I am writing a paper on recipes and cooking tips that are useful for
college students. Does anyone have recipes that would be easy, cheap,
relatively healthy and quick? Or does anyone have cooking tipsthat may
be useful for college students, such as how to cook for one person or
how to help lettuce keep? Thanks!

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:43:28 -0800, eddie527 wrote:

> I am writing a paper on recipes and cooking tips that are useful for
> college students. Does anyone have recipes that would be easy, cheap,
> relatively healthy and quick? Or does anyone have cooking tipsthat may
> be useful for college students, such as how to cook for one person or
> how to help lettuce keep? Thanks!

Sounds like you want to be spoon fed. Google hits plenty of this kind of
information.

I've searched Google and I will use some of their info. However, I
thought I would like to see what kind of interesting insight other
people may offer.

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:21:16 -0800, eddie527 wrote:

> I've searched Google and I will use some of their info. However, I
> thought I would like to see what kind of interesting insight other
> people may offer.

Fair enough.

eddie527 wrote:

>I've searched Google and I will use some of their info. However, I
>thought I would like to see what kind of interesting insight other
>people may offer.
>
>
>
I think some people may have misunderstood you. Yopu're not looking for
recipes for yourself, you're looking, in a rather uncontrolled way, for
anecdotes and reminsicences, yes?

I could tell you about the time my future BIL, living in a share house,
bought a load of green potatoes. The greengrocer told him they needed to
ripen! As for keeping lettuce fresh, there were always vegetables lying
about the place rotting because somebody had bought them on impulse and
then didn't know what to do with them. They mostly lived on takeaway, or
ate out at greasy spoons.

When I was a student I lived at home with my mother, the only sensible
thing to do.

Cheers and good luck
Christine

"Old Mother Ashby" > wrote in message
...

> When I was a student I lived at home with my mother, the only sensible
> thing to do.

Ah but, with the joys of modern technology, you can now email recipes and
use IM to talk 'em through any disasters

(To be fair, my son is actually a lot more competent than I was at his age.
I didn't master the art of soft-boiling eggs until I was 20.)

Any tips I could recall from my own students days probably wouldn't be much
use to the OP, come to think of it. They'd be along the lines of:

Do not put a pan of chips on to cook, then go into the next room and fall
asleep in a drunken stupor, only to be roused by the sound of sirens and a
hundred students evacuating the block at high speed.

If there is something dreadful, squishy and green at the back of the fridge,
do not shut the door on it and go away. It is *still going to be there* next
time you look, and will not have magically transformed itself into a chicken
curry.

The washing-up fairy does not exist.

If the recipe says white wine, it *means* white wine. Guinness is not an
acceptable substitute, and nor is that anonymous sticky yellow liqueur that
your flatmate bought, and which even the very drunk refuse to drink.

The oven is reserved for the cooking of food. Please find somewhere else for
the drying of motorbike engine parts.

Never, ever, take a bite out of anything offered to you by a flatmate with
the sense of humour of a demented leprechaun.

If the instructions for preparing baked potatoes include "stick a fork in
each one and place in baking tray", the correct response is *not* "what do I
do when I run out of forks?"

Always replace the top of the ketchup bottle tightly. Failure to do so will
not endear you to the next user when she picks it up and shakes it
vigorously prior to use.

"One cup" is a standard measure. If all you have unbroken are demi-tasse and
pint mugs, convert to grams. The recipe will not adapt itself to fit your
utensils.

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" does, indeed, require an open fire.
Wedging them in the bars of an electric one is doomed to failure.

If you have a cat, never blithely assume that the little brown heap in the
sink is coffee grounds.

If you don't have a cat, and it still isn't coffee grounds, get a new
flatmate.

Jani

Jani wrote:

>"Old Mother Ashby" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
>>When I was a student I lived at home with my mother, the only sensible
>>thing to do.
>>
>>
>
>Ah but, with the joys of modern technology, you can now email recipes and
>use IM to talk 'em through any disasters
>
>(To be fair, my son is actually a lot more competent than I was at his age.
>I didn't master the art of soft-boiling eggs until I was 20.)
>
>Any tips I could recall from my own students days probably wouldn't be much
>use to the OP, come to think of it. They'd be along the lines of:
>
>Do not put a pan of chips on to cook, then go into the next room and fall
>asleep in a drunken stupor, only to be roused by the sound of sirens and a
>hundred students evacuating the block at high speed.
>
>If there is something dreadful, squishy and green at the back of the fridge,
>do not shut the door on it and go away. It is *still going to be there* next
>time you look, and will not have magically transformed itself into a chicken
>curry.
>
>The washing-up fairy does not exist.
>
>If the recipe says white wine, it *means* white wine. Guinness is not an
>acceptable substitute, and nor is that anonymous sticky yellow liqueur that
>your flatmate bought, and which even the very drunk refuse to drink.
>
>The oven is reserved for the cooking of food. Please find somewhere else for
>the drying of motorbike engine parts.
>
>Never, ever, take a bite out of anything offered to you by a flatmate with
>the sense of humour of a demented leprechaun.
>
>If the instructions for preparing baked potatoes include "stick a fork in
>each one and place in baking tray", the correct response is *not* "what do I
>do when I run out of forks?"
>
>Always replace the top of the ketchup bottle tightly. Failure to do so will
>not endear you to the next user when she picks it up and shakes it
>vigorously prior to use.
>
>"One cup" is a standard measure. If all you have unbroken are demi-tasse and
>pint mugs, convert to grams. The recipe will not adapt itself to fit your
>utensils.
>
>"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" does, indeed, require an open fire.
>Wedging them in the bars of an electric one is doomed to failure.
>
>If you have a cat, never blithely assume that the little brown heap in the
>sink is coffee grounds.
>
>If you don't have a cat, and it still isn't coffee grounds, get a new
>flatmate.
>
>Jani
>
>
>
>
ROTFL! We didn't have microwaves in those days, I wonder if there is now
a whole new category of disasters?

