oops. sorry about that. I thought that said “the official college FOOTBALL food pyramid” and i was thinking that those were some pretty lame tailgates. This food pyramid is fine.
Also, I don’t know what they mean about the condiments being free. All the local fast food places around my college would give you the one that came with your meal (which was never enough) and charge thirty cents for any additional ones you might want.
Must be a regional thing. Around here, all the condiments are usually out for you to take for yourself. At least, if you’re talking ketchup, mustard, sugar, fake sugar, that kind of thing. Dog forbid you want more of a dipping sauce for McNuggets-that’s going to cost you! But even the bbq sauce is out for you to take for yourself if you go to Arby’s.
Ah, yes. I remember fondly raiding the condiment bar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after rationalizing that I bought an overpriced cookie therefore I can have all the katchup, mustard, relish, sugars, salt packs I can fit in my backpack. This after telling the snooty lady at the desk that donation means I can give what I want (which is true) and getting in for only $1.
Ramen is a Japanese soup usually served in large bowls. It usually includes seaweed, seafood, and a small slice of pork, if you’re lucky. Instant Ramen is a cheap microwavable Japanese soup that’s also become popular in America. It costs about $1-2 per cup and also comes in larger packages intended for stove cooking. Popular flavors in Japan are Almost Seafood, Seafood, and Curry. Popular flavors in America are Chicken, Chicken, and Chicken.
those lime ones are gross! i got a lime and shrimp one the other day just to try it out, and my mouth and nose (from the gawdawful smell that was emulating…) were burning.
I dont know about yall but at my grocery store you can buy individual packets of ramen noodles that are only 15cents a pack and you can microwave them for about a 3 min in a bowl. MMM good!
whoa you must be rich or dirt poor, damn I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t had ramen or maybe you get the ones called Cup Noodles or something like that.
This brings back fond memories of that cute boy in my class who was just eating a loaf of plain bread one time. I actually suggested that he should go take some free condiments from a convenience store.
I just got back from three weeks spent at the KU campus, and my roomies and I lived off of cereal we kept in our dorm, ice cream, and Chick-Fil-A. Yom.
It really is different regionally. That is just about accurate for Nevada. Right now, though, I’m taking a year in Japan, and I swear to God I haven’t eaten anything that hasn’t come out of a vending machine in a month. You can seriously get anything from these things once you know where to look. I got all the ingredients I needed to make udon from one, once. (Noodles, soup stock, egg, fish cake, those green onion things…)
Wait, scratch that. I think I got a 100yen rice ball last week. Still, I think that’s just baout it.
That’s funny. Do all of your cafeterias suck or something? I just use my meal plan and live off fish, veggies, fresh fruit, occasionally pasta of some sort (they had stuffed shells and cheese lasagna the other day), as we can also use our mealplans at KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks, A&W, Sunset Strips… and the meal plan comes with the dorm costs. I haven’t eaten ramen in years and only eat pizza when I actually want to.
I agree. :] I’m a senior in high school, not college, but every campus I’ve seen has several restaurants each and a wide variety of foods (including salad bars with very good ingredients.) I believe the object of most of these posts, as well as the main graph, was mostly to criticize the poor choices made by college students, not the lack of choices.
Jack, you do NOT understand… We resort to unhealthy things because honestly, the monotony of what is served is nearly enough to make us go crazy, combine that with dead week, looming finals, and a sincere lack of sleep and you would be pounding down red bull too. And studying at two in the morning doesnt exactly leave us with the dining hall open so what do we have? RAMEN and VENDING MACHINE food. You will figure it out when you are in college and for the first few months are like “this meal plan thing is awesome” and then realize that its the fourth day in a row that none of the food available to you has seemed appetizing and you muster up a mean hunger for mcdonalds. You will see oh yes you will.
