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Old 08-27-2003, 12:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Dorm food

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

that pretty much sums up my opinion

how many other people that are in college right now are going crazy from this nasty stuff?
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Old 08-27-2003, 05:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I found a cafe on the second floor of my student union that actually serves really good food! If you're on a larger campus, look around, you might find something you like more.
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Old 08-27-2003, 05:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yeah it can be pretty bad. Eventualy you will figure out what is least likely to make you vomit.
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Old 08-27-2003, 06:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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mmmm... it depends.

The dorm food at my college is pretty good. Good enough to give rise to the Freshman 15, for the number of pounds you gain....

well, my parents liked it when they came over, and i comped them in. good variety, all you can eat. Mongolian BBQ buffet. mmmmm........
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Old 08-27-2003, 06:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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oh man, dorm food had me curled up on the toilet for 3 days straight. for two weeks the only thing i could hold down was plain rice and water. i think i got a hit of rancid salad dressing. or maybe the prison grade mutant chicken they serve.
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Old 08-27-2003, 06:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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This is why there are always several pizza places right near campus! (Or at least there were when I was in school back in the dark ages.)
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Old 08-27-2003, 06:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Lived in a dorm and my gang and i would make lasagna and spaghetti. Awsome times...but you as always have the option of calling for take out or pizza. But if you crave something other than bachlor chow such as grilled cheese made by an iron (yeah its nasty), then get a group of your friends and make somethin of your own! Just get a simple, easy to make recipe..try spaghetti or steaks..whynot? Just make sure you actually have someone who kinda knows what theyre doing..specially round meat since it needs to be cooked properly. Chickens always easy to cook. Depends on whether you have a stove or not (my dorm did) you can actually take chicken breast (already skinned) and maranate them to your taste. With whatever your into..like spicy? add chili peppers and chili sauce...or have lemon juice, chopped garlic, Oil- really Whatever you want. Just experiment and you'll find something easy and something you like. Its best to let the sauces/spices sit in with the chicken for a day (in the frige of course) and then bbq, fry,bake, anything really. If you bake it though its best to have dry bread crumbs round it or crackers(plain original riz crackers will do) to make it nice and less watery. Cook till you poke inside and its cooked inside..Good luck! If you try it-tell me how it turned out!
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Old 08-27-2003, 10:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Dinner at the dorm was so putrid that it drove me to healthy eating. Some nights the only things I could bear to choke down were the veggies in the salad bar; I'd load up with a bunch of veggies and as much crumbled egg and bacon bits and kidney beans as I could for protein. I'd never been a veggies guy, partly because Mom believed in cooking all vegetables until they were gelatinous. Anyway, I ate so much salad that I developed a taste for raw or lightly-cooked veggies and elaborate salads that has stayed with me for decades.
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Old 08-28-2003, 07:40 AM   #9 (permalink)
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here its pretty damn good i must say... and you can go back and make as many trips as you want in one sitting.
and yes mrquackers, i agree, pizza is a necessity
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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When I lived in a dorm, the food rocked. Everyday there was always hamburgers, hotdogs, pizzas, deli sandwiches, plus 2 other main courses that rotated. If that didn't do it for you, there was always a bounty of cereals, or you could go to one of the two cafeteria 'diner' places on campus, where you got a point value for your meal swipe (like 2 points would get you chicken fried steak and gravy, 1 point for veggies, 1 point for a grab bag of chips. I think it was 7 points per swipe).

Edit for the school:
Was the University of Missouri-Columbia.
iirc there's a total of 6 cafeterias on campus, and the 2 'diner' places.
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Old 08-28-2003, 05:52 PM   #11 (permalink)
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pellaz what school was that?????
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Old 08-29-2003, 11:05 AM   #12 (permalink)
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at the univ of kansas, you could get "sack lunches" that were much better than the cafeteria food. they were only available weekddays because they were supposed to be for students who had class conflicts with dining hours but it was 2 sides (chips, side salad, etc) 1 desert (cookies, random snack items), 1 drink (soda, bottled water) and a main entree item (premade sandwiches, frozen burritos, frozen pizzas, and some other stuff)

that is essentially all i ate for the entire year. and even then, i got sick of THAT
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Old 08-29-2003, 09:43 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Maryland has some pretty good food. Slight risk of the runs, but that only happens rarely

