Jan 24

A lunchtime I won’t be able to do much once I buy this house

I was pressed for time so I thought I’d walk to the garage rather than drive to Heslington village for my lunch. They do hot pies there so I picked the chicken and mushroom bake, got told it was really a steak bake, paid nearly a fiver for that and a carton of tropicana orange juice, and set off back to work, discovering it was a cheese-and-onion-style-product bake.

Having devoured that and found no nutritious value, I popped into B&Q for a panini to supplement it. They were down to two, a bacon and cheese one or a mozarella and tomato one. I went for the latter, and it wasn’t till I’d paid Â£5.50 for that and a slice of chocolate cake and set off in a hurry for the office that I discovered it had been microwaved rather than griddled like you’re supposed to with paninis. The result was lots of cheese and flour and a little vitamin C for about Â£10. Gah! Would have been better off dining in a proper restaurant!

7 comments so far...

stu Said on January 24th, 2006 at 16:30:

1) Does work have a microwave? If so, you can get one of those pork farms mysterious substance touted to be chicken and bacom pasties and microwave it. Â£1.49.

or

2) Samwidges. Made in your kitchen the night before. 20p each.

:)

I tend to make a huge bollocknaise at the weekend (500g of mince) and freeze it in portions (5-8 depending on the amount of veg in there). Then when pressed for time, just grab one out of the freezer and microwave at work.

Of course, if work doesn’t have a microwave, you are moderately stuffed.
sweavo Said on January 24th, 2006 at 16:35:

To make sandwiches the night before I would not need a microwave but some bread and a time machine.
stu Said on January 24th, 2006 at 16:39:

Not today. In general :)
kate Said on January 24th, 2006 at 16:54:

heheh! If U cooked your own evening meals then you could do double quantity and then take left overs for lunch the next day.

But hang on a minute, what am I saying…left-overs…what left-overs ;-)

I need to get into the habit of taking in my own lunch, but I really love having a baked potato for lunch. I was thinking of trying to bake a supply at home and then taking them in and bunging them in the microwave to reheat. Not sure how they’ll taste though.
lordhutton Said on January 24th, 2006 at 17:20:

I have trained M to make my sandwich. I dont know how I did it, but it makes me feel
jolly patriarchal. Then again, she likes to do it and we share the rest of the
chores. Lunch at the pub sounds cheaper than what you did.
namke Said on January 24th, 2006 at 20:36:

It’s quite pleasant having a canteen at work. That’s all :)
Lorri Said on January 26th, 2006 at 09:09:

Heh, I’m definitely on to a good thing. Two words…Free lunches