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Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
A biscuit recipe from my great aunt. She calls them foaming biscuits (in Australia biscuits are a sweet thing, sorta like a cookie, but not). Basicly just flour, butter, milk sugar and bi-carb soda, but the milk and sugar are boiled then the bi-carb is added to the mixture so you actually get to see the foam in action. A wee bit dangerous when you're young, but good fun no matter what age!
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Salad sandwiches. Really, really big ones, with all the different salads that I normally feel guilty about taking so long to prepare. God they are good!
Favorite foods eaten at the 'wrong' temperatures?
I LOVE eating canned vegetable soup straight from the tin. Somehow it just isn't as heavy, and tastes waaay better.
Frozen beans and peas are aways good. Pieces of raw potato are good too. Don't know if that counts as the wrong 'temperature' but I know it counts as yummy!
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What do you eat for all-nighters?
I've only just started my degree, I'm in the first year if education, but trust me there are plenty of all nighters for us.
I recommend really sweet, really strong black coffee over ice. I make mine in the morning, before class, then put it in the fridge for the day, ready for me to drink it that night and through to the next morning.
I know caffiene's a no-no for you, but this works wonders for those who can stand it.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
A biscuit recipe from my great aunt. She calls them foaming biscuits (in Australia biscuits are a sweet thing, sorta like a cookie, but not). Basicly just flour, butter, milk sugar and bi-carb soda, but the milk and sugar are boiled then the bi-carb is added to the mixture so you actually get to see the foam in action. A wee bit dangerous when you're young, but good fun no matter what age!
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Salad sandwiches. Really, really big ones, with all the different salads that I normally feel guilty about taking so long to prepare. God they are good!
Favorite foods eaten at the 'wrong' temperatures?
I LOVE eating canned vegetable soup straight from the tin. Somehow it just isn't as heavy, and tastes waaay better.
Frozen beans and peas are aways good. Pieces of raw potato are good too. Don't know if that counts as the wrong 'temperature' but I know it counts as yummy!
Do You Eat or Email First?
this is how my day goes:
7am: Alarm goes off. Snooze.
7:10am: Alarm goes off. Snooze. (repeat)
8:30am: Finally drag myself out of bed.
8:35am: Shower, brush teeth, general toiletries stuff.
10:30am: Leave for uni.
12pm: Start full day of classes.
5pm: Oh shit it's the end of the day and I haven't eaten OR checked my email.
5:05pm: Check email, start hunt for vending machine/caffeteria on campus.
5:30pm: Drive home.
Of course, if it's a Friday or a weekend when i don't have uni, but so have work it's more like:
4am: Alarm goes off. Get out of bed.
4:05am: Shower, brush teeth etc.
4:45am: leave for work.
10:30am: oh shit I've finished work and I haven't eaten OR checked my email.
10:35am: Drive home.
10:45am: Check email, start hunt for food in cupboards....
Am I the only person who does this? Does this make me a bad SE-er???
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
It has to be a toss up between bean chile, and lasagne made with a fetta, olive and fresh tomato sauce. Decisions, decisions. I think the lasgne wins out on the comfort food side of things, but you really can't beat chile for simplicity...
"dinner" vs "supper"
I'm with Kappamaki.
I live in Northern Autralia and for me it's either dinner or tea, depending on my mood. In my family they are interchangeable, but supper is almost never mentioned, unless we are visiting my Grandparents.
And it's neither soda nor pop. It's soft drink. Or we call it by the type ie "Do you want a lemonade?"
Apple, Give Me an iPhone; I'll Give YOU the piPhone
I would use a mobile slice. Even though I don't live anywhere near america (being australian and all) but I love being able to look up websites I love on my Sidekick. Please, please, PLEASE go mobile!
What to dip my french fries in...
I'm with wenday. You cannot beat Mickey D's fries dipped into a plain soft serve cone. It is like little bites of heaven. Heart attack inducing heaven, but heaven none the less!
Kitschy Recipes
What exactly is Velveeta? Even the name sounds kinda scary guys...
Sourdough Doesn't Always Mean 'Good'
I live in Darwin, Australia, and work in a bakery and I've got to say, sourdough is my favourite type of bread that we make there. Actually it is my favourite type of anything we make there. You know a bread is good when a seventeen year old girl chooses it over a brownie or a cream bun!
What do you eat for all-nighters?
Depends on the season for me. In the winter I eat a bunch of clementines 'cause they're easy to peel and it's a fruit, yayy so I won't feel as guilty if I had munched on chips. And during the summer....a nice bowl of cereal with cold milk so that I know I'll be fortified for the next day x]
What do you eat for all-nighters?
