College Cuisine

By Steve Wilcott


Going to college is a grand      adding the seasoning,         
experience. It's the first       creating a haphazard pasta    
time many young adults get the   meal. A friend of mine used to
chance to begin taking care      give away his seasoning       
of themselves, no matter what    packets to those who liked    
the consequences. One of the     their soup extra salty, and   
main things that worries         then use the noodles mixed    
parents when their child heads   with cafeteria vegetables to  
out into the world of college    create his own vegetable soup.
is, of course, their diet.       There is, in fact, an entire  
What are they going to eat if    culture devoted to forming    
the cafeteria closes too         recipes around these instant  
early? What if they don't like   noodles. And college students
the cafeteria food? What if      might be the most creative    
they didn't even sign up for     consumers of all.             
cafeteria meals?                                               
                                 But the need for so much      
Parents needn't worry.           creativity is not as dire as  
College students today have      it once was. Nowadays         
developed their own underworld   microwaves are ridiculously   
of cuisine, involving quite      cheap to own, and many college
the array of foods, time-        students don't think twice    
tested by students in the        about having one in their dorm
past, and catered specifically   room. This has caused         
to college needs by clever       manufacturers to cater to the
manufacturers.                   college students' needs like  
                                 never before. Macaroni and    
The main staple of dorm life     cheese that doesn't involve   
these days is, of course, the    buying milk, and rice dinners
microwave. College students      in a bag that include all the
take microwave food to a whole   seasonings, are a huge step   
new level. The smell of          forward for students living at
microwave popcorn is right at    school, where access to milk  
home in a dorm, even at 3 am.    and butter and having         
I had a roommate at college      somewhere to keep them if you
who ate microwave popcorn for    buy them is not as easy as it 
breakfast. Quick, easy, cheap    looks.                        
and filling- what more could                                   
you ask for?                     Sure, not all of this instant 
                                 and easy food is healthy.     
There is also the infamous       Some of it is downright bad   
instant Japanese noodles the     for you. But parents needn't  
Japanese name for this product   worry too much. Your child    
does in fact translate to        might spend a few semesters   
student cuisine. One of the      believing the food groups     
biggest things I learned at      consist of salt, fake chicken,
school was how many ways there   cheese in a pouch, and potato 
are to eat this ubiquitous,      chips... but it will make     
25 cent meal. There's the        them appreciate you all the   
traditional method of boiling    more when they come home.     
it into soup, of course.                                       
                                                               
There's also the option of                                     
straining the water out before   

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