What? Not another new bento box?

[dreamshark]

Well, not exactly. I've had this one for a long time, but it used to be blue.  Blue with a cracked top. So my local Tupperware dealer made it disappear and replaced it with the latest color. Which is apparently that same color of orange that was so popular in the 70's along with Avocado and Harvest Gold. Go figure. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's starting to grow on me. I'm really glad the top is a nice opaque white instead of more orange. The whole effect is rather like a Creamsicle, which isn't a bad association. Anyway, this is a very nice design that Tupperware has offered for years and years but is now apparently trying to kill. It doesn't appear in their catalogs and is practically impossible to find on their website unless you already know that it goes by the godawful name of "Lunch 'n' Things."  I appreciate the 4 fixed compartments now that I have discovered the downside of movable dividers (stuff leaks under the divider). It's an awfully big box, however. About the only way to fill it up with a lunch for one person is to use a LOT of salad greens. 

I've gotta use the car-shaped egg molds more often - they have a nice way of turning any bento lunch into a story.

New Box - Tupperware Lunch 'n' Things (Mar 29, 2010) Brand new replacement for my old blue box with cracked lid. Four fixed compartments inside. Microwavable.

New Tupperware Creamsicle - Maiden Voyage (Mar 30, 2010) Crispy pork bun, Laughing Cow cheese wheel. Spinach salad with molded egg, strawberries, avocado, deli turkey. More spinach with olive/feta cheese mixture (from Kowalski's salad bar). Mini-toasts (from Lunds).Rare yellow-headed bear has fallen from the rocks above onto the road, crushing the cars. But when the drivers break him open they will find sinfully delicious poppy-seed dressing (also from Kowalski's).

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[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

What do your coworkers think of your bento lunches? Have they ever commented on them?

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Most of them are fascinated by the whole project. Well, I suppose it ranges from mildly intrigued to temporarily fascinated to horrified (that was the sensitive vegan co-worker who caught me slicing an ear off my first Mickey Mouse egg. Scarred for life, the poor thing).

One co-worker who is especially fond of food started putting together bento-like lunches from the stash of little bowls and containers she had at home. We showed off our lunches to each other for a couple of weeks, but she drifted away from it as real life caught up to her. Several people were interested enough that I sent them links to bento sites. I really only got one other person to join me in my hobby - ssussminh. It was more of a renewed interest for her, however. She already had a couple of bento boxes and had stopped using them. We're egging each other on, shopping for more bento stuff.