The Bento Craze
I’m going to try and get my second #NaBloPoMo posted a couple of hours before the deadline this time. My last post was furiously written at a couple of minutes to midnight.
I can’t really explain it, but there is a strange connection between being a web geek and bento boxes. I can’t help but see them up there with cupcakes, Rick Astley and cats with captions. Bentos are exciting for foodie bloggers, foodie blog readers, or lovers of cute cooking. I guess they even appeal to those strange people who don’t like different food groups to touch. Beans on one plate, potatoes on another? How odd. Me, I’m more of a mix and match kind of eater.
Even still, the bento has been on my 101 in 1001 list for the last two years. I’ve yet to tackle that item. The odd time, I’ll take a look at eBay to seee what I could buy, but can never justify the price. When writing my list I though that if I put a bit of effort into the way that I presented my food, it would make me more conscientious or frugal even. The plan was that I would make my lunches for work each day instead of heading to the shop or café. Over those last two years however, I have started taking my lunch to work. I just use tupperware or saved take-away plastic containers. It’s silly really, by not spending 30 euro or so on a fancy lunch box, I’ve probably taken a step towards frugality. If I let myself buy that, what would be next, fancy light-saber chopsticks or a burger phone. (Well, maybe I caved, and bought the last one (; ). So, I’m changing the task on my list, I’m not allowed to buy a bento, and I’ll think twice about falling for cute cooking, but I can still oogle them on Bento Lunches and Just Bento.
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