Christine
Feeling her age

"Jani" > wrote in message
...
>
> ...
> If you don't have a cat, and it still isn't coffee grounds, get a new
> flatmate.
>
> Jani
>

Jani - thanks for the chuckle...I'm sending it to my nephew for when he goes
to college this fall!

Lisa Ann

Old Mother Ashby wrote:
> eddie527 wrote:
>
> >I've searched Google and I will use some of their info. However, I
> >thought I would like to see what kind of interesting insight other
> >people may offer.
> >
> >
> >
> I think some people may have misunderstood you. Yopu're not looking for
> recipes for yourself, you're looking, in a rather uncontrolled way, for
> anecdotes and reminsicences, yes?
>
> I could tell you about the time my future BIL, living in a share house,
> bought a load of green potatoes. The greengrocer told him they needed to
> ripen! As for keeping lettuce fresh, there were always vegetables lying
> about the place rotting because somebody had bought them on impulse and
> then didn't know what to do with them. They mostly lived on takeaway, or
> ate out at greasy spoons.
>
> When I was a student I lived at home with my mother, the only sensible
> thing to do.
>
> Cheers and good luck
> Christine

Lol, great memories! When broke, I would suggest Tin Spagetti and
Economy Bread.. Didn't like it that much but at least it was
something!

Old Mother Ashby wrote:
> eddie527 wrote:

Yopu're not looking for
> recipes for yourself, you're looking, in a rather uncontrolled way, for
> anecdotes and reminsicences, yes?
>

If you manage to sneak an electrical hot-pot into your "no cooking
allowed" dorm room, take care to only use it in the manner for which it
was intended. By this I mean don't try to heat, say, a can of tomato
soup in it, because when you pour the hot soup into your bowl, some of
it is going to stick to the sides. And since the pot is still very,
very hot, what's stuck to the sides will very quickly begin to burn and
smoke and there is an *excellent* chance of setting off the fire alarm
in a building that's shared with three-dozen girls. At two in the
morning. In January. Trust me on this one.

--RB

"Rickie Beth" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Old Mother Ashby wrote:
>> eddie527 wrote:
>
> Yopu're not looking for
>> recipes for yourself, you're looking, in a rather uncontrolled way, for
>> anecdotes and reminsicences, yes?
>>
>
> If you manage to sneak an electrical hot-pot into your "no cooking
> allowed" dorm room, take care to only use it in the manner for which it
> was intended. By this I mean don't try to heat, say, a can of tomato
> soup in it, because when you pour the hot soup into your bowl, some of
> it is going to stick to the sides. And since the pot is still very,
> very hot, what's stuck to the sides will very quickly begin to burn and
> smoke and there is an *excellent* chance of setting off the fire alarm
> in a building that's shared with three-dozen girls. At two in the
> morning. In January. Trust me on this one.
>
> --RB
>

And don't, I repeat DON'T, put an unopened can of Chef Boy-ar-Dee ravioli on
the radiator to heat. I will leave the results to your imagination.


--
Peter Aitken

eddie527 wrote:
|| I am writing a paper on recipes and cooking tips that are useful
for
|| college students. Does anyone have recipes that would be easy,
cheap,
|| relatively healthy and quick?

Google for "Ramen Noodles" with or without the quotation marks

|| Or does anyone have cooking tipsthat may
|| be useful for college students, such as how to cook for one person
or
|| how to help lettuce keep? Thanks!

eddie527 wrote:
> I am writing a paper on recipes and cooking tips that are useful for
> college students. Does anyone have recipes that would be easy, cheap,
> relatively healthy and quick? Or does anyone have cooking tipsthat may
> be useful for college students, such as how to cook for one person or
> how to help lettuce keep? Thanks!

Start simple. Try frying an egg... if you break the yoke it when it
comes outta the shell, you can make it scrambled and it's still edible!

But seriously, eggs are a good thing for students - there are many ways
you can prepare them, and by adding a little cheese, or tomato or
mushroom, you can make many tasty meals. Or make what we call "eggy
bread". Whisk an egg or two, add a little salt and pepper and then take
a piece of bread and soak it in the egg. Then pan fry the bread with a
little butter or oil. Not bad for breakfast ... and a good way of using
up your "old" bread.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

cathyxyz wrote:
> eddie527 wrote:
> > I am writing a paper on recipes and cooking tips that are useful for
> > college students. Does anyone have recipes that would be easy, cheap,
> > relatively healthy and quick? Or does anyone have cooking tipsthat may
> > be useful for college students, such as how to cook for one person or
> > how to help lettuce keep? Thanks!
>
> Start simple. Try frying an egg... if you break the yoke it when it
> comes outta the shell, you can make it scrambled and it's still edible!
>
> But seriously, eggs are a good thing for students - there are many ways
> you can prepare them, and by adding a little cheese, or tomato or
> mushroom, you can make many tasty meals. Or make what we call "eggy
> bread". Whisk an egg or two, add a little salt and pepper and then take
> a piece of bread and soak it in the egg. Then pan fry the bread with a
> little butter or oil. Not bad for breakfast ... and a good way of using
> up your "old" bread.
>
> Cheers
> Cathy(xyz)

French toast!