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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:03:18 PM EDT

For me, a cheap box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna fish mixed in.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:04:22 PM EDT

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Meh I worked full time + all through college so I never was broke.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:04:58 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:05:26 PM EDT

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I lived at home with my mom, and commuted to college. I ate like a king

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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:06:18 PM EDT

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eggs----fried, scrambled, boiled

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:06:21 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:24 PM EDT

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For me, a cheap box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna fish mixed in.

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Yep, or canned chili.
PBJ
frijoles
tortillas
hot dogs
eggs (these used to be cheap)

Rice. Rice with everything. Especially eggs and frozen veggies. Add a hamburger patty if feeling spendy.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:24 PM EDT

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Same here. If I had a more expansive budget, I'd move up to Hamburger Helper and actually buy some hamburger to add in.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:29 PM EDT

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MRE I had left over from training...my quad mates hated me for how the bathroom smelled after

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:32 PM EDT

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Meh I worked full time + all through college so I never was broke.

Never spent all the money mom and dad send you on beer?

Boring.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:41 PM EDT

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I cooked on a single electric burner on my window sill and had a pot and a skillet. Ramen drained over frozen vegetables was a favorite. If I have a little extra cash, the local grocery store sold odds and ends of meat in packages labeled stew cubes. I would stir fry that in the skillet with frozen vegetables.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:07:59 PM EDT

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I loved:

- Chicken breast cooked on my George Foreman, paired with a bag of chicken flavored rice;

- Tuna Helper, but with canned, cooked chicken instead of tuna;

- Tacos.

I worked a lot (3 jobs) so I didn't have to resort to Ramen.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:08:13 PM EDT

[#12]

Ramen noodles. Tea. Buttered noodles with some garlic.

All made in a little electric teapot type of thing.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:08:20 PM EDT

[#13]

Ricearoni and 99 cent breakfast jacks from Jack in the Box.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:15:14 PM EDT

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Two packs of ramen noodles--throw away seasoning packet. Strain out the water.
A copious pat of butter or margarine.
Garlic salt.
Adobo seasoning.
Italian seasoning.

Eaten like pasta.

AKA--the sodium bomb

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:17:53 PM EDT

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Rice w everything as ppl said..rice with ketchup actually tastes good tbh im burnt out on soy sauce.

A little caesars pizza 5 bucks a pop can last 2 days easy...2.50a day aint bad at all. But maybe im used to eating like a holocaust survivor i weight 100lbs 5'6..turning 23 in 2 months too. Have ribs showing ha

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:17:58 PM EDT

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I had two full time jobs, a part timer at the mall, and twice the credit load as any college student I met. It was hard making time for my super model girlfriend though. LOL, seriously, I feel bad for anyone that missed out on being a poor college student.

If I had milk, bread and bacon, I could eat for weeks.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:19:00 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:19:29 PM EDT

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For me, a cheap box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna fish chili beans mixed in.

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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:19:32 PM EDT

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An MRE because I joined the military and didn't go to college until I was already a successful adult.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:20:14 PM EDT

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I had two full time jobs, a part timer at the mall, and twice the credit load as any college student I met. It was hard making time for my super model girlfriend though. LOL, seriously, I feel bad for anyone that missed out on being a poor college student.

If I had milk, bread and bacon, I could eat for weeks.

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Yea bc coming home after a night out to a full spread my mom had made for dinner was just agonizing, lol.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:20:29 PM EDT

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Ramen noodles and store brand Spaghetti-Os

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:20:37 PM EDT

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I had a meal plan so I would just eat at the cafeteria.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:21:39 PM EDT

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feed Ethiopia sized Pizza form Rico's Pizza. Could live on it for 9-10 days. $17 iirc

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:21:47 PM EDT

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$0.33 sonic mini burgers on Wednesday.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:22:00 PM EDT

[#25]

The chow hall

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:23:07 PM EDT

[#26]

Ramen Noodles, Chicken Flavor.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:23:09 PM EDT

[#27]

Quesadillas, cheese is cheep, so is salsa, tortillas last a good long while in the fridge and are also cheep.

