What's the worst 'meal' you've come up with as a student?

RanFlagg

Like, I had a few housemates who took to the auld Koka Noodle Sandwich or resorted to mayonnaise on toast when there's been no butter. Anyone gone to further extremes when there's been nothing in the house? Chips on Pizza is another one.

MonkeyTennis

my ex used to do spaghetti with chopped up easi singles. Rank

Penny Tration

A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.

Sam Kade

When I went to college we had a free canteen in fact everything was free, those were the days

Davarus Walrus

The majority of students are just a step above vermin to be honest.

wazky

Toast al a premium Polish lager, yum.

Kovu

No beans. Next best thing? Peas on toast:D

frag420

Weetabix with marmalade slathered on it, didnt take long to turn into a dry orangey wooden paste in my mouth.........

Sam Kade

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

The majority of students are just a step above vermin to be honest.

They can't afford proper meals because they spend all their money on drink and partying.

The Backwards Man

Sausages, beans and pasta fried in Harp Lager.

Made that for twenty people one morning in 1995 or 6, there were no complaints.

iDave

2 slices of white bread, a Mars bar, 5 mins in the George Foreman. yum yum

Penny Tration

This thread is making me hungry tbh.

whisky_galore

Chinese noodle and black pudding sangwich. Bit of cultural fusion there.

El Weirdo

I know of a guy that used to survive on salt sandwiches and salt on rice through some of the lean periods whilst being a student.

I myself, once used half can of Smithwicks I found in the fridge one morning after a party, on my Cornflakes. I'm not proud.

Aglomerado

Rice cooked in the microwave because the cooker used to shoot blue sparks at us when we turned it on) and a jar of Chicken Tonight curry with no chicken in it.
It beat the NUIG canteen food!

BillJ

Tuna-beans.

Don't do it

Halfbaker

Salt and vinegar sandwich, not the crisps just bread with salt and vinegar.
"Pasta a la ketchup".

whisky_galore

El Weirdo wrote: »

I know of a guy that used to survive on salt sandwiches and salt on rice through some of the lean periods whilst being a student.

Lived in a house with a lad that ate little other than huge plates of pasta with pasta sauce, a Mars Bar for 'dessert' all washed down with a 2L Coke.

iDave

Pasta and Soy sauce

Wossack

some peanut butter smeared on a playing card

suicide_circus

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Sausages, beans and pasta fried in Harp Lager.

Made that for twenty people one morning in 1995 or 6, there were no complaints.

Simpler times back then

Cerveja69

Weetabix with water instead of milk.

Not that long ago and not as a srudent (for shame), I was so broke I had to ask my flatmate if I could 'borrow' a potatoe. She reluctantly said ok but make sure you replace it tomorrow. She was German and obese

I ate it like an apple, no butter, no salt, no nothing

thejaguar

A brown sauce sandwich.

Love a good cheese and brown sauce sandwich but there was no cheese.

suicide_circus

Cerveja69 wrote: »

Weetabix with water instead of milk.

Not that long ago and not as a srudent (for shame), I was so broke I had to ask my flatmate if I could 'borrow' a potatoe. She reluctantly said ok but make sure you replace it tomorrow. She was German and obese

I ate it like an apple, no butter, no salt, no nothing

Jesus, if your in dublin or most urban centres there are places that will feed you if you are genuinely that hard up.

Rhyme

Rice, beans and sweet chilli sauce.

Doesn't taste too bad if you eat it really quickly.

Cerveja69

suicide_circus wrote: »

Jesus, if your in dublin or most urban centres there are places that will feed you if you are genuinely that hard up.

I'm not at all, it was a couple of years ago and I was working as a bartender in Berlin. I'd blown all my money on booze and was no doubt too hungover to go to a supermarket.

