Jonathan ,'Touched'
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I remember that.
And, a woman I saw in the student union all the time who would bring in a loaf of white bread and then make sandwiches out of the condiment bar...mayo, pickle relish and raw onions.
Just thinking about it...nearly 30 years later, makes me queasy.
I mean, who DIDN'T eat ramen in college.
Well, me. Mac & cheese is just as cheap and doesn't taste nearly as much like warmed-over ass. (Also, I worked at Einstein Bros and then Starbucks, which meant I ate a lot of free food from work. Technically at Starbucks we weren't allowed to have free food, but you'd be surprised how many of those scones arrive "damaged" and have to be "thrown away"...)
Oh. A grocery store near me (in college) would sometimes have pot pies for 33 cents. Much more nummy than ramen.
Jr. year of college I lived in a house with five other guys. At one point we all worked at the same Rocky's (a pizza-by-the-slice place). Pizza for breakfast! (And lunch and dinner if we wanted....) It's funny how those of us closing the place would often make too many pizza slices near the end of the shift. Of course, it would be wasting them if we didn't take the extras home....
who DIDN'T eat ramen in college
Me, neither. I went the mac and cheese route or grits. I ate a lot of grits.
pot pies for 33 cents
I totally forgot about those! Yep. I ate those, too. But only when they were on sale.
I mean, who DIDN'T eat ramen in college.
Once upon a time, best beloved, there was no ramen, and the poor student had to lean on popcorn, cheap soup, minute rice and happy-hour food. Also, in my case, Krystals.
and the poor student had to lean on popcorn, cheap soup, minute rice and happy-hour food.
And beer. Beer is nutritious.
There are ducks at the Student Union in Madison who subsist on a diet of popcorn and stale beer.
Raq's friend sounds like my lawyer friend. I would be shocked if he'd ever had ramen or pot pies or mac and cheese. But then, I think he's just a little removed from normal people experiences anyway. Last year or so, I had to introduce him to Sixteen Candles. Are you even allowed to be our age and graduate without having seen that movie?
I know I've told this story here before, but when I was going off to college, my mother compiled a book of advice from various people she knew. The range of things people thought was important was really funny, but my favorite was to go to a bar with nuts or bar mix out, order a bloody mary, and call it dinner!
And actually, I did the equivalent of that a lot when I first moved to New York -- there's a cheesy Mexican place that has cheap margaritas and free food at happy hour, so for $5 you could have dinner and a drink!
Also, being an AP on a bazillion student films meant I got really good at getting local restaurants to give me giant trays of free food, which meant good eating on set AND tons of leftovers.