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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 9418195" data-attributes="member: 47839">Maybe context will help. When I was growing up my family got government (US) cheese and peanut butter, due to spiral inflation in the 70s food was super expensive, kinda like it is now. It would keep you fed but it wouldn't earn any awards for flavor or texture.Cut to the 80s and I got into a collage I didn't think I could get into. It was very expensive to the point where my family and myself had to take out major loans for me to attend. We were not poor by government definitions but we did not have a great deal of cash on hand to afford collage for my 2 siblings and myself.While the learning environment challenged me I was shocked at the poor quality of the food that our dinning hall had. I didn't understand the concept of the lowest bidder at the time.&nbsp; It felt like my public elementary school had better food. The soups in our dinning hall were terrible as a whole. And yes I know that peanut soup is a cuisine in Africa, but the Peanut Butter soup that was served in that dining hall had nothing in common with that dish and only shared the name. What I am saying it was basically warmed up government peanut butter with some vegetable stock.Sure, my culinary expectations were sadly high for my choice of college where my family was spending a lot of money to send me. And I was also experiencing flashbacks to the food struggles of my family that I had thought I was escaping.So, C'mon son right back at ya.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 9418195, member: 47839"] Maybe context will help. When I was growing up my family got government (US) cheese and peanut butter, due to spiral inflation in the 70s food was super expensive, kinda like it is now. It would keep you fed but it wouldn't earn any awards for flavor or texture. Cut to the 80s and I got into a collage I didn't think I could get into. It was very expensive to the point where my family and myself had to take out major loans for me to attend. We were not poor by government definitions but we did not have a great deal of cash on hand to afford collage for my 2 siblings and myself. While the learning environment challenged me I was shocked at the poor quality of the food that our dinning hall had. I didn't understand the concept of the lowest bidder at the time. It felt like my public elementary school had better food. The soups in our dinning hall were terrible as a whole. And yes I know that peanut soup is a cuisine in Africa, but the Peanut Butter soup that was served in that dining hall had nothing in common with that dish and only shared the name. What I am saying it was basically warmed up government peanut butter with some vegetable stock. Sure, my culinary expectations were sadly high for my choice of college where my family was spending a lot of money to send me. And I was also experiencing flashbacks to the food struggles of my family that I had thought I was escaping. So, [I]C'mon son[/I] right back at ya. [/QUOTE]

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