The Adolescent Boy: Mom, could you not make me a ham and cheese sandwich tomorrow?
Me: I don't know.
The Adolescent Boy: The cheese gets warm and melty by lunchtime and it's gross.
Smart Sister: Do you have an ice pack you can put in the their lunches?
Me: An ice pack?
Smart Sister: For a lunch cooler...oh forget it, look who I'm talking to.
Me: I have some frozen chicken breasts. We could put one of those in a Ziploc baggie and use that for an ice pack.
Smart Sister: Oh, Jesus Christ.
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My son went through 5th grade with melty lunches till I finally wised up and bought an ice pack. But eventually (w years later) it burst.
Then a couple months ago I found a lunchbag with ice packs built in. If he remembered, we could stick it in the freezer at night.
Guess what? He lost it the last week of school. Back to melty lunches this fall! Not my fault!
Which is why everyday for the last 5 years Joe has had a ham and tomato sauce sandwich - NO cheese - even with an icepack he says it gets melty..
okay...so color me silly, but....why not throw some frozen green beans in a baggy and by the time lunch rolls around? the sandwich is still cool and the beans have thawed and VOILA! Sandwich AND a veggie!!
Hey, it works over here.
Smart Sister cracks me up. She reminds me of my son. Loves to make fun of me. Like yesterday when I told my youngest to drink his mac & cheese. They crucified me over that one.
Bwah ha ha ha... an ice pack? I will make you a fresh sandwich everyday AD.
Love Vin
I, too, am part of the Warm and Melty Lunch Club. Hey, I figure it's better than an EMPTY lunchbox. ;) It's as much as I can handle. ;)
Melty cheese isn't too bad in comparison to thawed and melty chicken breast!
Put a cold pop in with it- that'll keep it cold. I'm a mean mom (according to them)and make my kids eat school lunch because, not only do we not have an ice pack, I am too lazy to make 3 different sandwiches to their exacting specifications each day and get too annoyed when their lunch boxes come home practically still full of spoiled food- or never come home because they lose them at school. Sorry kids, it's sloppy joes for you!
That made me laugh so hard.
For multiple reasons and I had a clever comment until I saw the Pollock widget and have been drawing and clicking ever since and now my brain has gone blank.
OK, so today I'm eating my sandwich and all I could think is "Man, I wish I'd put a frozen chicken breast in my lunch pack so my cheese wouldn't be all melty!"
Bag of frozen peas... isn't that what they're there for?
I used to freeze the sandwiches the night before, until Boy 1 figured out that made it into a lovely hockey puck to hurl at people.
Bag of frozen peas... isn't that what they're there for?
I used to freeze the sandwiches the night before, until Boy 1 figured out that made it into a lovely hockey puck to hurl at people.
So, now that I have caught up with these missives, and there is evidence that you know there are an unusual quantity of empty food boxes throughout your kitchen, (along with a rusty can opener and an entire matched set of clearly never-used pyrex baking dishes) why are they still there? Wasn't it you who just said denial is a painfully powerful force?
You make this flaky girl feel right at home and somewhat organized.
Bless you.
Make him a grilled cheese sandwich. It's *supposed to be* melty. And then you can be, all, I *meant* to do that.
The best aunt ever would freeze capri suns and then you don't have to bring anythink home :o)and yes i thought of that
Been there, but back then, no ice packs. Three kids managed to grow into three adults, even with melty cheese (that is not allowed to touch the mustard).
haha!! i love that you title her 'smart sister'
My kids were just grateful I remembered to pack their lunches!
As the ugly uncle would say, "travel light, carry cash"
MAS
It is time for our son to make his own lunches.
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And then if someone at school breaks their toe...
you're killing me...
Yeah, pack him a bologna sandwich. No mush, no fuss.
frankly, i think your suggestion was brilliant.
damn brilliant.
Move to the Pacific NW where things don't actually get melty by lunchtime but if they did, I would give you one of my ice packs...
That sounds exactly like something I would do. Smart sister just may not be as smart as she thinks.
I'm just sayin'.
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