To think this might be the worst packed lunch ever?

[AttackCat]

I told DS he had pasta salad for lunch. This evening he asked why we’d given him “funny mashed potato” instead.

Turns out the pasta salad was still in the fridge and he’d been eating a tub full of fat I’d saved for the birds

Has anyone sent their child to school with anything worse or our we officially the worst parents on Mumsnet?

Ahahahahahaha!!!! Oh dear. What did he do?!

This is like the fat balls thread of tears ago.

I'm surprised you didn't get a confused call from the school receptionist!!

You're not bad parents at all, it was a mistake. Now, had you intentionally sent him to school with fat ball mix, that would be a different story

Ugghhhh, did he eat it?

This made me laugh 😂

Look up classics and the fat ball thread.

Pha ha ha hahahaha! O no! What a gross nightmare to eat! Hahaha! Poor lad! Hahaha! The thought of it has cracked me up!

We sent our son to school with a tub of margarine once

Hahahaha! Oh dear, bless you and your wee boy! 😂

My brother once opened his lunchbox at school to find therein a banana that was past its best covered in biscuit crumbs.

There was no excuse for this other than my mum was a very very busy woman, and a bit scatty. Brother was only very little at the time so a banana and a few biscuits might have (just about) been an adequate lunch as a one-off. But the biscuits didn’t survive the journey being swung about by a 5 year-old, so a crumb-coated banana was lunch that day.

Just to add: I believe the school kitchen found him a sandwich to eat.

Oh god yes the fat balls thread, how could I forget! Keeping bird food in the fridge is clearly hazardous!

Crying with laughter here - you definitely win the award for the worst packed lunch ever

Thank you for making me laugh today 😂😂😂incredible. I do feel sorry for your boy though!!

@Brainwashed

We sent our son to school with a tub of margarine once

This makes me feel better!

DS does need fattening up to be fair, not sure this was the way to go about it.

I'm impressed he ate it!
I got home today to find out my 12 Yr old hadn't picked up his lunch so he got nothing from home! Thankfully he always has some credit on his school account, so he went to the canteen.

My mum used to love saved fat, she'd dip bread in it, spread it on toast etc 😂 Maybe DS didn't mind it OP?

I had a bit of a rep for sending my kids to school with sandwiches made from mouldy bread.

In my defence, I did try to pick all the bits of mould off before I made the sandwiches. Obviously missed a few. Happened more than once

A friend's mum used to batch-assemble peanut butter sandwiches and freeze them, then put them in my friend's lunch.

@IDidntKnowItWasAParty

My mum used to love saved fat, she'd dip bread in it, spread it on toast etc 😂 Maybe DS didn't mind it OP?

DH argues that dripping on toast is a delicacy. It’s not something that’s tempted me!

Omg!!!! That is hilarious 😂 oh wow, be prepared for an upset tummy!

When I first clicked on the thread I thought I would be able to beat whatever it was you were going to say….oh how wrong was I?!

DH once sent DD to school with a mince meat sandwich…the mince meat you make Christmas mince pies with. He has also added some of the mince meat to cream crackers.

Yours is worse!

This made me laugh out loud

What happened ? Did he eat it? Did he get a school dinner ?

I’ve not checked to see how much he’s eaten yet - he’s a fussy eater who often comes home with one bite taken from a sandwich, so I don’t think he saw anything particularly unusual about the whole incident. Just another lunch he wasn’t keen on!