# What's for lunch?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 20, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138 "2012-01-20T16:11:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/1 "2012-01-20T16:11:04Z")
I’ve been in a lunch food rut for years…every work day, a sandwich of deli meat and lettuce on whole wheat, with a side of yogurt. It’s getting old, but I haven’t found anything better yet. What have you got?
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/2 "2012-01-20T16:15:28Z")
Taco John’s Honey Habanero Baja Wings and Potato Oles.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/3 "2012-01-20T16:23:27Z")
Black Bean Burger with a side of roasted squash left over from dinner.
Tomato Basil Soup
Chili and cornbread
Just a few recent actual lunches for me.
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/4 "2012-01-20T17:45:59Z")
Leftover chicken/vegetable/barley stew.
Homemade bean and cheese burrito.
Cold rare steak with green salad.
Tuna salad served with Ak-Mak whole wheat sesame crackers.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/5 "2012-01-20T17:52:46Z")
Bought some olive bread at the supermarket bakery the other day along with some farmer cheese. Just finished off the last of it for lunch.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/6 "2012-01-20T18:00:08Z")
Leftover cornbread and black beans (from Wednesday’s dinner).
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/7 "2012-01-20T18:01:56Z")
Lunch fish ie., tuna sandwich.
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/8 "2012-01-20T18:17:07Z")
Lunch is almost always leftovers. That’s what they’re for.
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### Author:  [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/9 "2012-01-20T18:20:28Z")
Roasted leeks, roasted mushroom and gruyere quiche.
I can’t take cold lunches in the winter. Gotta be soup and hardboiled eggs or leftovers! But I think the OP is in Florida so it’s not too cold 😛
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/10 "2012-01-20T18:33:41Z")
Oh, I love leftovers, but then what do you eat for dinner on Friday night? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/11 "2012-01-20T19:16:50Z")
Leftover pizza. Deep-dish, Chicago style.
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### Author:  [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/12 "2012-01-20T19:21:04Z")
Unless I have leftovers, I usually bring a sandwich for lunch. Today it was ham and cheese on wheat bread and a Honeycrisp apple. I really wanted potato chips out of the vending machine, or even better, a bag of Cheez-Its, but I ate the apple.
I keep a can of mixed nuts in my desk, and if I don’t have a sandwich, sometimes I’ll eat a big handful of nuts for lunch. (Because I have discovered through experimentation that if I eat only Cheez-Its for lunch, I will start to feel really yucky at about 4:00 in the afternoon.)
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/13 "2012-01-20T19:35:51Z")
Unfortunately, the leftovers in the fridge today are destined for tonight’s dinner, so I’m having to improvise. I ended up with a mini-tangerine, Red Dragon cheese, 2 year old cheddar cheese, some hot soppressata and Wasabi almonds. Not bad.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/14 "2012-01-20T19:54:22Z")
Girlfriend of Awesomeness[sup]®[/sup] made chicken noodle soup. She actually _made_ the noodles. From scratch. It never even occurred to me that that was something people _did_.
Man, that was some damn good soup.
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### Author:  [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-lunch/610138/15 "2012-01-20T22:29:20Z")
A Thermosful of chili. Yeah, there’s a microwave in the office, but the Thermos keeps it plenty warm until lunchtime. Along with a bag of tortilla chips and an orange or a banana, and that’s a lunch.