College Recipes

[Krieg]

While out in the field it is amazing what some guys can cobble together from MRE condiments:

Mixing instant coffee, hot chocolate powder & non-dairy creamer = mochga cafe late

hot chocolate powder, sugar & non-dairy creamer with a dash of water = make chocolate icing.

freeze dried fruit, sugar & cracker crumbs = cobbler.

crackers, ketchup, tobasco & cheese spread = pizza

.../snip/... the infamous grilled cheese with an iron.../snip/...

BTW it works much better if you wrap the sandwich in foil before applying the iron.

Speaking of Ramen noodles:

101 Ways to Make Ramen Noodles Cookbook

...and remember: Tobasco sauce makes anything taste better.

 

[Pbartender]

One of my absolute favorites...

Poor Man's Thai Noodles:

Take one package of ramen noodles, and cook according to directions. Stir in one large spoonful of chunky peanut butter to noodles and broth. Add Tabasco sauce to taste.

For additional texture and flavor, top with a handful of wasabi-coated peas.

 

[Archon]

I really like Ramen the way my mom used to cook them. Right when you turn off the fire, you add a raw egg, and stir it around. It sort of soft boils and makes the broth thicker and wonderful.

 

[Staffan]

In the handbook given to all students at Lund University when I started there, many moons ago, they provided the classical "Pasta Rosso" recipe: Boil some instant macaroni, and add ketchup.

 

[Ferox4]

I really like Ramen the way my mom used to cook them. Right when you turn off the fire, you add a raw egg, and stir it around. It sort of soft boils and makes the broth thicker and wonderful.

Egg Drop Ramen - sounds good.

This one is a bit more labor intensive, but very easy. Buy a tube of Pilsbury biscuits and a can of Cream of X soup (Chicken, Celery, Onion, Mushroom, whatever). Preheat your oven to 375 F. Take 2 biscuits and smush them together with your hands and then flatten out to 1/8" thick (or so) circle. Add a dollop of the soup (right out of the can) into the center of your dough leaving a good inch at the edges. Repeat biscuit smush and cover the lower piece of dough and filling. With a fork you will need to flute the edges together - that is, take the tines of the fork and pinch the edges together with it on a flat surface. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. You can get 2 of these puffs out of each tube of biscuits. You can also use the remaining soup to make a gravy for the top. Tuna also makes a good filling.

 

[AuroraGyps]

I read in a magazine once about a girl that lived off baked potatos. A bag of russet potatos is cheap and doesn't need to be refridgerated. She'd nuke a potato and then top it with whatever: chili, veggies, cream of X soups, cheese, cold cuts, leftovers. It can all be heated up in the microwave. There were a few recipes inthe article too, but I only remember the one I tried for reuben baked potato, which was really good. Add a bit of sarukraut, corned beef, swiss, and 1000 Island dressing on top of a baked potato. Mmmm!

 

[Jeff Wilder]

It's actually kinda disturbing to think about how poor I used to be ...

My roommate and I made something we just called "trough" -- a package of cheap mac and cheese, combined with a package of ramen. It's enough food for one hungry guy for an entire day, though of course there ain't much in the way of nutrients there.

I'm a huge fan of nuked 50-cent burritos topped with slabs of cheddar and mounds of salsa. Be warned: each one of those is about six gajillion calories.

 

[EricNoah]

[shame]

Step 1. Steal 2 tablespoons of roomate's dry Cream of Wheat cereal.

Step 2. Prepare as directed with boiling water.

Step 3. Eat.

Step 4. Find yourself devoured with guilt, then confess to roommate. Roommate laughs.

[/shame]

 

[der_kluge]

I lived at home during college, so I missed out on this "experience".

My dad used to talk about "mustard sandwiches" when he was a kid, though. Apparently, it's just mustard and bread, and that's it. mmmm.

 

[Rel]

My dad used to talk about "mustard sandwiches" when he was a kid, though. Apparently, it's just mustard and bread, and that's it. mmmm.

We did this when we were kids except we used mayonaise. Not out of financial necessity though. We just liked them.

For added flavor we'd add just a bit of apple cider vinegar.

Now that I've got a small child of my own it is completely beyond my comprehension why we would eat such a thing.