What was in your packed lunch--as a child or adult? As a child --bologna sndwich with yellow mustard, apple. bought

[debm55]

milk.

[LakeArenal]

1. Oscar Mayer Boglona. The only one I would eat.

Loved tuna but embarrassed when she packed it for school.

She would have a Hostess something two.

[debm55]

2. We did the deli bolgona, Fridays during lent was an egg salad sandwich. TY LakeArenal.

[anciano]

3. As an adult worker at an oil refinery

I carried a classic aluminum lunch box with a ham and cheese sandwich, chips, cookies, and a thermos of coffee.

[debm55]

5. TY anciano, That sounds very good

[ms liberty]

4. PB&J, with blackberry or grape jelly only

Every day, for most of elementary school. I was a notoriously picky eater as a kid. I remember eating in the lunchroom once and being forced to stay until I finished my spinach, which I hated.
In junior high they had cuban sandwiches every day, and that suited me just fine!

[debm55]

6. Thank you , ms liberty. I like cuban sandwiches but I don't know if I could wat them everyday.

[sorcrow]

7. Peanut butter

As a kid, peanut butter and jelly. Or peanut butter and apple. Still part of my repertoire, though leftovers are first choice for a packed lunch. If there are no leftovers, my go to is some form of a burrito.

My other favorite as a child was cream cheese and olive. I'm making some today.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

[debm55]

14. We made PJ and jelly at home with a glass of cold milk to go along. Cream cheese with green olives or black. Sounds good

[woodsprite]

8. Bologna, P&P Loaf, or PB with Black Rasberry jelly

Once mom started freezing the juice boxes (Hi-C Slimer juice), she’d do tuna, ham, or egg salad. She’d always pack a bag of chips, cheese doodles, or a Tastykake, along with some fruit (apple, orange, or grapes).

[debm55]

15. Ty woodsprite. It sounds good. Love egg and tuna salad. Just had a apple to go with it.

[Demovictory9]

9. Bologna sandwich in the whitest softest bread

[debm55]

16. Ty you dimovictory9 No mustard?

[Demovictory9]

20. No mustard..i didnt like it as a kid

[mucifer]

10. PB and J and Fritos is what I remember

I would buy a half pint of milk at school for 4 cents

[Mr.Bill]

11. A sandwich with various lunchmeats

or peanut butter, thermos with some tomato soup in the winter, a cold drink in warmer weather.

What was more interesting was how it was packaged. Everything wrapped in waxed paper, if not a hard metal lunchbox, a brown paper bag that my mom folded neatly several times to close the top. New bag every day. For whatever reason, it seemed some kids had to re-use the bag until it was falling apart. They weren't poor kids, probably just had parents teaching them how to be thrifty.

[malthaussen]

12. PJ and cookies, generally.

In Brentwood, the elementary school sold milk only, with neighborhood mothers running the cash register. Because we had an hour for lunch (but no other recess period), it was possible to walk to the High School which had a real cafeteria, and we sometimes did that.

Then, when the family moved across the State, my schools all had real cafeterias, and the packed lunch became a thing of the past. I think lunch was like 25 or 35 cents.

-- Mal

[Runningdawg]

13. It depended on where I woke up - my house or grandmas.

My house - cereal and toast
Granny's house - boiled egg, fry bread, apple or orange, sometimes a piece of government cheese. She would wrap it all up in one of her old scarves.
I still have it.

[TlalocW]

17. Peanut butter and banana sandwich

And a Hostess Fruit Pie

[mike_c]

18. I always carried lunch money to school.

My mother didn't like preparing food, even simple bagged lunches. Truth be told, I much preferred the lunch ladies' meal anyway.

[lpbk2713]

19. In elementary school ...

I usually bought a bag of chips and a carton of milk and went outside and ate.
I didn't like the smell of the cafeteria. I can still smell it to this day.

[Niagara]

21. The only time I package a lunch (as a kid) was for the

Awesome field trips that we went on.


My field trip lunch consisted ofa refrigerated can of soft drink, a bologna sandwich and a small bag of potato chips.


In todays packed lunch, if I'm not intermittent fasting, I usually bring sliced green bell pepper rings, 2 mozzarella cheese sticks and a boiled egg for lunch.

Sometimes I might bring some plain walnuts or peanuts with me. There are times that I mix the nuts in a small reusable deli container, because I'm nutty sometimes.