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[aviatrix2007]

Did your eating habits change with the shift from grad student to faculty?

(e.g., do you still eat takeout lunch in front of the computer?)

[luckyduck]

Whadda you mean?

Faculty was when I went up to eating takeout food in front of my computer! I now have some money to buy food out instead of bringing a bagel, yogurt and an apple, and now I have my own office to eat in!

[georgia_guy]

I prefer not to eat Habits. They taste odd and the nuns usually get upset.

But seriously, yes I eat healthier and more expensive food now. I eat out at restaurants more often. I can afford real steak, that doesn't require a spiked hammer to soften it before it is cooked. I usually eat fresh veggies now, not canned. I can buy beer based on taste, rather than price.

However, I sometimes will eat ramen noodles, mac and cheese, grilled cheeses sandwiches with tomato soup, Totino's pizzas or pot pies, because oddly I actually like that kind of food.

[gesualdo]

I still have a love affair with mac and cheese, especially now that there's Easy Mac.  I can make it in my office now.

[gennimom]

Yeah, we actually bought steak once in a while. Rib eyes. Um!

[joey_fan]

I wonder about this too. There is the lack of $ factor in grad school, but you also have more time to procrastinate shop, cook, and make food. I wonder if the time demands on faculty means they don't eat fancy self-prepared meals.

[aviatrix2007]

Ha. Ha.

I prefer not to eat Habits. They taste odd and the nuns usually get upset.