The Nest

     A lot of people forget the other half of the emptynest syndrome, the college student. Now as with the parents there is unlimited variation of how a college student adapts to being on their own at school. I have gotten over my home sickness at a young age because I have been going on weeklong camping without my parents around for several years when I was young. Now I work at one for roughly 9 weeks out of the year.
     Being at college without anyone immediately in the area is not unusual for me. With that being said I do not hate my home, rather I enjoy the space and the ability not having to report my every move to the King and Queen of my being. There is nothing that I love more than going back to real life which includes real food (Yes I'm that guy). But even though I am used to being out of the house there are times when the craving to go back is just great that not satisfying it would be unwise. Never forget where you come from. 

Getting personal with the MW

     Not all microwaves are created equal. They are all different in size, power usage and each has it's own sets of hot spots because of how the stirrer blade is made and installed.
     For the incoming freshmen who wishes to be in the elite of the MW culinary school Microwaves have some controls. There are two things that the microwave is on while it is cooking your food, On or Off. The MW Oven simply emits the microwaves into the main chamber that's all. If you microwave of choice has a low, medium or high setting that is just an adjustment on the percentage or the timing that the oven will emit. The waves vibrate fat, water and sugar molecules in the food that is being prepared producing friction which in turn produces the heat.
    It is possible to overcook your dish because the heat is being generated from the outside to the inside. For food to be ensured as fully cooked the heat needs time to evenly disperse. Microwave produced heat is different from the heat that is produced from a stove of standard oven because we are cooking with friction and  not simply producing strait heat and applying it to the food. That time that is spent letting the heat disperse is the stand time. If you just give it extra time with it being bombarded with the waves the molecules will just keep on vibrating faster and faster creating intense heat that will burn your mouth and/ or delay you even longer from having that needed late night cramming snack. With that being said on overcooking it is even more dangerous to under cook if meat is involved. Most professors are not lenient on work missed due to being ill, so don't do it. Stay healthy and don't be dumb.

Ramen: a College Staple

Ramen ever since it's invention has been for the college student a important part of dorm survival. At Fisher College it is a form of currency. more trades have been accomplished by adding a bag of Ramen to the bundle. Everyone loves these noodles but do not use it to their full potential. All you have to do is go and add a few veggies or precooked meat and there is a filling meal if the Cafe has closed. Most veggies don't take long to boil, if it does just cut it to a smaller sise as small food taked a quarter of the time to cook. Experiment the possibilities of the noodle

Depending on where you go for school determines what is allowed in the dorm rooms and what is available from the school to prepare meals. I am experimenting with how to cook here at Fisher College with the limited available materials. Here are my main constraint

1. Not allowed a microwave in the room.
2. Microwave, Fridge and sink are two floors below me.

Due to the school being in a historical part of Boston the school is crazy with the fire codes. A lot of them seem a little bit extreme but some of those extremes are from the building associations and laws. I love to cook legit food but it is difficult to find microwave recipes and microwave alternatives. So we will see what will happen.

On the Fence

I feel like there is a little built of guilt with the time that I have free during the day.  I know that there is nothing else to work on but then again there are some projects that i could get stuff done on but they are due so far off that it doesn't matter right now. I need to go and do it now that it is in the front of my mind. thank you blog for reminding me.

Get it Done (not on procrastination)

     I don't care about if you are the one to procrastinate on that project, presentation or speech. It is not your quality that I as a student care about either. The only thing that I do not understand is when students don't do the assignment and then try to come up with a lame excuse as to the reason why.
     There is this document called the Syllabus and that for those who are not in the college world or just as a reminder to the rest of us who dosed off during the first day; is the bible on how the class is to be run and what is expected form the professor and the students. There is little to no room to negotiate depending on who your professor is. I question the fact of how elastic the syllabus can be but some in my Public Speaking have almost snapped it in three pieces. Why push the limit of that with lame excuses? Seriously?

     The detail of the fact that all classes are expensive and that this is a waste of money. The class in question roughly costs $200 a day. I know that a lot of people don't like to publicly speak but in a private college of 700  students the class sises are small so speaking to a group of 15 other students shouldn't be that difficult. My beef with it is that if no one had their speech on the day that is scheduled for them the class gets cancelled. I want to learn. I want to do well. but how can I do both when the other students are being children. Man up and admit that you dun guft it.