Sometimes kids became kind of known for having a particular item. Sometimes there were trades and deals made.
We all compared what we had in our home lunches. I had a yellow plastic lunch box with Peanuts characters on it. I can still remember fuzzy memories of my young grade school years in the cafeteria. I’m guessing because long before fancy insulated and compartmentalized lunch bags, plastic and even the old metal lunch pails, students brought their lunch from home in a handy dandy paper sack. With this week being back to school week for us, I can’t help but be reminded of those grade school days where the teacher would go through attendance, announcing each student’s name and the student had to respond with “Hot” or “Cold.” This was not referring to the temperature of the classroom, the response was regarding if they were having a school lunch “Hot” or if they brought in their own lunch from home “Cold.” Sometimes this “Cold” lunch is also referred to as “Sack” lunch.
