Columbus State University | The Saber
The College Kitchen
Arts&Entertainment
Aug 21, 2013 |
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Hannah Davis
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Ready for some comfort food with a twist?
It is the first real college weekend away from home. Your roommates are crazy, you are not sure if that person you just met after class just swindled you out of $30 of your precious Cougar Cash, and the thought of going anywhere or doing anything makes you want to crawl under your standard-issue dorm bunk and cry. Time for the comfort food. Now, most would turn to the standard box of generic macaroni and cheese, but not you. Oh no. The time has passed for apologetic kitchen lurking. This is a time for grilled cheese. Single serve, gratifying, delicious grilled cheese with a few additions to make it your own. Ingredients: -Sliced bread (of your choice) 1. Optional: To aid in the melting process, build your sandwich in halves. One slice of bread -1/3 cup of favorite guacamole topped with cheese and tomato, the other with cheese and cilantro. Sprinkle more cheese on -Fresh cilantro top. Pop these in the oven on the broiler setting for 20-30 seconds. The aim is to melt the -2 slices of tomato cheese but not scorch the sandwich. -1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese 2. Whether you opted for the broiler or not, the sandwich is assembled the same either way. -1/2 tablespoon butter Once the two sides have been put together, gloop on some of the guacamole and put the sides Materials: together. -Cookie sheet (optional) 3.Melt the butter in the frying pan and place the fully assembled sandwich to brown. You -Large frying pan know the sandwich is done when the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted. -Spatula
College, Love & a Pen
Don’t be the roommate from hell
Franchesca Renfroe
We can stop the story there. Just so you know, that is not proper roommate etiquette on Ace Ventura’s part. What is proper roommate etiquette? “If I’m having company over then I always make sure that I leave a slip of paper outside of the door. Just to let my roommate know what’s up,” says Cory. “Proper roommate etiquette? Hmm… Well, not only do you act considerate when you have other people over, but you also respect their space and their stuff,” says Alicia During some point in college you may be lucky enough to have the roommate who disrespects your space, your stuff, and your nights. As horrible as it sounds, it happens. How can you avoid being a bad roommate? After speaking with people here on CSU Campus, there is a five-rule list to which you must adhere in order to avoid being branded as “that roommate.” Rule Number One: Sharing is Caring, Only When You Have Permission: Living in these apartments with people can sometimes make you forget that everything in that apartment is not yours. Unless you have permission to touch, DO NOT. Rule Number Two: Clean Up! This is not your home and “mommy” will not come out of the corner with a broom in hand. You mess it up, you clean it up. Rule Number Three: Alert Roommates of All Guests: This is your roommate’s house as much as it is yours. How would you feel coming out the shower in your towel and there is a complete stranger in the hallway? Scary right? That’s why you should tell your roommates when someone is coming over. Which leads to a side point – You should always have your roommate’s telephone numbers. Rule Number Four: Most Nights Are For Sleeping: If you are going to have an overnight guest, if things are going to get MA rated, then respect that your roommate is in the other room. Keeping them up with your awful rendition of a movie love scene is a definite no-go. KEEP QUIET! If you are watching TV it does not have to project throughout the entire house. Rule Number Five: If You Are Going To Have A Get Together, Let Your Roommate Know! Many students complained that their roommates would have impromptu “kickbacks” while they were trying to study. That’s rude. The one thing we are all here for is to get an education. If you are disrupting someone from achieving theirs, then you should truly reconsider your personal standards. Follow the five rules and you will have a wonderful living experience. Break all the rules, and it is solely on you the way things turn out. It is a Saturday and you are the roommate who is stuck at home because all your other roommates are out on the town. Let’s face it: you always had a hard time at making friends. You do, however, enjoy your solitude. Well you did, until your roommate comes home with their “pick of the night.” Then like a thief in the night, your solitude is gone. Not only that, but now your apartment sounds as if there is a dying cat in the room next to yours, and suddenly you believe your roommate has turned into Ace Venture. Sleep is impossible, and at some point during the noisy night you feel as if you may go insane.
Photo: Jay Armstead
Staff Writer