My mom didn't use Tupperware or other such containers. I don't know why. We used Saran wrap (plastic wrap) or repurposed containers (cottage cheese, sour cream, etc.). At some point in high school I started making my own lunches, consisting of little more than a peanut butter and jam sandwich. Eventually it was nothing but the sandwich. I ate a lot when I got home.
I didn't like how my sandwiches got squished in my backpack everyday. None of the old containers my mom saved were the right shape for putting sandwiches in. One day I came across a greeting card box that was the perfect size and shape. (I had probably used all the cards; I wrote a lot of letters in those days.) I painted the box with some old acrylics and used it to protect my lunch.
Several kids commented on my sandwich box. They were confused why I would put food in cardboard. I did wrap the sandwich in plastic first, I'm not a savage. I was confused why other people found it strange. I had made a solution to my problem, isn't that perfectly normal? So far as I knew, no one had invented Tupperware for sandwiches. I'd never been in that part of Walmart.
Today, I have lots of sandwich boxes. The store-bought, purpose-made, plastic kind that snap together. Pink ones, green ones, clear ones. Such luxury. Have I mentioned that my kids are spoiled?
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