There's something unique about college life. When we step on campus at the beginning of the year, we have, perhaps unknowingly, entered a microcosm-the campus-wide bubble.
We go to sporting events at school. We have our own government at school. We get our prescriptions at school. We play racquetball at school. We pay our parking tickets at school. We even see REO Speedwagon at school.
So why not celebrate the holidays at school?
Some Ball State University students are feasting on Thanksgiving dinner with friends in Muncie this year, before heading home for break.
Junior Liz Mathis said she is planning a Thanksgiving meal with some of her closest college friends.
"[I want to do it] mostly for the community feeling of it," she said.
Mathis said she hopes to have a good selection of "real" Thanksgiving food but wouldn't be opposed to some Little Debbie snack cakes and other alternate dishes.
Because most of us don't have a 10-pound turkey, roasting pan, thermometer, carving knife and turkey baster handy, here are a few affordable substitutes.
TurkeyForget the 20-hour turkey prep and cooking time. Serve some thin-sliced, oven-roasted turkey breast. Maybe you can even splurge on some gravy.
BreadEvery turkey needs some stuffing. You can clumsily attempt recipes we find online or you can crumble up a piece of wheat bread and-voil+â-á!-gourmet cooking.
PotatoIt seems only Grandma can make first-rate mashed potatoes. So why even bother trying? Instead, invest in a big bag of potato chips. They're equally delicious and easier to clean up
FruitCranberry sauce seems easy enough for us college students to manage. But in case we're really "culinarily challenged," an apple is a safe alternative. Hey, it's fruit. Good enough, right?
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