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As a result of living the life of a broke, American student trying to get by in a self-catering British university, I have come to learn many things regarding The Meal from its birth at the food store to its death in the stomach. Such lessons include:
- Never try to buy bread after 2pm at the campus Coop, as you will be as disappointed as Old Mother Hubbard's dog.
- Farmers Markets are much cheaper than the regular Coop.
- Mac and Cheese is always delicious, especially when made with sharp cheddar, mayo, and onions.
- Mac and Cheese is not delicious when made with turnips.
- Potatoes can be cooked using three different pans: fried in a frying pan, boiled in a pot, baked on a plate wrapped in tinfoil.
- Boiling potatoes is much faster and less painful than frying potatoes. Baking potatoes is for saints.
- Nutella and bread is cake for the poor.
- One jar of Nutella will not last one week.
I have also come to appreciate the many things I miss from home. Whether from the frugal management of my funds or the scarcity of the desired products, I haven't been able to enjoy some of the good ol' fashioned American junk in quite some time.
Here is a list of food that, upon returning home, I will hunt down and consume faster than you can fully understand:
- Popcorn. It's not sold at the Coop.
- Doritos. Ditto.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Batter.
- Ice Cream BY THE GALLON.
- Root Beer.
- Strawberries. They're expensive.
- Cheese Burgers.
- American Bacon.
- Chicken Tenders with BBQ sauce, Sweet and Sour sauce, and Honey Mustard.
- Tropicana Orange Juice. It's like GOLD here.
- Hot Dogs. I haven't seen any here yet.
- Onion Rings.
- Brownies.
- Toasted marshmallows.
- Steak.
- Bagels with cream cheese.
- Cake, specifically carrot cake and cheese cake.
- Meringues.
- Eggnog.
- PUMPKIN FLAVORED EVERYTHING!
- Not potatoes.
If you want a good idea of what my deprived palate is looking forward to upon my return, look here: http://thisiswhyyourefat.tumblr.com/