There are two formats of college dining used. One- has a large variety of restaurants available but they serve the same thing every day. This becomes a problem when you get bored as hell out of what is served. The second is where there are only two or three places to get food (outside of salad and pizza) but the menu changes every day. This, although better at having variety is still problematic for vegetarians, vegans, conscientious health nuts, and picky eaters. You will definitely see… yes yes you will.
Meal plan usually does NOT come with the dorm and is about 1000-2000 extra. My school also doesnt allow you to take out food from cafe- which means eating every meal inside there. As for me, I stock up on vegetable soup, carrots and lots of cereal- its a lot cheaper and I can eat whenever I want.
yeah, i tried eating at the cafe on campus… and was sick for a solid week. now i either make convinence store runs or starve… or live off of my friends’ mercy
Hahahaha! I feel for you guys. I live at home for college, and not only do I get real food, but I’ve lost weight as compared to gaining “freshman fifteen.”
When I was at CU in Boulder I ate all kinds of things just about everywhere. Then at Metro State the bottom layer became Taco Bell. The only thing I got from vending machines was pop—which might be the bottom layer if we talk about late night needs. The top layer was bigger in Boulder. As the nation’s number one party school (when I was there), the illegal anything list was the party favors/snacks/entertainment list.
When I lived in a dorm my freshman year, I would always see a guy who lived upstairs from me walking around eating dry, uncooked bricks of ramen. I tried it once. I don’t recommend it.
i love dry, uncooked bricks of Ramen……. the reason being ive lived off of it so long the smell of cooked ramen makes me sicker than a dog that just ate anti-freeze. but then again i did go through a pregnancy while eating it so….
suggestion to college bound people – get a hot pot. my roommate and i had one when we were freshman and provided you don’t get caught with it it comes in very handy … especially when you are sick and want chicken soup. cheapest soup ever – pot of water (from the sink), 2 chicken bullion *sp* cubes (about 1.50 for a thing of like 16), and some alphabet noodles (like $2 for a big thing at walmart)
Too True, too true…..
You forgot the charcoal for getting stomach pumped after gallon of tequila!
Gallon of tequila? brave….
And what about pizza mooched off of friends?
You forgot Pizza!
It even looks like a pizza!
AHH! how could they forget pizza!
That could count both under ‘Foods That Will Very Likely Poison You’ or Carbs
what? no pizza?
what, no pizza?
I don’t know what college you went to, but at Penn State we had burgers and sausages…all kinds of deliciousness (none of this ramen crap).
Also, I think that beer could also fall in the category of “food which will very likely poison you.”
oops. sorry about that. I thought that said “the official college FOOTBALL food pyramid” and i was thinking that those were some pretty lame tailgates. This food pyramid is fine.
Still, the beer comment sticks.
At Texas A&M we have the Dixie Chicken, which sells lots and lots of beer and chicken
Thats where I’m going!
HEY!!!! dont dis on ramen i live off that stuff you really are stuck up and snobby arent you i mean seriously no ramen or beer im 15 beer is great
What? No pizza?? Or is that under “carbs?”
Where the hell were all those other posts when I did this one???
If you want to stay away from the top of that pyramid, don’t eat the eggs at International Music Camp. I dunno what’s in them, but it’s dangerous.
Oh god, I got sick for two days off the eggs at IMC. What horrible food and pretty flowers.
Or the eggs at Interlochen Arts Camp. They bounce. Metaphorically and when you drop them on the floor. Seriously no camp eggs ever.
i forget where the eggs i had came from, sorta lost all memory of that month *shudders*
Also, I don’t know what they mean about the condiments being free. All the local fast food places around my college would give you the one that came with your meal (which was never enough) and charge thirty cents for any additional ones you might want.
Must be a regional thing. Around here, all the condiments are usually out for you to take for yourself. At least, if you’re talking ketchup, mustard, sugar, fake sugar, that kind of thing. Dog forbid you want more of a dipping sauce for McNuggets-that’s going to cost you! But even the bbq sauce is out for you to take for yourself if you go to Arby’s.
