packed lunch for work

[terry_gardener]

i have started taking a packed lunch to work because the canteen is costing me a small fortune, we don't have a fridge but have 1 microwave for the full building to share.

last week i took meat and salad sandwiches but by the time lunch time came round they became little soggy. what do you have for lunch at work or any ideas what to take instead of sandwiches.

 

[Raging Squirrel]

Use an insulated cool bag with an ice pack tobstop soggyness

 

[Peteaud]

I take a packed lunch but i leave for work at 5.15 AM and my break is 2.00 PM so soggy is what i am used to.

although if i have cheese i take the pickle in a small tub.

 

[Maz]

Keep a shedload of dried food at work - e.g. noodles, rice, couscous, etc ready for you to just add boiling water.

 

[Noodley]

Porridge, boiled eggs, soup, oakcakes - also if you take sarnies then make sure anything likely to make it go soggy is not put on the sarnie until you are about to eat it e.g. keep salad in a sealed bag and add later.

 

[Archie_tect]

We always make enough pasta or chilli for tea to give us a couple of lunches each on top... then 2 minutes in a microwave. Same with home made soup.

 

[boybiker]

If your bothered about soggy sandwiches you obviously didn't push hard enough on the ride in hehe

 

[biggs682]

i am lucky enough to be able to go home for lunch for freshly a prepared lunch

 

[Paulus]

I have taken sarnies to work for the last 39 years. Keep them in a tuperware/ plastic sealable box and I find that most sandwiches stay pretty fresh all day.

 

[vernon]

last week i took meat and salad sandwiches but by the time lunch time came round they became little soggy. what do you have for lunch at work or any ideas what to take instead of sandwiches.

Don't put the salad into the sandwiches until you are ready to eat them.

 

[flatflr]

I used to get a 5kg pack of chicken breasts from the local butchers and roast 5 of them each sunday, slice up one per day, add salad, pack in sealable box in a cool bag. Healthy and much cheaper than the previous works canteen Current works canteen is much cheaper so it soup (hand made) and a roll.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Cup a soup and a cob
Easy to make , just boil the kettle , a bread cob to dip in , job done

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Cup a soup and a cob
Easy to make , just boil the kettle , a bread cob to dip in , job done

My mother used to work on a bread van. One day she had an order of "24 Cobs" to be delivered, she turned up with 24 "cottage loaf" style loaves of bread, the customer ( who had moved here from Cardiff) was expecting 2 dozen crusty rolls.
Dangerous thing language.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

I have taken sarnies to work for the last 39 years. Keep them in a tuperware/ plastic sealable box and I find that most sandwiches stay pretty fresh all day.

About ten years ago I found myself a single father with a teenage son, no or little money, but unwilling to expose him to the degradation* of " Free" school meals. So I found myself making sarnies for him and me. It was horrible, they never went away, I was either eating sandwichs, makeing them, buying stuff to go in them, or thinking about what to buy ( that was not boring) to put in them.


Children had to line up outside the school office, every day, at lunchtime to get their " Free" ticket, then join the back of the line for dinner.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...oakcakes...

Mmmmmm oatcakes.