunchbox >>;; I would never have done this otherwise... Typically I only cook food when I wanna try something new, making an "apology bento", if hte day is special, if someone forces me to (I've lost a bet where I was required to make a bento for someone) or when I'm really booorrreeeeddddd... and hungry.

[Paul]

:O

i dont eat lunch

no time and no money.

only thing i eat is usually a small to go breakfast (cup noodle) and maybe something decent for lunch.

But if not, i dont eat the entire day.

[blutengelfinale]

Since I usually sleep all day I don't eat much...ever, nor do I have much money to spend anyway. But when I was in highschool [I went to two different ones, btw] I did eat. The first high school was pretty awesome. I ate frito pie everyday, mmm soooo good, I wish I could have some now. But there were other lines: Pizza, Mexican, Regular, and one other one I never went to so I never bothered to take note. My other high school had crappy disgusting food, so I either stole my friends twinkies, or ate something from the vending machine...which was usually a Snickers and Dr. Pepper.

[osayidan]

I didn't have school lunches during high school. Cafeteria was putrid waste and going outside to play (european) Football was much more interesting than food. So i spent about 5 years with no lunches.

Now if i'm home at lunch time i eat an actual meal that i can cook, since i have my kitchen :3 But if i'm not home i'll tend to not eat.

[Boku-Tan]

I get out of school at 1,so I usually make something for myself like a small BLT or something o_o

-only posting now since school got canceled,thank you Flu!-

[Nintega]

Here's what I do:

Since my fridge is usually a barren freaking wasteland, I just go to school, hope for the best, and if there's nothing good, I starve. I usually don't have enough time for breakfast either.

[Blackmaged]

School lunches aren't THAT bad... although it definitely could be better.

Those bento boxes are looking delicious though o-o

[Paul]

school lunches are bad imo... i mean 2.25 for 1 hamburger? or some other crap? -.-

havent eaten for 2 days now.

[Nancy]

My school lets 10th-12th graders leave the building to go to lunch. So I'll either go to a nearby restaurant (Pizzeria, Deli, Home-food place, Fast-food place, Ice Cream store, Chinese/Japanese food place) to eat something, which costs $6 on average, I think.

School lunch has gotten more expensive every year. There is a Deli line, a Salad Bar, a Grill line, and a Snack line. The deli has sandwiches made to order, and the Grill line has fries, burgers, and lukewarm food that changes from day to day, sometimes good and sometimes not. The snack line has things like cookies, Pop-Tarts, funnel cake, and ice pops. Oh, and my high school has vending machines with things like Make-Your-Own Bagel/Tuna Salad/Chicken Salad. Lunch here costs me $3-$5.

I only bring lunch if I've gotten my hands on something very delicious that doesn't need to be kept warm.

Those bento pictures are really cute!