Korean Traditional Dosirak - Aluminum Lunchbox (3 Sizes)

Pre-1980s, Old School Korean Dosirak Korean Traditional Dosirak - Aluminum Lunchbox (3 Varieties) Today, we offer Traditional Korean Dosirak Lunchboxes. In the 1970s - when Korea was starting its industrialization - aluminum was used to mass-produce kitchenware like pots and lunchbox containers. (These aluminum pots are called yangeun-nembi in Korean “양은 냄비”.) Students would place their aluminum lunchboxes on the classroom radiator - to keep it hot and steamy until lunchtime. These golden, aluminum lunch boxes symbolize childhood for many Koreans. For rich students, their lunchbox included a scoop of white rice, stir-fried kimchi, processed meat (like SPAM) and/or banchan like stir-fried anchovies (myeolchi bokkeum). For many, their dosiraks were primarily barley rice (보리밥), leftover banchan and maybe... a fried egg.Dosirak was a point for comparison (and bullying) for children during these times. These traditional dosirak lunchboxes are still around in Korea. In fact, you’ll see the