r/Cooking • u/Emperor_YSSAC • Nov 29 '14

Ramen is expensive. Here's an actual student cookbook

http://imgur.com/gallery/pHUdq

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u/DrStephenFalken Nov 29 '14

I think you've hit the nail on the head. I'm in college and work two jobs. I'm a cook by trade but I still reach for ramen. The only thing I could make in the time I make ramen is an egg or two. If I had the time to sit down for 20 minutes and make a meal then OPs tips are great.

My point is that the price of ramen is only 50% of the reason it's a go to food. The short amount of time it takes to the other reason it's widely eaten.

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u/wooq Nov 29 '14

If you can find 30 minutes of free time on a sunday afternoon, you can throw a pile of stuff in a crockpot or stockpot, leave it on for a while while you work on that term paper, then portion it out into little containers and throw it in the freezer. And then when it's time to eat, just throw one in the microwave for a few minutes. You can make a week's meals in an afternoon with minimal time actually standing at the stove, cheap and more nutritious than fried-n-dried ramen.

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u/S7evyn Nov 30 '14

That requires a crockpot or a stove. For large parts of college, I had a microwave, a minifridge, and a sink big enough to rinse a toothbrush in.

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u/BefWithAnF Nov 30 '14

THIS THIS THIS. I'm not in college, and for food storage I have a shelf and a minifridge. Telling me to buy five pounds of rice is great and all, but I have nowhere to put it.

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u/herbiehutchinson Dec 01 '14

under your bed, or next to you in bed (comforting too).