Ah, yes. I remember fondly raiding the condiment bar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after rationalizing that I bought an overpriced cookie therefore I can have all the katchup, mustard, relish, sugars, salt packs I can fit in my backpack. This after telling the snooty lady at the desk that donation means I can give what I want (which is true) and getting in for only $1.
Good times.
speaking of which, *goes to eat more ramen*
ramen should be on the bottom followed by vending machine food. at least thats how it is for me… unfortunately.
*ahem* Actually I thought about pizza, but it’s a composite food, of carbs, condiments, poison, and if you’re lucky, chicken wings.
I should note that I made this while enjoying a meal of melted cheese on a tortilla with a side of raw cookie dough. AWESOME.
AWESOME. Total win.
oddly enough that sounds wonderfull
needs pizza and stoner concoctions…like hobo samiches and lulu’s famous giant cookie with whatever you can find
Down in San Diego, the “Mexican food” portion would be at the bottom.
yeah dining hall food consists mostly of these things….
pizza is a special treat when you can afford it
I can’t eat supernoodles or pasta with pesto anymore, and it’s been 5 years.
What the hell is ramen?
Ramen is a Japanese soup usually served in large bowls. It usually includes seaweed, seafood, and a small slice of pork, if you’re lucky. Instant Ramen is a cheap microwavable Japanese soup that’s also become popular in America. It costs about $1-2 per cup and also comes in larger packages intended for stove cooking. Popular flavors in Japan are Almost Seafood, Seafood, and Curry. Popular flavors in America are Chicken, Chicken, and Chicken.
It’s more like $2.50 for 12 packages.
Which, if you don’t think TOO MUCH about what you’re eating, is a pretty glorious thing.
Chicken sucks!
Beef rocks!
and wtf is up with these lime ones now?
those lime ones are gross! i got a lime and shrimp one the other day just to try it out, and my mouth and nose (from the gawdawful smell that was emulating…) were burning.
I dont know about yall but at my grocery store you can buy individual packets of ramen noodles that are only 15cents a pack and you can microwave them for about a 3 min in a bowl. MMM good!
whoa you must be rich or dirt poor, damn I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t had ramen or maybe you get the ones called Cup Noodles or something like that.
This brings back fond memories of that cute boy in my class who was just eating a loaf of plain bread one time. I actually suggested that he should go take some free condiments from a convenience store.
I just got back from three weeks spent at the KU campus, and my roomies and I lived off of cereal we kept in our dorm, ice cream, and Chick-Fil-A. Yom.
It really is different regionally. That is just about accurate for Nevada. Right now, though, I’m taking a year in Japan, and I swear to God I haven’t eaten anything that hasn’t come out of a vending machine in a month. You can seriously get anything from these things once you know where to look. I got all the ingredients I needed to make udon from one, once. (Noodles, soup stock, egg, fish cake, those green onion things…)
Wait, scratch that. I think I got a 100yen rice ball last week. Still, I think that’s just baout it.
yeh i heard you can even buy like detergent and health care producks liike toothpaste and stuff.
Caffeine-Pizza-Ramen-Peanut Butter-Beef Jerky
dude,this is soo like my uncle!
Could someone make a college food 3-part Venn something like this:
CAFFEINE: Coffee, Red Bull
caf/alc overlap: Irish Coffee
ALCOHOL: Beer, Wine, Whiskey
alc/foo overlap: Beer-Flavored Sausages
FOODS: Hot Pockets, Buffalo Wings
foo/caf overlap: Chocolate-Covered Coffee Beans
…
Thanks. :] Tell me what you think.
That’s funny. Do all of your cafeterias suck or something? I just use my meal plan and live off fish, veggies, fresh fruit, occasionally pasta of some sort (they had stuffed shells and cheese lasagna the other day), as we can also use our mealplans at KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks, A&W, Sunset Strips… and the meal plan comes with the dorm costs. I haven’t eaten ramen in years and only eat pizza when I actually want to.
