Comments on: Thinking Out of the Box, As it Were http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Thu, 17 May 2012 13:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Frontier Former Editor http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Frontier Former Editor Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:11:11 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-191 As long as it isn'r dented, bloated or labeled as containing some liquid or semi liquid foodstuff. But then again, fermented fruit cocktail in heavy syrup could make a great apertif. As long as it isn’r dented, bloated or labeled as containing some liquid or semi liquid foodstuff.

But then again, fermented fruit cocktail in heavy syrup could make a great apertif.

]]> By: Glinda http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Glinda Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:00:17 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-190 My mother is certain to have something around that vintage in her pantry. As long as it wasn't dented, it should be ok, right? ;) My mother is certain to have something around that vintage in her pantry. As long as it wasn’t dented, it should be ok, right? ;)

]]> By: Frontier Former Editor http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Frontier Former Editor Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:34:06 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-189 They're probably deadly opened - you feel safe trying something canned in 1983? They’re probably deadly opened – you feel safe trying something canned in 1983?

]]> By: Glinda http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Glinda Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:35:58 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-187 FFE- You are so persuasive, I almost feel like going out and trying to buy some! Are they still out there? I imagine they are more valuable unopened than in my stomach, though. FFE- You are so persuasive, I almost feel like going out and trying to buy some! Are they still out there? I imagine they are more valuable unopened than in my stomach, though.

]]> By: Frontier Former Editor http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Frontier Former Editor Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:29:26 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-181 And C-rats are a whole different experience from MRE's - the canned fruit alone is a different dimension . . . And C-rats are a whole different experience from MRE’s – the canned fruit alone is a different dimension . . .

]]> By: Frontier Former Editor http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Frontier Former Editor Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:28:09 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-180 Even at age 6 I was a closet Warholic and Oldenburgian - I had a breadloaf metal lunchbox with a Campbell's Soup thermoss Even at age 6 I was a closet Warholic and Oldenburgian – I had a breadloaf metal lunchbox with a Campbell’s Soup thermoss

]]> By: Glinda http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Glinda Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:04:30 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-172 me- Then I guess something like Lunchables would be perfect for your kids (whenever they arrive). Or maybe you should look into them for yourself! ;) Ninjarina- You were lucky to get the best parts of dinner instead of the leftovers! Usually if I got leftovers for lunch, it was some sort of unidentifiable mass by the time I got around to eating it. me- Then I guess something like Lunchables would be perfect for your kids (whenever they arrive). Or maybe you should look into them for yourself! ;)

Ninjarina- You were lucky to get the best parts of dinner instead of the leftovers! Usually if I got leftovers for lunch, it was some sort of unidentifiable mass by the time I got around to eating it.

]]> By: Ninjarina http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Ninjarina Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:13:29 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-170 I came from the ghetto where everyone was poor enough to get free lunch every day during the school year. Having your mom pack lunch for you was a luxury since a lot of kids came from single parent families. If your kids complain about your cooking, you can tell them that they've got it good and don't have to eat government lunch. I guess I'm just not used to complaining as a kid about food b/c when I actually got a packed lunch, it was the best parts of dinner (mom always picked out the best pieces of food to go into the lunch box before serving the dish for dinner) on top of rice in a cleaned out plastic take out box. The box was reheated in the morning, put in a supermarket shopping bag and I was sent to summer school. I hope I don't get cancer from ingesting all that melted plastic over the years. Chinese people don't really believe in Tupperware :( I came from the ghetto where everyone was poor enough to get free lunch every day during the school year. Having your mom pack lunch for you was a luxury since a lot of kids came from single parent families. If your kids complain about your cooking, you can tell them that they’ve got it good and don’t have to eat government lunch.

I guess I’m just not used to complaining as a kid about food b/c when I actually got a packed lunch, it was the best parts of dinner (mom always picked out the best pieces of food to go into the lunch box before serving the dish for dinner) on top of rice in a cleaned out plastic take out box. The box was reheated in the morning, put in a supermarket shopping bag and I was sent to summer school. I hope I don’t get cancer from ingesting all that melted plastic over the years. Chinese people don’t really believe in Tupperware :(

]]> By: me http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-167 me Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:47:01 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-167 I can barely bring myself to pack my own lunch. If I have kids, there is no way that I'll have the energy or the time to put that much effort into their lunches along with my own. I can barely bring myself to pack my own lunch. If I have kids, there is no way that I’ll have the energy or the time to put that much effort into their lunches along with my own.

]]> By: Glinda http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Glinda Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:04:13 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/08/29/thinking-out-of-the-box-as-it-were/#comment-159 rain- don't you wish we could have kept all of the crap we had as kids? then we'd be rich! Ginger- I actually never had any lunches to buy at school. Once a month, they had "Hot Dog Day" and that was it. rain- don’t you wish we could have kept all of the crap we had as kids? then we’d be rich!

Ginger- I actually never had any lunches to buy at school. Once a month, they had “Hot Dog Day” and that was it.

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