ot-how do u send hot lunch to school?

[dana1003]

my girls will be starting full day kindergarten and id like to send stuff like pasta and chicken but i cant see them trying to fish that out of a thermos?do they make wide thermoses?or is there something else i can buy that willkeep the food warm for a few hours? they dont have a caf where they can buy food...thanks.

 

[Alesia]

Honestly, I'd just stick to cold lunches. It's pretty much impossible to keep a hot lunch above 140 degrees. If it gets any cooler than that, you risk food poisoning.

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

I've never stuck a thermometer in there...and I'm almost curious enough to try it...but we have some containers that keep things very warm. I've eaten lunch with my children and the food has always been hot and steaming even when they've opened it up. They make containers with a wider opening and aren't as deep as a thermos..that's what we have. DD has never been big on sandwiches...so I have to get creative sometimes.

 

[MickeyMom2Boys]

We have the Thermos Funtainers and love them. They have a wide mouth and are very good at keeping things hot/cold. Toys R Us, Target & Walmart carry them.

http://www.thermos.com/product_catalog.aspx?CatCode=LUNC&SubcategoryID=40&ViewAll=true

 

[SamandJakes Mom]

We have the Thermos Funtainers and in the morning I boil water in microwave and pour in thermos and keep it there for about 20 minutes then i heat the food and put in thermos and it keeps the food very warm, enough that my son asked me to cool of a little bit LOL

 

[bratmomma]

We bought swallower, wider mouthed, thermos type containers at my grocery store in the section where they sell bakeware/foil pans, etc. I am pretty sure they have Spaghettio's graphics on them, but they can obviously be used for anything hot.

As a PP stated, its good to put a hot liquid into the thermos first to "warm up" the insulation. That way no heat is taken from the food to stablize the warmth.

 

[Chelley00]

We have the Thermos Funtainers and love them.

Us too!

One morning I packed DD a hot dog in one of these and added boiling water. I went to drop papers off at her school and went to sit with her during lunch. When she opened up her Funtainer, the hot dog was still steaming!

 

[annagirl]

Yep - that's what I do with hot foods - heat the thermos first then add the hot food.

Make the food spoonable and they can eat right out of the thermos.

 

[dkbnyc]

ditto on the Thermos Funtainers- they are great

 

[princessmom29]

At our school hot food is not allowed b/c of a scalding hazard. I can't see that happening with a thermos, but does it really stay hot for 4 hours until lunch?? The teachers are not allowed to heat anything for students, and I would think it would be cold by lunch.