GROSS STUDENT FOOD Miranda Krestovnikoff, the new President of the RSPB, has encouraged the public to follow her example by going wild and tucking into roadkill. Krestovnikoff, also a BBC Presenter, has described roadkill as “lean, healthy, organic, free, guilt-free and as fresh as fresh can be” after serving her guests cooked rat and fox from a roadside at a dinner party. This may be true, but for most people, stopping the car to pick up dead animals to take home and cook is probably a step too far…
It has also been reported this week that, on average, students in their first year of university put on 15lbs, with more than three in four admitting to living on processed food and fizzy drinks as opposed to cooking meals from scratch. In America, the ‘freshman 15’ is a well-known term for the weight freshers supposedly gain throughout the year. Unfortunately, these scary statistics probably ring true for a lot of us, so maybe we should consider embarking on a “lean, healthy, organic” roadkill diet?! Over the years at university, most students will encounter at least a few horrifying kitchen experiences, from mouldy food (thanks to the flatmate who leaves their dishes for weeks before washing them), to the interesting concoctions whipped up after a pint or five. Perhaps not as off-putting as roadkill, but disgusting all the same. My question is, what is the grossest thing to have graced your student kitchen? More than a few things spring to my mind. I’ll leave you with a few of my favourites from the past year…
FEATURES Gross Student Food
My number 1 has to be a mouldy banana find down the back of a counter. Probably not one of your 5-a-day anymore… And at number 2 we have a dirty traffic cone on top of our microwave… A common trophy from a good night out, but a bit of a surprise to the flatmates who wake up to see it in pride of place in their kitchen the next morning! Good luck to anyone wanting to make a cup of tea… Laura Nelson