What I think many people are forgetting is that in a college dorm (at least
in the college I went to 20 years ago) there was no running water in the
room, no counter, no real knives, no spices, etc. If I wanted to cook
anything, I had my hotplate and a pot and a pan. The room was too small for
food storage past a few cans or boxes. Ultimately, I lived on Mac & Cheese,
cereal, soups, ramen, pizza delivery and sub sandwich delivery - same things
people are saying that they're living on today. There just wasn't room or
facilties to try anything remotely *fancy*.

Maybe dorm life is different these days, but back then the rooms were just
not condusive to cooking when you couldn't even rinse a pot without lugging
a whole mess to the community bathroom way at the end of the hall.

kilikini