Sophomore Thomas Kinsley whips up a pot of spaghetti in his off·campus apartment. Living in apartments was the beginning of many students' cooking lives. (Photo by Melissa Wilson) 66 11 people people ------------------ because they were cheap and easy to cook. looKwhat's CoOkiNg! There are few foods more frequently purchased and consumed than Ramen noodles. Many freshmen spend the 5 cents a package for the solid rock of noodles. I was no different. As a freshman there was no telling how many nickels 1 spent on the very food that I now despise. I came to college a naive, innocent only child from Kentucky. I didn't know how to cook anything except frozen pizza and popcorn. Popcorn was my specialty. I was able to determine the precise moment to take the bag out of the microwave to achieve premium kernel poppage, all without burning a single kernel. Pretty amazing, isn't it? But, I digress. It became apparent that I couldn't live on pizza and popcorn alone, so I was obliged to look elsewhere for my sustenance; thus began my search for an alternative food source. I was instantly led to Ramen noodles, mostly I came to college I began eating Ramen noodles in extreme amounts. I bought them in bricks, which was a bundle of about 50 packages of noodles. I ate about two packages a day, so I would like to think that I mastered the art of the Ramen. had the perfect noodle and flavor consistency everytime I fixed a bowL a naive, innocent only child from Kentucky. I didn't know how to cook I preferred to put the water and the seasoning in the bowl, mkrowave for a couple of minutes, add the noodles, microwave some more, and then eat - after taking them out of the microwave, of course. (However, my roommate preferred a different style. He liked his noodles raw. He would pour the spice on the noodles, break them up in his bowl and commence eating. I thought it was weird, but who was I to judge?) Yes, those were happy days. Because Ramen costs about 5 cents a package, I was able to eat for almost a month for $2.50. anything except frozen pizza and popcorn. - senior Todd Unfortunately, on a day like any other, my world of Ramen came crashing down. I had fixed my second bowl of Ramen for dinner when a sudden wave of revulsion swept over my body. I'm not sure what it was, but I couldn't have Ramsey eaten another Ramen noodle if a gun had been held to my head.l absolutely despised those slimy, nasty noodles. Ever since that night the smell or sight of Ramen makes me nauseous. Yes, it has been a bit difficult getting by without my Ramen, but I feel that I'm a better man having gone through such an ordeaL I believe that my brush with the wild side of the noodle made me appreciate different foods a lot more. I'm sure many of you have your share of Ramen stories - perhaps you love them, or maybe you have come to a point where you could have no more, as I did. But whatever your feeling about the processed noodles, there is no denying their influence on a student's diet.
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