My nephew

[ophiura]

Did I miss how much he is paying in rent somewhere? And even then, that is rent. If he wants room AND board then he can fork out some more. If he wants room, board, AND exactly what he wants...well it costs a lot to get a butler.
Wow, I hope he has some decent qualities,

because hearing that from a 21 year old man who has the "luxury" of living with family while going to school...man oh man.
I definitely was on my own, and it did me (if not my stomach) good.
Why solicite recipes for him! FWIW, my husband also has that cookbook and makes things from it that are perfectly easy and fine.
I agree. Leave some ramen. Maybe get him a pot and a hot plate, and he can learn what it really should be like in college. Or maybe he can get on the meal plan and school. Maybe you can shove 4 other people in his room so he can figure out what a freshman dorm was like too.
I didn't have recipes. I had a box of mac and cheese (didn't have milk or butter, just water...going all out I may have added an onion), ditto with those side dish noodles. Ramen, always. Maybe spaghetti. I had to walk quite a ways to the grocery store so there was only so much to carry (as an interesting aside, I shopped in the grocery store in the Watergate apartments in DC...strange to be around such history

). Now with all the microwave options that you can pick up nearly anywhere? Lucky.
I hope your nephew is a joker
'Cause, I just happen to have a, uh, "slacker" of a young male relative and this seems like the same road that got him where he is today. Which is like 25, at home, no education of sorts, no promising job, no car, no nothing...but his Mom does shop and cook for him......

 

[rykna]

Weeeellllllllllllllllllllllll......he did find out the hard way what it is like to pay for college all by himself....his parents were paying for everything, until he flunked out due to his over indulgence of videa games. That's what got him here...they have basically cut the money off, with the exception of giving me grocery money every month. He does have a weekend job....but I know reality has not hit him yet.......
My daughter Aria and I are off to purchase some essentials at the grocery store and when we get home we're going to make some peanut butter cookies. For dinner I am going to show Daniel how to thaw hamburger, shape patties, and cook the meat. Will our starving college student survive??? Film at 11!!!!

 

[bayside]

get a quasadilla maker they r like 20 bucks and u can throw anything u want in there and it makes it for u, dont think i could live without mine

 

[lovethesea]

Originally Posted by Rykna
. A man's marriage value increases by at least 40% if he can cook!!!!!giggle

more if he knows how to do laundry properly and help out in the cleaning department.

 

[jmick]

Originally Posted by Rykna
Weeeellllllllllllllllllllllll......he did find out the hard way what it is like to pay for college all by himself....his parents were paying for everything, until he flunked out due to his over indulgence of videa games. That's what got him here...they have basically cut the money off, with the exception of giving me grocery money every month. He does have a weekend job....but I know reality has not hit him yet.......
My daughter Aria and I are off to purchase some essentials at the grocery store and when we get home we're going to make some peanut butter cookies. For dinner I am going to show Daniel how to thaw hamburger, shape patties, and cook the meat. Will our starving college student survive??? Film at 11!!!!

Can you make me some to? I love peanut butter cookies!
I grew up with my dad and if I didn't learn to cook then I had to eat what he made and I must admit his bbq is very good but everything is suspect. My wive loves my cooking and I try to add something new ever couple of weeks.

 

[shogun323]

Originally Posted by DeMartini
mac and cheese, hot pockets and pop tarts (my favorites)
I was getting worried that nobody mentioned hot pockets.
As a 30 year old professional bachelor my diet consistst of PB & J, hot pockets, lean cuisine, microwavble taquitos, Mac & Cheese, and then the frozen pasta meals that have chicken and veggies in them. Of course all these items must be supplemented with an Ice Cold Sam Adams Boston Lager.
When I cook for my girlfriend, I will cook some chicken and whip up a sauce and some vegetables or throw a stoffers in the oven.

