You want to know what I look forward to eating after a long day of classes? Yogurt. It’s a nice little snack that I like to have in spite of my lactose rebelling stomach. Do you want to know what I actually ate when I finished classes today? Expired yogurt. I, Kara McKenna, ate yogurt that was two days old.
Someone alert the authorities, because this crazy gal needs to be tamed.
I’m in my junior year of college, so I’m a pretty big kid now. I’ve finally decided to let go of my beloved college meal plan because I should be able to cook for myself by now, and I can do it a lot cheaper than the dining hall. This was a great idea in theory, except I’m now on week six of eating peanut butter sandwiches (yes, just peanut butter), dino nuggets, eggs, and occasionally some type of mystery meat I pick up from the grocery store.
I miss the dining hall’s eggs. The chefs would add all kinds of fancy ingredients like peppers, spinach, onions, cheese, and…salt. On the other hand, I, Chef Kara, whip up my eggs in the microwave for two minutes until I they’re cooked enough where I won’t get salmonella from eating them raw. Bon appetit, baby.
Don’t even get me started on the dining hall’s southern banana pudding. There is no way that I will ever make anything that compares to their banana pudding. Considering I don’t even have salt in my kitchen, I think it’s safe to say that I don’t have bananas, or anything else used to make pudding. I used to have four bowls of their pudding every time they had it at lunch, so now I feel like I’ve had negative four bowls each week!
Do you want to know the real tragic part of this story? I have another expired yogurt in my fridge that I’m still going to eat. I don’t have anything else, ok? Sue me. After all, how sick can one really get from yogurt that’s three days old? If you’re a doctor or dietician, please don’t tell me. I really don’t want to know.
Maybe one day I’ll take a trip down memory lane and swipe into the dining hall just once to feast on all of my favorites. I know for a fact that the University of Georgia dining halls would never serve anything expired to me…at least I hope not.
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