I agree. :] I’m a senior in high school, not college, but every campus I’ve seen has several restaurants each and a wide variety of foods (including salad bars with very good ingredients.) I believe the object of most of these posts, as well as the main graph, was mostly to criticize the poor choices made by college students, not the lack of choices.
Jack, you do NOT understand… We resort to unhealthy things because honestly, the monotony of what is served is nearly enough to make us go crazy, combine that with dead week, looming finals, and a sincere lack of sleep and you would be pounding down red bull too. And studying at two in the morning doesnt exactly leave us with the dining hall open so what do we have? RAMEN and VENDING MACHINE food. You will figure it out when you are in college and for the first few months are like “this meal plan thing is awesome” and then realize that its the fourth day in a row that none of the food available to you has seemed appetizing and you muster up a mean hunger for mcdonalds. You will see oh yes you will.
There are two formats of college dining used. One- has a large variety of restaurants available but they serve the same thing every day. This becomes a problem when you get bored as hell out of what is served. The second is where there are only two or three places to get food (outside of salad and pizza) but the menu changes every day. This, although better at having variety is still problematic for vegetarians, vegans, conscientious health nuts, and picky eaters. You will definitely see… yes yes you will.
Meal plan usually does NOT come with the dorm and is about 1000-2000 extra. My school also doesnt allow you to take out food from cafe- which means eating every meal inside there. As for me, I stock up on vegetable soup, carrots and lots of cereal- its a lot cheaper and I can eat whenever I want.
Pizza is often given away at my law school when you attend a lunch lecture. If you want to draw a crowd, you advertise “lunch provided–not pizza.”
yeah, i tried eating at the cafe on campus… and was sick for a solid week. now i either make convinence store runs or starve… or live off of my friends’ mercy
Hahahaha! I feel for you guys. I live at home for college, and not only do I get real food, but I’ve lost weight as compared to gaining “freshman fifteen.”
one time in college i ate 2 50 pice chicken mc nuggets in one sitting
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! WHERES THE FREAKIN’ PIZZA????
This is true even for people who live at home and attend college during the day.
Eh, you forgot pizza, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell.
lately, if you go to school in Manhattan or Brooklyn in NYC you go to ikea and get good food for really cheap
i mean a hot dog for 50 cents
the bottom part of the pyramid varies greatly with the amount of marijuana consumed daily.
incidentally, my graph is pretty tall.
When I was at CU in Boulder I ate all kinds of things just about everywhere. Then at Metro State the bottom layer became Taco Bell. The only thing I got from vending machines was pop—which might be the bottom layer if we talk about late night needs. The top layer was bigger in Boulder. As the nation’s number one party school (when I was there), the illegal anything list was the party favors/snacks/entertainment list.
LOL
Sf city college is located in the mission district, any type of food you want. This dorm crap is for suckers.
When I lived in a dorm my freshman year, I would always see a guy who lived upstairs from me walking around eating dry, uncooked bricks of ramen. I tried it once. I don’t recommend it.
i love dry, uncooked bricks of Ramen……. the reason being ive lived off of it so long the smell of cooked ramen makes me sicker than a dog that just ate anti-freeze. but then again i did go through a pregnancy while eating it so….
epic win.
This is brilliant. However, I thought there were just three food groups:
Caffiene, Nicotine, and Krispy Kreme… hmm… maybe i need to go make a graph.
no pizza?
suggestion to college bound people – get a hot pot. my roommate and i had one when we were freshman and provided you don’t get caught with it it comes in very handy … especially when you are sick and want chicken soup. cheapest soup ever – pot of water (from the sink), 2 chicken bullion *sp* cubes (about 1.50 for a thing of like 16), and some alphabet noodles (like $2 for a big thing at walmart)
I think eat food pyramid diets.THE BEST WAY.
Missing Pizza
peanut butter sandwiches keep me alive, as do lunchables. at cmu lunchables are as valuable as crack.