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by Scotts
I do remember a story that I heard a friend of mine telling. His roomates were going to have hamburger helper one night, cooked the hamburger added the noodles and thought it was way too crunchy. Then they realzied they did not cook the noodles. So they just ate the hamburger. :hilarious :notsure:

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by ophiura
I agree. Leave some ramen. Maybe get him a pot and a hot plate, and he can learn what it really should be like in college. Or maybe he can get on the meal plan and school. Maybe you can shove 4 other people in his room so he can figure out what a freshman dorm was like too.
I didn't have recipes. I had a box of mac and cheese (didn't have milk or butter, just water...going all out I may have added an onion), ditto with noodles. Ramen, always. Maybe spaghetti. I had to walk quite a ways to the grocery store so there was only so much to carry (as an interesting aside, I shopped in the grocery store in the Watergate apartments in DC...strange to be around such history

). Now with all the microwave options that you can pick up nearly anywhere? Lucky.
.....

:cheer: :cheer: :hilarious :hilarious

 

[nigerbang]

Recipes??? Tell him to help out with money, help out with cooking, or tell him to starve...I had a roommate once like that...I had to charge him for everything he would eat..Im talking like 3lbs of chicken

[hr]
, a loaf of bread, gallon of milk, and a box of popcicles in a day....then he would wash it down with a 12 pack of cokes...He alone was costing me around $150 a week in food..I would go buy food I had food..If he didnt get his own food then he would just go hungry....

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by Rykna
Sounds great!!!!!!

I'm still

about the diapers!!!!!
I hope he catches on QUICK!
A BIG night for me in college was to WALK to the Taco Bell and get ONE 59 cent taco and a glass of WATER.
I would WALK back home and think about how GREAT that was!
I had a bike in college, but it got stolen.
I worked 20 hrs/week and carried a full class load.
Oh, and did I mention that I WALKED where ever I needed to go.
***)

:happyfish

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by NigerBang
Recipes??? Tell him to help out with money, help out with cooking, or tell him to starve...I had a roommate once like that...I had to charge him for everything he would eat..Im talking like 3lbs of chicken

[hr]
, a loaf of bread, gallon of milk, and a box of popcicles in a day....then he would wash it down with a 12 pack of cokes...He alone was costing me around $150 a week in food..I would go buy food I had food..If he didnt get his own food then he would just go hungry....

WOW, your roommate sounds like Chewbacca!

 

[garnet13aj]

Oh, and did I mention that I WALKED where ever I needed to
whoohoo! Me too! But because I love to walk. Ocassionally I take out the ole rusty bike I got for 25 dollars on craigs list or take th bus, but walkingis my favorite mode of transportation!

 

[nigerbang]

Originally Posted by Catawaba
WOW, your roommate sounds like Chewbacca!
He was used to pigging out at his Dads house...

 

[watson3]

Originally Posted by Catawaba
I had a bike in college, but it got stolen.

Note to self..Do not send children to wherever Catawaba went to college (for these two reasons)

 

[catawaba]

Ouch!

 

[watson3]

 

[anubisxero]

Originally Posted by Rykna
I like the ramen soup idea!!
hmm what think think...man college was...well...a long time ago. What else did one consume in college...well pizza ofcourse. But right now we have a budget of $125 a week for food. Not that that's bad, but it's not going to buy all the snack goodies, or delivery that Daniel wants. I do need to make a couple batches of cookies and a pie or two. But I hope to slowly include him in the process of cooking. A man's marriage value increases by at least 40% if he can cook!!!!!giggle

Yeah i think that increased my marriage potential for sure. I guess I have to thank growing up in a house with only a woman.

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by watson3

Seems a bit prejudicial based on other thread.
Bike stolen in a college town.
(What if I said it was in Louisiana?)
What's your point?

 

[ophiura]

I think there is a whole lot of overanalyzing and reading. I think I found the other thread ( I assume the athiest thread). I understood the point there as well so I am a bit unsure.
Anyway, there is a tone issue and joking that go on and perhaps people take it to personally and start talking about prejudice.
It think he meant
1) you had to ride a bike (yeah, not my thing either I must admit, though I had to walk)
2) it was stolen
In his mind, may be two "tongue in cheek" reasons to avoid where you went to school!
I tend to try and assume people actually are trying to enjoy a conversation with "friends" and not assume they are being prejudice in some way.
(Believe me, I read a lot of threads each day...this is the best way to enjoy things

)

 

[reefreak29]

my , my
i was on my own at 17, learned to cook on my own did my laundry etc, etc.
i actually thought cooking was fun and over the years ive prettymuch become a gormeut cook