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2424.2 | blue ice in the lunchbox | MAMIE::RUSSO | | Mon May 21 1990 16:10 | 5 |
| I've seen soft lunch boxes for sale that have a slot in the bottom for
a blue ice. This would keep things cold until lunchtime. I can't
remember where I saw them though.
Mary
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2424.3 | | JAIMES::WHITCOMB | | Mon May 21 1990 16:14 | 6 |
| You can get those "blue ice" plastic pack things at Spag's for a very
small fee, (about $.75 for the small ones) or at any other variety-type
store.
J.
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2424.4 | You know best | MEMV02::JEFFRIES | | Mon May 21 1990 16:41 | 11 |
| I am always amazed at this question. You know best what your child
will eat, This is not the time to try to introduce the child to new
foods, one new experience at a time is is about all a preschooler can
handle. My only advice would be to make sure that what ever it is, make
sure the child can handle it by themselves. Cut things in peices that
can be eaisly handled. If your child eats peanut butter, there are
several things it can be served with/on such as bread, crackers,
celery, apples (dip apples in lemon juice and water first), bread sticks
or any other firm food item the the child might like. Cheese cut into
cubes, fresh fruit, raw vegtables, none of these things need a lot of
refrigeration. Avoid cold cuts and things with mayonaise.
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2424.5 | EASY solution | SALSA::PARKS | | Mon May 21 1990 17:23 | 7 |
| EASY!!
Freeze one of those boxes of juice the night before.
Put the box in with the lunch. It will keep things cool and be
thawed(or at least mostly thawed) in time for lunch.
This way you can send almost anything.
Becky
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2424.6 | Look at note #2139 | NATASH::ANDERSON | | Tue May 22 1990 09:41 | 15 |
| Terri:
I don't have small children at home - but when I did they got the
usual (peanut butter & jelly/marshmellow, tuna fish, egg salad,
meatloaf, etc. etc. and lots of pickles, raw vegetables) and
hostess cupcakes or twinkies on Yankee doodles (something like that).
Remember those things? We were lucky in that the school they went to
had a refrigerator that the kids could put there lunch boxes in -
providing there names were on their lunch bags/boxes!
I did find a note in here that may be of some help to you -
its #2139.
Marilyn
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2424.7 | | SMURF::FLECCHIA | | Tue May 22 1990 12:48 | 22 |
| Ah, welcome to the world of lunches!
My daughters preschool has asked us parents to please supply
a "healthy" lunch. Any sweets that are in the lunch box are
there again when we pick her up. (the school doesn't give
them - feels the kids get to hyper)
I always make lunch the night before, and like said in a note
earlier, I put the juice box in the freezer. I even put the
lunch box in the fridge.
I usually pack a fruit, veggies of some sort, a sandwich or
hardboiled eggs and yes even yogurt. So far nothing has come
back saying it went bad.
Have fun, use your imagination! The newest thing I added was
the small cups of applesauce. You thought I gave her $100
she was so excited ...
Karen
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2424.8 | Why not meat sandwhiches?? | ELWOOD::CHRISTIE | | Tue May 22 1990 13:21 | 17 |
| Why can't you do meat sandwhiches?? Is you child allergic to them.
All during grammar school I took my lunch and continued to do so in
high school because I didn't like their hot lunches. Roast beef,
tuna or egg salad, chicken, or bologna sandwhiches. Never worried
about refrigeration since they weren't out too long.
Oh, the old wives tale about mayonaise spoiling is just that. People
are more apt to get sick from the spoiled chicken or tuna than from
the mayonaise because of they way mayonaise is made. Has something
to do with the vinegar, I think.
Would recommend only 1/2 sandwhich though, or very small portions of
anything else in order not to have wasted food.
Linda
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2424.9 | more items | TOOK::CURRIER | | Tue May 22 1990 13:46 | 8 |
| Grapes, raisins, a piece of cheese pizza, small container of
applesauce,
jello cubes (made with extra gelatin are finger food), string cheese,
home made cookies and fruit breads, corn chips, pretzels, cold meat is
OK.
Most schools that your child will attend won't refrigerate lunches.
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2424.10 | GREAT IDEAS !! | LILLY::MCALLISTER | | Tue May 22 1990 14:35 | 29 |
| Thank you for all your wonderful ideas.
Replies to all who have responded:
he doesn't like Big Macs, but loves those fries....
I have never seen one of those bags, but I am going
to check it out and buy those blue freezer PACKS.
I will try the cut up fresh veggies, I know he likes
them..... I will also try cold cuts.....
I didn't even think of freezing the juice boxes, I
will give that a try also.....
They do provide snacks in the morning and afternoon.
I did get responds about mayo, some say it spoils and some say it
won't. I think I might stay away from that. (If I do use it, I
will put the packages in his lunch, and have him put it on his
sandwich himself.)
Again, I want to thank you all. Now I won't feel bad for not
having enough ideas.
Terri
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2424.11 | Don't believe old tales... | DUGGAN::MAHONEY | | Wed May 23 1990 10:56 | 21 |
| You can make MEAT sandwishes any time, believe me, I've made them for
30 years without a single case of even getting close to spoilage! My
three kids are lifing proof, the healthiest kids you could find and
they have always eaten fresh food prepared by me, they never had baby
food from jars but freshly cooked every time, they had had all kinds of
vegies and meat (including chicken liver, for being so rich in iron) by
the time they were 4 months old, at school ate everything I packed for
them and up to now... there is not a type of food they do not like...
When they refused to eat a certain food and said..."I don't like it,
Mommy" I answered... I know dear, you don't have to like it, you have
to eat it because is good for you... It worked like a charm! they now
eat enything under the sun.
