University Cuisine!

It's been about 3 weeks since I've came to live in Lander. It's been 3 weeks of eating mostly the food given to us by 1101. Honestly, I am tired of eating disgusting college food. The first day that I came to live the dorm life, I was excited. Finally, I was on my own, away from my parents, away from the constant nagging of my mother, and away from Federal Way. Unfortunately, being away from my mother means being deprived of her cooking. One of the things I miss the most about being away from home is my mother's cooking. I miss home cooked Korean meals made lovingly by my mother. Being here, in Lander at the University of Washington, I don't get to eat Korean food at all anymore which results in me getting cravings for things like kimchi, bulgogi, or any type of Korean soup. When I'm not eating the food given to us by 1101, I resort to eating food coming from a box, which is not healthy at all. Due to the lack of a fully prepared kitchen and ingredients, I usually start nuking things in the microwave to fulfill my hunger. After these 3 weeks, I swear that I am gradually expanding.

Eating healthy is hard, eating healthy in college is almost impossible. As stated by Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, "When you can eat just about anything nature has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety." He also says that the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. What I hate most about the food made in Lander's 1101 is that it is industrialized food, while I may be wrong, I am confident that the food given to us is cheap. By reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, I am sure that 1101's meals are 100% made of corn - food is held together by corn, the soda is sweetened by corn, and the meat given to us to eat was fattened up by corn. Back at home, my usual meal consisted of rice, kimchi, tofu, and an assortment of other vegetables, rarely did I eat burgers, fries, soda, or mac and cheese for dinner. I am hoping that I will only stay in Lander for 2 years and by junior year, I will be my own meals in my own kitchen in my own apartment.