By Bev Davis
Although many children have the option of cafeteria meals, many still like to take a lunch to school.
Maybe it’s because of the cool lunch boxes available or the fun of trading lunch items among friends or maybe it’s just the love of a good sandwich made exactly the right way.
“You take one piece of bread and put a lot of butter on it,” said Jeremy Nash, 7, of Oak Hill. “Then you take the other slice of bread and put some mustard on it. You take a piece of ham, or maybe two, if they’re thin, and put it on the mustard side. Then you put a lettuce leaf on the ham and put exactly three dill pickle slices in a triangle on top of the lettuce. Then you put a piece of Swiss cheese on the bread with the butter on it and have your mom put it in the microwave for a few seconds. She won’t let me use the microwave. Then when the bread is warm and the butter and cheese is melted just a little bit, you put the sandwich together and eat it.”
Jeremy doesn’t usually have his sandwich sliced either diagonally or in the middle. “I like to just hold the whole sandwich and eat it,” he said.
Audrey Smith, 5, a preschool student at United Methodist Temple in Beckley, said she likes all kinds of food, but always chooses bologna as her favorite lunch sandwich. “We can choose one or two slices. I always choose two, and I like mayonnaise on it.”
Audrey broke in a new Hannah Montana lunch box by telling her mom what to pack for the next day’s lunch and snacks. Her menu included a salad with ranch dressing, a boiled egg, some chips, apple slices, a slice of cheese, a small cookie and a fruit drink.
With a busy schedule that includes dancing and participating in pageants, Audrey said she didn’t have time to shop for the new lunch box.
“My mommy picked that out all by herself,” she said.
Students in Carmen Gore’s after school class at The Place in Beckley shared their recipes for their favorite lunches. We’ve left their spelling as they submitted it.
Each student was asked two questions:
- If you could pack your own lunch tomorrow, what would you put into it?
- Write down step-by-step instructions on how to make your favorite sandwich.
Here’s what they said.
Nathan Daniels, 61⁄2, would pack muffins, fruit rollups and a peanut butter sandwich.
“You take two pieces of bread and put the peanut butter in the middle of the bread and heat it all up.”
Reghan Mollohan, 6, would pack “stoderrys, chips and a broney, ham and muster sandwich.” He puts muster on the bred and adds the ham.
Maddie Scarbro, 8, would pack “chips, cakes, a sandwisy, a drink and a napkin. Step one is to take bread. Step two is to add ham. Step three is to add some cheese, and step four is to add another bread.”
Zach Maynor, 7, said he would pack chips, piza, a sub, fruit and pooding. For his favorite sandwich, Zach would “take bread, add bacan, tomates, letus, manaus and bread.”
Zach Brown, who listed his age as “old enough,” would pack “ham, mayo, blone, bread and goods.”
“Take bread, ham, mayo, blone, and eat that. Then eat the goods last.”
Kaitlyn Brown, 6, would “take bread, mayo and blone” to make her sandwich and top off her lunch with a can of pop.
Chef Michele Stalnaker, consultant for Pasquale’s and The Char, offered these recipes for a more substantial lunch and snack.
