Cootie Mama Bento and Babies
Cootie bento
Here are some “Cooties” to eat for lunch! Cooties (typically in the USA) means bugs, germs or infectious disease microbes, usually yelled out by kids in the playground “He’s got Cooties!!”
In England, where I come from, they generally shout “She’s got Bugs!” or “He’s got Lurgy Bugs!” 
I was in a gadget shop the other day looking at Fathers Day Gifts and I saw a Compact Microscope and on the label it said “there are more microscopic organisms in 1 teaspoon of soil than there are people in the world”. So it made me ponder and marvel at the awesomeness of our planet, the universe and the creations in it.
I have recently been watching Prof. Brian Cox (who started his career as a Rock Star in band D’Ream!) on his BBC series The Wonders of the Solar System. I’d highly recommend it – he’s a particle physicist who can explain science in a fascinating and easy to understand way.
Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds is thrilling to watch too. There is a video on youtube showing how to engrave a single strand of hair using an atomic laser. You might have better luck than me at finding it – the only one I found was unavailable outside of the UK… (copyrights, nuff respect!!)
Here is one that will make you itch!
Back to my bento. My Mama Cootie or Microbe is made from a hard boiled egg cut in half for the head and tail, with processed meat and cheese for the body, and the baby cooties are made from stuffed green olives with cheese and nori seaweed eyes!
This is my homework assignment for week 2 of Bento Summer School! I have joined the KBC Cootie Club too !
Good night, sleep tight! Don’t let the bed bugs bite LOL
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(edit: this is now on What’s for Lunch Wednesdays too!)
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Featured Product: Niko Niko Nori Face Punch (recently re-stocked!)
This amazing new nori punch cuts standard sheet seaweed into unbearably cute faces that you can use to make incredible bento and onigiri art, making you the cutest bento maker in town! Koala bear faces, panda, or generic happy faces can be cut from the 3 seaweed cutters and you can even mix and match to make new expressions.
I’m going to do this for Top Ender this week!
I love the baby olive cooties. They are sooooo cute!
Such cute cooties!
So cute! Love the babies with their innocent look eyes especially! Nice bento!
Oh how I love those babies! Great job.
Cute! I love the little baby cooties too. Thinking about making meatball ones …
Thanks for linking up this week!
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I don’t know how many times I’ve left a comment with “aww, cute!” but I have to do it again! LOL Glad for the explanation. I thought cooties meant bogies, i.e. snot!
Thanks Diane! I think you were thinking of “Boogers”!
Ooh that’s a good idea! Bet they will be yummy! Good Luck and let me know how it goes!
Can’t wait to see it! Good luck and let us know what happens with it!
Oh those tiny little fellas are sooooooooooooo cute!!!