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From: Joel Koltner on 19 Feb 2010 16:19 "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:hoadnTdLFMYmZOPWnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > When I was a freshman, I had somewhat different problem: what I am going to > eat. The detergents were rationed; however laundry wasn't a big problem > since there was not too many things to clean. The popular cheap college food over here are ramen noodles or rice and beans... how was it over there?
From: Joerg on 19 Feb 2010 16:44 Joel Koltner wrote: > "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:hoadnTdLFMYmZOPWnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> When I was a freshman, I had somewhat different problem: what I am >> going to eat. The detergents were rationed; however laundry wasn't a >> big problem since there was not too many things to clean. > > The popular cheap college food over here are ramen noodles or rice and > beans... how was it over there? > Reports like this one from Vladimir always humble me a bit. We have to keep in mind that there are countries where even the lowly top ramen out of a plastic can would be a real luxury item. Where you have to worry how to get enough vitamins into your body for the winter. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 19 Feb 2010 16:49 Joel Koltner wrote: > "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:hoadnTdLFMYmZOPWnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >> When I was a freshman, I had somewhat different problem: what I am >> going to eat. The detergents were rationed; however laundry wasn't a >> big problem since there was not too many things to clean. > > > The popular cheap college food over here are ramen noodles or rice and > beans... how was it over there? So-called "double soup": dissolve two packs of dry noodle soup in the amount of water intended for one pack (that's why it was called "double"), add some potatoes and whatever else you may have, then boil it until it will be a uniform kasha. Did you make tea with a pair of razor blades? Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com
From: Joel Koltner on 19 Feb 2010 17:02 "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:x_GdnbNeQpvYmuLWnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > So-called "double soup": dissolve two packs of dry noodle soup in the amount > of water intended for one pack (that's why it was called "double"), add some > potatoes and whatever else you may have, then boil it until it will be a > uniform kasha. Wow; that is meager. I'm glad you made it with your health intact! How long ago was that? > Did you make tea with a pair of razor blades? No, I surely didn't. Please elaborate on how it's done? When I lived in the dorms at university's (1990-1994), you were required to buy a meal plan from the university's cafeterias -- they had various plans available, from "borderline-anorexic jockey" to "linebacker." These days many schools have switched some or all of their own cafeterias over to the nationwide fast food franchises -- Subwauy, Pizza Hut, etc. Kinda sad; to some degree it reflects the fact that tuition and books are so incredibly expensive these days in the first place, food is now comparatively quite cheap. (I also suspect that there's no remaining major college today that doesn't have a Starbucks within ready walking distance of campus. :-) ) ---Joel
From: Joel Koltner on 19 Feb 2010 17:07
"Joerg" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:7u8f2iF7rjU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Reports like this one from Vladimir always humble me a bit. We have to keep > in mind that there are countries where even the lowly top ramen out of a > plastic can would be a real luxury item. Where you have to worry how to get > enough vitamins into your body for the winter. A guy at work here knew a WWII soldier who was captured by the Japanese and held as a POW for awhile. He and his fellow POWs received little more than a scoop of rice per day, and to make matters worse, it was white rice, so not only were they not getting enough calories, but they also weren't getting enough vitamins and minerals. They knew this, so one of the POWs risked his life, sabotaging the machine that removed the bran and germ layers, so that they at least had brown rice instead. He believes that that act saved many of their lives while they were waiting for the war to end. Scary stuff... :-( ---Joel |