The traditional Vegemite sanger and a Popper just doesn t cut the mustard, to mix a metaphor. Quenching little appetites is one thing, but satiating emerging egos is the new black as what goes into the lunch box now is a source of schoolyard pride, or dread embarrassment. In the first two days of school Saved By Michelle has devoured the schoolyard stories of extravagant lunches of lamb cutlets (they re currently a whopping $40 a kilo), edible glitter (because let s face it who doesn t want their lunch to sparkle), small Eskies with leftover pasta and curry, boxes of expensive designer salads and school gate UberEats deliveries.