Daily Archives: 7 July 2006

7 July 2006

Comfort Food – Simple Abundance for July 7

By Nicki

As I was reading the daily musings in Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance, I thought about comfort food and the college student.

Today’s reading discussing five types of food – haute cuisine, lean cuisine, comfort food, soul food and nature food (can’t really remember #5 without getting my book from its reading location).

How does the college student, living on his/her own for the first time, deal with comfort food?  If he is away from school, does the cafeteria smorgasbord settle for comfort food?  Or is it always comfort food?

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7 July 2006

Menu Planning and the College Male

By Nicki

Okay, so I knew the time would come. I will have four college students in the family next year. I was bound to have one, sooner or later, that would live off campus.

Due to transferring universities and there being no on campus housing left, my 19 year old son is going to be living in an apartment. We have finally settled on a location – University Village at Sweethome - but now comes the menu planning.

How do you teach a 19 year old to shop and cook? Is it best to plan the first month or so with him?

I am not leaving him all alone on this. He has two sisters that are at university about 20 minutes away but both live on campus. I will be up in the general area about 4 or 5 times in the first semester.

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7 July 2006

If I were stuck on a TV show for 24 hours…

By Nicki

I know it would be The West Wing.  I realize the show is off the air now but I always watched with a “wow, I want to do that job” attitude.  I thought the show was great – all aspects of it.

I don’t know if I could stand in front of a room full of people like CJ Cregg.  I sometimes get flustered when speaking in public.  Usually, I am okay if I have prepared remarks but more likely, I would say things that would get me in trouble.  My thoughts would be reminiscent of the time when CJ made remarks that offended Saudis because of letting a school full of young girls burn to death because they did not have the proper attire on to come out in public. 

I do know I could do other jobs on the show.

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