utensil reuse for lunchbox?

FibbersCloset wrote in :

Pencil box?

Or a box sold to put a toothbrush in for traveling.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

Carolyn Jean Fairman wrote:

Robyn Kozierok wrote:
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Carolyn Jean Fairman wrote:

I'm at a total loss. I need some way to send a fork and a spoon to
school with my son where the fork/spoon are reusable and come back
home and the *container* is also reuable. I just can't stand sending
utensils out in a little plastic baggie every single day. It drives
me nuts to toss the baggie at the end of the day. I want some sort of
hard case I can stuff utensils into that then goes into the dishwasher
with the fork and spoon.

What's wrong with loose in the lunchbox? Works for us...

Call me a neatnik but a loose spoon before eating would get dirty and
then *after* applesauce, yogurt, etc, a loose spoon would get the
inside of the lunchbox dirty.

I just want some plastic case that would isolate the utensils before
and after use. Loose wouldn't work for me.

--Carolyn


I clean the inside of DD's lunchbox everyday otherwise it's gets pretty
funky inside. I also just throw in the utensils loose everyday. DD does
get a cloth napkin (as a "placemat") and two paper napkins. She can
wrap the utensils in the cloth napkin.

Jeanne

BTW, one of the other great uses of those Clorox Wipes that come in what looks
like a baby wipe container.....
We use them on the inside of the lunchbox pretty often.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:18:45 EST, (Carolyn Jean
Fairman) wrote:


I'm at a total loss. I need some way to send a fork and a spoon to
school with my son where the fork/spoon are reusable and come back
home and the *container* is also reuable. I just can't stand sending
utensils out in a little plastic baggie every single day. It drives
me nuts to toss the baggie at the end of the day. I want some sort of
hard case I can stuff utensils into that then goes into the dishwasher
with the fork and spoon.

What's your lunchbox made of? Our high school kids take/took various
Rubbermaid containers with lots of compartments. They put them in the
dishwasher once or twice a week. One compartment is big enough for a
teaspoon or pie fork.

Louise

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In some places, metal utensils may not be allowed. Especially knives
of course.

In any case, instead of putting the things in a plastic baggie, why
not just wrap the eating part in a bit of saran wrap to be discarded
at school.

I always sent the kids lunches in a paper bag and didn't expect
anything to come back. I only sent a thermos or something that would
come home with my dh who was responsible enough to remember to bring
stuff back. For preference, I would want them to eat the school lunch
as it was much less work for me.

(Carolyn Jean Fairman) wrote:


I'm at a total loss. I need some way to send a fork and a spoon to
school with my son where the fork/spoon are reusable and come back
home and the *container* is also reuable. I just can't stand sending
utensils out in a little plastic baggie every single day. It drives
me nuts to toss the baggie at the end of the day. I want some sort of
hard case I can stuff utensils into that then goes into the dishwasher
with the fork and spoon.

I found the 'Sassy' utenstil carrier but it seems to fit toddler sizes
forks and spoons not anything larger -- does anyone have this who can
give me the measurements? Second I found a lot of hello kitty
fork-spoon-chopstick combos in plastic containers but they are all $16
or more!

*Sigh* I really don't understand why this would be so hard to find.

--Carolyn

grandma Rosalie