Meat sandwish with mayonnaise is good, mayonnaise is acid (vinegar and
lemon juice) and helps keep food in contact with it. Peanut
butter/jelly is good too, Ham & cheese, tuna, cold cuts, omelettes,
including stuffed with ham/cheese... the list could be endless, use
your imagination, (peanut butter/banana was my daughter' favorite)
(potato/ham omelette, my boys', who has a huge apetite), I like the
best for last, plenty of soft cheese & quince preserve...Hummm
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2424.12 | Freeze the sandwiches | CADSYS::RICHARDSON | | Wed May 23 1990 13:26 | 13 |
| My mother used to make a bunch of sandwiches at the beginning of the
week and freeze them, usually mostly meatloaf sandwiches, and that's
what we ate. If the sandwich was taken out of the freezer in the
morning before school, by lunch time it had just thawed out. I used to
like "party rye" sandwiches (small, very thinly sliced rye bread with
caraway seeds), so sometimes I would also make a PB&J on the tiny rye
bread. And carrot sticks, of course! We mostly made sandwiches with
catsup and mustard on them; freezing them would probably make a mess if
you include mayo or lettuce.
I don't know why there couldn't be a refrigerator; even the day camps I
went to as a kid had a refrigerator for lunches.
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2424.13 | I agree with .8 and .11! | DOCTP::FARINA | | Wed May 23 1990 19:23 | 33 |
| RE: .8 and .11
Ditto! I've been wondering what all the fuss and bother is about. Are
the schools exceptionally warm these days? I took baloney or ham
sandwiches all the time, interspersed with the usual PB&J. I *never*
got sick. I bring lunches now, and sometimes forget to put them in the
fridge, and I've never gotten sick. And I've brought turkey and
chicken!
Mayonnaise will not spoil as quickly as most people believe. As
someone mentioned, the meat will go bad before the mayonnaise
(especially is you use commercial mayo - I don't know anybody who makes
homemade). It may discolor and separate if it becomes very hot, but a
couple of hours in a 68 degree classroom wouldn't do it.
One of my nephew's favorite lunches (mine, too!) is cold pizza slices.
You might want to send cut up pizza pieces with your little one.
There are so many preservatives added to our foods, the lunch won't go
bad quickly (hell, we used to bring hard boiled eggs and they weren't
refrigerated, either!).
One note on those juice boxes, though. I think they're an all around
bad idea, and so do many teachers. Little kids naturally clutch the
sides of the box, shooting the juice up through the straw and making a
mess. Then this can become a game!! And all that is if the kid is
lucky enough to have been able to get the straw out of the cellophane
and into the little hole in the box! And there's nothing recyclable
about them, making them an environmentally poor choice. The paper is
coated on the inside with foil and on the outside with plastic, and the
straw and its covering are plastic.
Susan
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2424.14 | | 4GL::ANASTASIA | Where is my mind? | Thu May 24 1990 09:35 | 31 |
| re: Mayo spoiling
I read a short article that said that mayo doesn't spoil quickly as
people think - something about the acidity of the vinegar was
mentioned. Homemade mayo is a concern, but people shouldn't worry so
much about store-bought stuff. If I remember correctly, the article
said inproper handling of the food that the mayo was added to is the
real problem. However, I think the this info was from the "mayo
lobby". I seem to remember there being some pamphlet you could send
for. From the John E. Cain company?
The article might have been in the food section of yesterday's Boston
Globe. I'll try to find it tonight and enter it tomorrow.
I don't have to worry about mayo spoiling, 'cuz I don't like mayo.
As far as other things spoiling, I never put my lunch in the fridge.
There isn't enough room in the fridges around my office. I bring
everything from salad to chicken sandwiches to last night's dinner
leftovers (but no mayo).
Peanut butter, orange marmalade (or raspberry jam), and banana
sandwiches on sturdy bread (no wonder bread for me, thank you) are
great. Just a little - about 2 tsp - marmalade or jam. Smucker Simply
Fruit line is good. Makes a great take-out breakfast too.
I agree on the comments about juice boxes. They can be really messy
and are an environmental nightmare.
-Patti
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2424.15 | re mayo | CSOA1::WIEGMANN | | Thu May 24 1990 14:08 | 9 |
| An Aside...
The mayo substitute I use is drained soft tofu, whipped in blender with
some dill and mustard, etc., to taste. Not nearly the fat of mayo and
no question of eggs. Can be used the same as mayo as a spread, or in
chicken and pasta salads.
TW
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2424.16 | Make it healthy! | LISVAX::COELHO | UIs are Zircon's best friends | Fri May 25 1990 14:29 | 39 |
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Hi Terri
I don't have kids myself (yet), but I remember my sister preparing
lunch for my niece when she was little...
Now that the warmer weather is coming, have you thought about sending
cold soup? I mean, a cream like soup, like carrot cream soup, that
tastes as well cold as hot? You can send it in a Tupperware container
and it won't spill. It is a very healthy type of food and not
difficult for your child to eat.
Maybe you can also use a Tupperware, or the like, glass (with lid) to
put the juice of the juice boxes inside (at home) instead of sending
the entire package.
Cherries are usually favorite among children (and adults...), and you
just have to wash them at home before sending. Melon or peaches sliced
into little pieces, they will keep perfectly in a container until lunch
if you arrange them in the morning.
Raw grinded carrots, I used to take them even to the University! Also,
sandwiches that mix different kinds of cheese and fruit, such as sliced
bananas, are firm favorites.
Another thing you can do is boil some fruit, such as apples and pears,
in water with little or no sugar. It won't spoil and it's healthy.
If my memory serves me correctly for when Rita was little, kids
usually prefer to eat items that are not too big. Therefore, you
can make two or three small sandwiches instead of a big one, varying
the fillings of each one. Make it a surprise everyday.
Hope these ideas help!
Eduarda
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