I deserve no pity!

bnt

I was a mature student, so didn't have the whole "student experience", but I did take a few shortcuts in my cooking. I figured out that some foods needs proper cooking for safety, but some just expect re-heating, and the latter are safe to have cold. Soup straight out of the can or bag, for example. A can of Lidl Scotch Broth (less than €1) for lunch will keep you going all day.

I would get weird stuff from the Asia Market, such as Korean instant noodles that melt your tongue, or bags of made-in-India curry dishes (Palak Paneer, Mehti Gosht and all that). Less than €2 for a huge roll of Chicken Polony (Baloney or mystery meat) for a week of sandwiches: it might be Halal, but you can tell it contains everything but the squawk. :eek:

Darkglasses

A thin stew of fish, vegetables, prawns and four kinds of rice. *shudder*

RedXIV

A guy I used to live with was nicknamed bob because we caught him wearing a builders hat in bed once. He has an infamous "bob sandwich"

Two slices of white bread
Two waffles
Two microwaveable burgers
Two easi-singles
Lots of ketchup.

He'd eat one and be full for almost 12 hours.
Tried to eat two in a row once, was not pretty

Badly Drunk Boy

RanFlagg wrote: »

Like, I had a few housemates who took to the auld Koka Noodle Sandwich or resorted to mayonnaise on toast when there's been no butter. Anyone gone to further extremes when there's been nothing in the house? Chips on Pizza is another one.

Mayonnaise is the Devil's puke, but Koka noodles on toast is lovely. But it has to be on toast. Untoasted bread is a no-no.

byronbay2

Cerveja69 wrote: »

Not that long ago and not as a srudent (for shame), I was so broke I had to ask my flatmate if I could 'borrow' a potatoe. She reluctantly said ok but make sure you replace it tomorrow. She was German and obese

I ate it like an apple, no butter, no salt, no nothing

Please tell me you at least cooked it??

Sweet and sour burger pasta. Tasty.

fleet_admiral

Granby burgers on toast is amazing

Edgedinblue

pasta, red sauce and cheese. disusting dont know how i ate it

wp_rathead

Tuna fish from the tin as no bread or pasta to add it too and no washing up liquid to clean the plates..

rough times

DLMA23

Cold macaroni cheese in a hollowed out bread roll

The Peanut

Cerveja69 wrote: »

Weetabix with water instead of milk.

Not that long ago and not as a srudent (for shame), I was so broke I had to ask my flatmate if I could 'borrow' a potatoe. She reluctantly said ok but make sure you replace it tomorrow. She was German and obese

I ate it like an apple, no butter, no salt, no nothing

I am so sorry but the sad spud story really made me laugh.

I lived on porridge through most of my early college years. Well, porridge and Guinness.

Duggy747

I had no money, was starving, and had nothing in the cupboards + fridge...........except for a box of Paxo Cranberry & Sausage stuffing that may or may not have been gone off by quite a long time.

Certainly a high point of my Champagne Charlie lifestyle............or what I like to call Binwater Barry.

Ihatecuddles

I eat koka noodle sandwiches pretty regularly.....and I'm rich :pac:

gordongekko

I eat ****e out of Kelly Brooks knickers once and then she beat me up.

ToddyDoody

Tomatoes and cheese on boiled rice. One bite and then into the bin

DazMarz

I knew students who used to go to funerals where the afters were in hotels/pubs just for the free food. They'd squirrel as many sandwiches and stuff as they could into their pockets before scarpering.

And no, it wasn't me. I had some decorum and only gatecrashed weddings.

kylith

I once tried a concoction of mince, milk and worchestershire sauce. It didn't taste too bad, but it was grey and so unappealing I actually couldn't bring myself to eat it.

OneArt

A bottle of non-alcoholic wine. Should've read the label when I bought it. Sigh.

castletownman

Few years ago we came home from a night out, and being a bit worse for wear I wasn't arsed cooking anything so instead started eating half a loaf of stale bread with ketchup spread on it.

Pre-toasted bread loafs for the win.