Wednesday, 18 July 2012

A Joy-ous Meal

Now, without further ado, here’s Joy!

Today’s lunch:





Courses: Main
Price: $10.23 £6.5434
Pieces of hair: 0
Guns Up: 1.5


Veg's Dad here




  1. Welcome Joy! Knowing you can treat that as two meals' worth makes the price look a bit more realistic (not to mention the portion size - do some of your fellow students really eat all that?!).

    I think the food-o-meter rating is basically how much you enjoyed the food. A health rating (which escaped on this one!) is a rating for the overall nutritional balance of the meal - this one looks pretty good to me. Thanks for the insight into how dining on campus works, too.

    Hope VEG is enjoying her book by torchlight!

    1. Sadly, we do have a problem with portion size here in America. Some students really would eat that whole salad in one sitting! Some people think that if a whole plate or container is not full, they are not getting enough food for the price. This blog has really opened my eyes to the food in other countries and also to how much we really overeat in America.

  2. Howdy Joy and Y'all!

    £112,000.00 wow, that is great!, congratulations everybody involved in donating and getting tht total this high.

    Great blog, Thank you CJ and Joy, that wok meal looks good (except the chicken for us Veggies).

    All the best with your studies, and wishing you good results. Also thank you for explaining further the dorm dining system.

    Pretending to be asleep, no doubt hiding in the sleeping bag hoping the torchlight won't be spotted. My children did that and perhaps I did all those years ago, ingenuity, gotta love them for it though.

  3. Hi!

    I've been looking at your website, and I adore it. I make websites myself, and I wondered if you'd like it redesigning?


  4. CJ- we have fortune cookies in the UK, too :)

    Veg's dad- I love the comment about Veg reading by torchlight and thinking you don't know- makes me wonder if my mum knew I was doing that when I was Veg's age!

    1. Thanks! I really wasn't sure. I had read a long time ago that they were invented in the States, so I wasn't sure about distribution.


  5. That wok meal looks delicious and just the sort of thing I'd order.

    How long does College education usually last in the States? It's only 3-4 yrs here unless you do a masters then PhD

    1. It's generally four years for an undergrad degree, another 2-3 for a master's (some are terminal, so an MFA is generally 3 years compared to an MA, which generally takes 2.) Then another 2-4 for a PhD. I think the average for that is really more like 3-5, depending on course rotations and how long it takes a person to write a dissertation.

  6. Joy, I am still shocked at the prices you pay for food. But you could save a lot of money and save the environment at the same time by buying a Brita water pitcher and a portable container (stainless steel) for your water!

  7. College education in the US lasts 4 years for undergrad. Add on as you go for advanced degrees.

    I had a meal plan in college, too, which got me into our dining hall, our diner, and the convenience store. During my freshman year, I subsisted on chicken caesar salad wraps, Easy Mac, and pop tarts.

  8. I think it's great that the students are offered information about making better food choices but I can't help thinking it wouldn't be needed if the bad food wasn't made as easily available as the good.

  9. Joy, if you ever come to the UK, make sure you don't drink what we call Smartwater!!

    1. Wait, what's Smartwater in the UK? I'm from the US and when I was in school in London I never saw anything with a Smartwater label on it.

  10. That salad looks so yummy! I'd love to have it as a lunch option, I love everything on it! I just can't imagine eating rice with chopsticks. I know japanese and chinese people do that all the time, but I don't think I could have such fine-motor coordination!

    And congratulaions on the money raising, VEG and VEG's dad!! That's awesome news!

  11. Welcome on board the good ship NeverSeconds Joy. Thank you for your detailed account of the food in your cafeteria. The Smart Water made me smile (or was it a frown?).

  12. I've been reading this blog for some time now, and i love it! I think is not only showing how kids around the world eat, but also some of their culture and customs.

    Just to help you understand a little bit more about portion sizes in USA, when i was on a trip there a few years ago (i don't know if it's still the same), i realised that the smaller McDonalds menu in the USA was bigger than the bigger menu in my country, Spain