Essay food

[Marco Biagi]

Since I have an essay due in 4 hours which I have not yet written, I thought it would be the best way to employ my time if I fulfilled a random curiosity by posting it on the Sinner. What do people use as food, drink, random superstitions, whatever, in order to get through the writing of an essay? I'm sitting here in the middle of a pile of curry, irn-bru and tesco baking (mostly empty trays now), but I was wondering whether there was any magic formula. Any suggestions?



[hr]"our very own Slobodan Milosevic"
- Saint Sal, 2001.

[MrGreedy]

Toasties
Tea
Hobnobs
Toilet
Repeat

[blondie]

Tea/crackers/tea/biscuits/tea/crackers/tea/biscuits/tea/crackers...
It's an endless cycle.

[Midget]

Chocolate

[KateBush]

walker's salt and vinegar, tesco lemon free from cookies, maya gold chocolate. mmmmm...if only i could do irn bru now, too--always used to. Generally muchy stuff...

[Ashley]

Water. And tea, coffee, pro-plus and Tesco Kick/Red Bull, I suppose.

[Kizzy]

Tea, which gets sweeter by the cup, and sometimes Madeira cake.

[Pender Native]

licquorish (spelling?) allsorts

[Marco Biagi]

You just reminded me of the old Irn Brull cocktail that I usually use for essays, but which once scared the barstaff in the union when I had one there.

1. A 330ml can of Irn Bru, minus one or two gulps.
2. A 250ml can of Red Bull.
3. Pro Plus tablets to taste.
4. A pint glass.

Mix all and serve. Mmmmm...



[hr]"our very own Slobodan Milosevic"
- Saint Sal, 2001.

[Pender Native]

Pro plus makes me sick. I use cold water to keep awake. The more logical step of getting my essays finished before the night before they are due never seesm to work for me!

[Cosmo's Moon]

Pro plus makes me sick. I use cold water to keep awake. The more logical step of getting my essays finished before the night before they are due never seesm to work for me!

[KT]

I am wierd, this I will acknowledge since I do NOT crave sweet things. When writing essays I favour dips, especially cheese & chive, Tzatziki, and the 'new' Italian cheeses one from tescos - I LIKE that section - it can take ages to pick just one or two! To add to the wierdness I don't dip crisps but bread (has to be whole grain granary stuff) cos its more filling and occasionally vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower etc if I'm feeling healthy. If I'm feeling particularly health conscious I will even have cottage cheese instead of dips.

And just writing this has made me hungry - will resist the urge to go to Tescos for 'help' for the reading I have to do for a tutorial tomorrow!

[Joesta]

Even though you would (should) have handed in the essay by now. I would advise that you drink lots of tea and fruit juice, non fizzy. As for what to eat:

JOESTA's TOP TEN ESSAY / PRACTICAL FOOD
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[li]At number ten we have OLIVES, nice when cooked better when out the jar.

[li]At number nine it's a timeless classic you guessed it, random SWEETS.

[li]Some say that number eight should be ,or are just an extension of, nine I saw no way, it's SKITTLES

[li]Straight in at number seven... TOASTIES, which I have gotten a whole lot more adventurous with after the discovery of chocolate taosties served by the wonderful Christian Union at the toastie bar.

[li]At number six, it's not food...it's mind food, technically a drink, it's even more TEA.

[li]And now into the top five; and at number five it's PIZZA.

[li]At number four, it's healthy its sweet and it pretty cheap, APPLES (preferebly Red)

[li]At number three, straight from Mexico and sometimes incorporating number 10, if I've ran out of chillis, NACHOS

[li]At number two A bag of Doritos (cool original flavour or any bag of Tortila chips plain or cool) or Pringles (Sour Cream and Onion)

[li]And finally at number one, goes well by itself, goes well with coffee, hot chocolate or most hot beverages, its CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.
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This list was compiled to prolong my procrastination attempt from doing my evil evil CS practical

[monster munch]

The secret is "nibble" food. Something dinky you can eat in lots of tiny mouthfuls but without having to stop what your doing. Also this way, you are less likely to wolf it all down in one go, so it lasts longer, cheaper, and your less likely to eat so much so quickly you end up throwing up.

I am usually incredibly good and disciplined with food. But at times like now, when I have a very fast approaching deadline, and am wrought with stress and tiredness, I turn into a garbage-eating monster.

A favourite of mine in such times is a pizza cut into very small finger-sized slices so you can type with one hand, and hold the slice with the other, no need to stop altogether to use both hands.

I also love chocolate in some little nibble form. Like Maltesers, Minstrels, M&Ms etc. Empty the bag into a pudding bowl or something and pick away for hours. However, beware of how much or what type you get. If you go for something like M&Ms, I would recommend you get the crispy kind because they are less dense. I once ate a whole large pack of the solid chocolate M&Ms and it was just too much for my stomach to cope, and ended up being sick later that afternoon. The crispy ones are much lighter, thus less likely to cause such unpleasant side-effects.

If I do go for chocolate bars, or flap jacks (another study-support must) or something, I make sure there is a side plate within arms reach so I can feel free to put it down between munches, again encouraging me to pace myself. It's also handy to have breaks in between with a large glass of water or 2 to let things settle down and prevent dehydration which is likely when so many joyous junk foods are very rich and high in salt or sugar.

My strategy works with pretty much anything as long as it's not something which has to be eaten quickly because it is likely to melt (eg. icecream) or is something which will become really gross if it gets cold. The whole point is that it is a background distraction from the miserable task at hand. Not something that completely stops you from working. Something that will toddle along and last you all day. Otherwise, as soon a your done, and resume work, you find yourself looking for something else again.

Take it from a picking-pig expert.

[Marco Biagi]

[li]Straight in at number seven... TOASTIES, which I have gotten a whole lot more adventurous with after the discovery of chocolate taosties served by the wonderful Christian Union at the toastie bar.

Hmmmmm.... Sounds nice, I may have to go along to the CU toastie bar of a Friday and try it.

[loretta]

curry, tea and tesco milk chocolate digestives..oh and prawn crackers

[gingerbeer]

I used to swear by various random types of sweets that they sell in Burns, but then I ate about 6oz of sherbet pips in one afternoon, which left me with bright orange saliva for almost an entire day afterwards. This was understandably a little disturbing, and I don't think I've eaten them since because chocolate never does anything like that to you.

[The Man Next Door]

cucumber, and cheese.

[hr]Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes.

[Marco Biagi]

[s]The Man Next Door wrote on 22:48, 22nd Mar 2004:
cucumber, and cheese.


Not together. Please tell me not together. That's like something my dad would eat.

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"our very own Slobodan Milosevic"
- Saint Sal (http://www.thesinner.net/account-viewpr ... aint%20Sal), 2001.

[Orion]

Toasties definitely, these have been rediscovered since someone donated a toastie maker to the kitchen! Cheap bread out of tesco, a nice bit of ham, some cheese and a cheekie bit of branston pickle all melted and youve got manna from heaven for revision grub.

Crisps are a big favourite, especially the "family favourites".

Irn Bru definitely, but diet so as to delay the tooth rot :s

And of course, the old classic - Pot Noodle, though Posh Noodle will do the job if you're feeling extravagent, and them Cup Noodles from safeways are nice and have their own fork - no dishes to wash!