There used to be a gut truck outside my voc tech school that sold $1 rice bowls with a little chicken (Cat maybe

) in them. They had a line a mile long.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:24:03 PM EDT

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Eggo waffles and shiner bock

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:24:05 PM EDT

[#29]

Happy Hour at a bar with free food.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:25:21 PM EDT

[#30]

Rice, eggs and fish

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:25:28 PM EDT

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Frozen burritos

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:26:42 PM EDT

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lol, came here to post this.

Yeah, frozen burritos from Walmart was my choice. Plus, I gained about 25 pounds for free!

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:27:10 PM EDT

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$5 hot n ready from little cesears aka "hot n sleazy" b/c it was hot and wet

Sorry for the imagery

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:27:56 PM EDT

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I lived on $10 a day in college. I got a $5 dollar Mad Mushroom single topping large pizza and a $5 twelve pack of Beast Light and made it last for lunch and dinner. I changed the pizza topping, but did this almost every day in school.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:28:05 PM EDT

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Boiled potatoes because that's the only way I knew how to cook them.

In between jobs, my grandpa bought me a 20lb sack, boiled potatoes is what I ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for two weeks.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:29:06 PM EDT

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For me, a cheap box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna fish mixed in.

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By themselves absolutely, but together, seriously?

x 1000

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:29:36 PM EDT

[#37]

Frozen Mex TV dinner

or

Chicken pot pie on bed of rice.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:30:18 PM EDT

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This. If I got fancy I'd toss in some frozen peas.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:30:23 PM EDT

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For me, a cheap box of mac and cheese and a can of tuna fish mixed in.

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That very thing.

Ate a ton of it in college.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:31:29 PM EDT

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Ramen in a hot pot with an egg thrown in and stirred up.

Veggie sub from subway. Not because I was vegetarian but because you could buy one with spare change fished out of seat cushions and under the floor mats in the car.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:31:33 PM EDT

[#41]

Whatever was served in the dining hall that day.

Kharn

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Posted: 1/2/2016 5:31:34 PM EDT

[#42]

A can of beans.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:31:54 PM EDT

[#43]

Ate a fair bit of Ramen noodles.
Peanut butter and jam sandwiches, on discount cheap bread.

LOTS of tuna, the cheap kind.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:32:38 PM EDT

[#44]

Whale meat

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:33:43 PM EDT

[#45]

Ramen noodles but if I was feeling fancy, I could get Jacks pizza dirt cheap on sale and get a little protein in me.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:35:03 PM EDT

[#46]

I used to raid the dumpsters at McD's then sell the still boxed and wrapped burgers to students in the dorm. I wasn't a poor college student then and would buy groceries and good shit to eat.

I fucking loooved Dinty Moore Beef Stew!

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:36:15 PM EDT

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I did dish and pan washing in a cafeteria so I usually had a decent meal provided every night.

Couldn't bring food home, though- as I'd be dumping entire pans of lasagna down the disposal, I'd be thinking of the Mac and Cheese, ramen, or Totino's Party Pizza I would be having on my days off.

I remember a buddy and I would go hit the Godfather's Pizza buffet after not eating all day and attempt to get our money's worth, plus some!

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:37:00 PM EDT

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.29 cent burger stand.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:37:28 PM EDT

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There were several "salvage grocery" stores in the area so I'd load up on institutional-sized cans of tomatoes, pasta, etc. And hit the "discounted for quick sale" vegetables in the produce section.

Tons of spaghetti sauce

Italian lentil soup

Pasta Fazool (do you see a pattern here?)

Vegetarian "chili" using TVP to extend the ground beef.

don't recall ever eating ramen during college. That shit is awful.

Posted: 1/2/2016 5:39:21 PM EDT

[#50]

Beast Light and Chef Boyardee Ravioli.

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