Plus there are about 20 chinese/pizza/subs/etc. places within walking and delivery distance of campus.
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Old 08-31-2003, 06:11 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Thats funny. USC actually has some pretty good food (It also has some really bad food, but thats not a problem since most people only get hit by it once or twice) The problem is the good food is really expensive even on the meal plan (the meal plan gives you a number off dining dollars called "flex" each day, use them or loose them, but if you stick to good food that only buys you about 1.5 meals a day) But much of it is eat till your full, so those of us who gorge once a day are well cared for.
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Old 09-04-2003, 09:34 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Purdue had some really good dorm food as well. It wasn't healthy..not by a longshot, but it was nice comfy food.
Dinner and Lunch was mostly lots of pasta dishes, casseroles, hamburgers, meatloaf, pizza, gyros, etc.. It made you fat, but you didnt care because your parents paid for it.
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Old 09-04-2003, 02:46 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I know a couple people that go to purdue, when did you go there ganguro?
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Old 09-04-2003, 04:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I'm a current Purdue student. Was in the dorms last year, and I gotta tell you: some of them rocked (thanks Cary Quad & Hillenbrand, and late in the year: Earhart). Now I'm in an apartment and cook for myself instead. Much healthier.
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Old 09-04-2003, 05:31 PM   #18 (permalink)
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YOU GET USED TO IT!
JUST EAT IT IT'S FREE!

haha yea it sucks but its cheaper than buyin pizza all the time. just eat it and when ur hungry eat instant noodles, thats what i did like all last year
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Old 09-05-2003, 04:04 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Did you also gain about 20-30 pounds, perchance?
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Old 09-05-2003, 05:25 PM   #20 (permalink)
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yeah. i think i still taste ramen in my mouth when i wake up....


u know what i'm talking about
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Old 09-06-2003, 12:22 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Old 09-06-2003, 02:28 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I go to a private college with a good catered food service. I went to my friend's college and ate there. It really is a huge difference.
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Old 09-06-2003, 05:59 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I go to university of toledo and the only good thing here, is the pizza, which is godly. and they always have it, so im good to go
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Old 09-06-2003, 07:37 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally posted by MacGnG
YOU GET USED TO IT!
JUST EAT IT IT'S FREE!
It's free? It cost me shitloads of money, but if you lived in the dorms, it was mandatory you buy a meal plan.
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Old 09-08-2003, 12:08 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Yeah, our on campus meals cost almost twice what similar off campus food costs. And in the little market, ramen is something like 40 cents per package.

A slice of (bad) pizza costs more than two dollars, so does a cheeseburger.

The worst part is that freshman and anyone who lives on campus, is required to put like 600 dollars on their meal card per semester. If you don't spend it all, you don't get a refund, and the money doesn't transfer over from one year to the next.


Anyway, you need to make your own food. Eat cereal and ramen, and get together with your friends and cookout a lot. You can usually get a small charcoal grill for less than twenty dollars, and you can make all kinds of tasty and cheap food with it.
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Old 09-08-2003, 12:09 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Oh, and get a couple different kinds of good hot sauce. That stuff can make even the most cardboard like meal taste good.
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Old 09-09-2003, 04:39 PM   #27 (permalink)
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40 cents a package for RAMEN??? That's insane!

Ever tried mixing in frozen veggies with your ramen? It's my fav. You've got to cook it on the stove though, with just barely enough water to make the noodles soft.

Cafeteria food will taste wonderful after you've been cooking for yourself a while. Trust me. There's just no time to make a good meal while you're pouring over books.
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Old 10-03-2003, 01:23 PM   #28 (permalink)
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As has been said above, most colleges have at least one or two places that your meal plan is good for, that DO have good food, even if most of the dining halls are crap.

And if it doesn't, that's what mini-fridge/microwave combos are for. Most dorm rooms have them, but if yours doesn't, I'd suggest getting one (if it's allowed). Sometimes you've just gotta take a break from dining hall food (or in my case, always take a break from dining hall food). And of course, it's required that as a college student, you MUST eat an ungodly amount of pizza and weird "Mexican" food. Avalanche Pizza and the Burrito Buggy probaby got me through my freshman year.

And as for the pricing: our meals here equalled out to around 9 bucks and some change...usually for food I coulda picked up outside of school for 2-4 dollars.
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