Also- a toasted English muffin with sliced banana, a little peanut butter, and honey is amazing at about 2 am when you get bleary eyed and all the words you've been reading start blurring together :)
What do you eat for all-nighters?
If I'm okay for the calories, I'll eat 1-2 tbs natural peanut butter with a sliced apple, or some "hint of salt" wheat thins with sliced apple and slices of sharp cheddar cheese. I find that having a little protein, a little bit of carbs, and something sweet and salty cuts all my cravings- gives me an extra boost of energy- and keeps me from digging for change for the vending machine. I have enough added pounds from being a student for so many years- I don't need extra potato chips or M&Ms to add any more!
What do you eat for all-nighters?
in conclusion, Serious Eaters are maniacs for peanut butter.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
Toast two poptarts, preferably a fruit flavor, and spread them with peanut butter. make sure you have lots of milk or you could clog your esophagus.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
So far from what I've tried I find that drinking tons of water works wonders. But the true magic combo for me is Coke and Peanut M&Ms. I don't know what it is about those M&Ms but they seriously help to keep me going. I've also tried sipping coke out of a Red Vines straw; worked well. However, if I don't feel like having anything junky like candy, then I do a mix of cold mangoes and frozen grapes or a pasta salad with feta. Oh! Orange juice is good too. Mentally I associate OJ with breakfast so when I drink it at 4 a.m it kinds tricks me into thinking it's breakfast time. I think that it's best to shy away from warm, comforting foods. Go for crunchy and cold foods.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
pb&j on wheat ritz is a late night guilty pleasure for me...not the healthiest but yummy.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
I definitely agree with the teeth brushing, it's how I wake myself up. That and middle of the night showers, wakes you up and gives you a quick mental break. Foodwise cereal was my goto middle of the night food. Crunchy to keep you up and mentally associated with morning, plus there's so many different kinds that you can experiment with that works best for you. Sugary or fibery or filled with dried fruit or whatever.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
Smartfood white cheddar popcorn. But watch the cheese-coated fingerprints.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
depends on what I crave (sweet or savory) and what I have on hand. Sometimes it'll be toasted english muffin with some nut butter (maybe a drizzle of honey), or maybe a mini-bag of popcorn, pita with hummus, a fruit chilling in the fridge or maybe a small piece of good dark chocolate.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
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Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
dark chocolate
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Little mini cherry cream cheese treats! That's what I love!
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
My savory bite-sized treat is mini quiche.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Mini chocolate chip cookies are my faborite. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Small brownie squares.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
I'm a medical student and during late night work & painfully early mornings my boyfriend feeds me vegelettes -- 1-2 eggs packed with finely cut veggies of all kinds + minced garlic &/or finely chopped onion. They're quick to make, so much more flavorful than anything I make, and the variety is endless.
Top with fresh goat cheese and a slice of sprouted grain toast or half of a well-toasted whole wheat english muffin. Keeps me going strong in a way that caffeine can't. Complex carb plus some protein and bulky vegetables make for a satisfying & energizing meal (no post-prandial coma!). Oh, and I second the plenty of water advice, too!
Good luck on the med school apps!
What do you eat for all-nighters?
healthy finger foods, my favorites are popcorn and grapes. I can eat vast quantities of both.
What do you eat for all-nighters?
i second unsalted roasted almonds, and HIGHLY second sushi. once the sun starts coming up, drop the rice and just eat as sashimi. it's cold and protein-y. perfect.
i also recommend brushing your teeth in lieu of a snack. brush your teeth and then have some OJ. always worked wonders driving through the night.
"dinner" vs "supper"
Poultrygeist (great name!) was right in citing Webster's that it's the largest meal (but not breakfast). So to the extent it was regional it was because the largest meal was more likely to be at noon in agricultural country, and then the evening meal was supper. As we've become more urban more of us who used to have dinner at noon now have it at suppertime, and have lunch at noon.
My mother grew up in Massachusetts where they called soda "tonic." When my sister had to be taken to the Dr in Texas where they were stationed during the War ('40's) he told her my sister needed some tonic, and mom couldn't imagine why.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
I love craisins!
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Bite-sized brownies
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Mini chocolate chip cookies are my favorite.
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
Chocolate truffles
Cook the Book: 'Bite-Size Desserts'
I love dark chocolate truffles.
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I've only just started my degree, I'm in the first year if education, but trust me there are plenty of all nighters for us.
I recommend really sweet, really strong black coffee over ice. I make mine in the morning, before class, then put it in the fridge for the day, ready for me to drink it that night and through to the next morning.
I know caffiene's a no-no for you, but this works wonders for those who can stand it.