Earlier in this publication we dissected what was in the pantry of an average Brigham Young University student. That analysis was done on the pantry in Hill's House College Ave. Apartments, approved women's housing at BYU-Idaho. This week I went to Nauvoo House, approved men's housing at BYU-Idaho to see what the boys were keeping in their cupboards.
Like Hill's House, Nauvoo has the Ramen Noodles and the Hamburger Helper. What they don't have is as much of the "healthy foods" Hills House girls seem to thrive on.
"I think it's really weird how girls will eat carrots and other veggies as snack food," says BYU-Idaho Sophomore Allan Richmond, a resident of Nauvoo House. "If I have the munchies I'm reaching for chips, preferably Doritos."
This is the attitude of many of the boys in Nauvoo House. When they are hungry, they want junk food. Doritos, the nacho-cheese flavored corn chip, are a surplus item, as well as Chikin Biskit crackers, Cheeze-Its, and various flavors of cookies. When the boys want to eat they are more likely to throw something in the microwave rather than on the stove.
Not all Men's approved housing on and off campus have the same attitude. In a Sommerset apartment, another BYU-Idaho boy's approved housing complex off campus, there are men who feel the exact opposite. Patrick Brown prefers to eat at Subway, certainly a healthier choice than some of the other options offered in town.
"I feel better knowing that what I'm putting in my body is better for me. I feel good knowing that I'm not loading up on calories and junk," says Patrick.
It seems certain gender boundaries extend even to food choices. Here in Rexburg, Idaho guys and girls make it apparent how different they really are.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Text Message Clubs in Rexburg
Text message clubs are becoming a widespread trend in Rexburg Idaho. Many of the restaurants in Rexburg send out weekly text messages advertising deals and including coupons to entice in new customers and to keep their following loyal. When you walk in to certain restaurants in Rexburg you'll see numbers to send in via text message and in a few minutes you will receive you're first deal, usually a larger coupon than every other week. A few places offering "Txt Clubs" are Dominos, Craigos Pizza Parlor, and Horkleys.
Craigos Pizza Parlor sends out their coupons every week. Kirsten Buckmaster, Assistant Manager at Craigos, says they have over 1,000 members of their text message club in Rexburg alone. "We can get anywhere from 100-150 people here every week with text message coupons, maybe more depending on the special." These numbers are surprising considering the small population of Rexburg. The largest number of Text Message Club members is students attending Brigham Young Utah Idaho. "Of course the majority is students. They are the most eager for deals," says Kirsten. "We make an average of 20- 25,000 dollars a week off of our buffet alone and almost all the patrons are students."
Over the past few weeks Craigos has sent out text messages including deals like "2 for $10.99 All Day! Drinks included w/ all the pizza you can eat! Who knew we were so cool!" and "Bring in your sweetie for a sweet deal today. 2 for $11.99 all-u-can eat pizza, pasta, and salad buffet. includes drinks!" the week of Valentines. An average Craigos meal, their buffet including a drink and all you can eat pizza, pasta and salad is $8.46. To get 2 of those for $10.99 means your paying about $5.49 per person.
Craigos is not the only restaurant in Rexburg to offer coupons through text messages. Dominos offers deals like "Get a free Chocolate Crunch Lava Cake when you buy any large 2 topping pizza." The deals are easy to find as long as you have a phone and as long as your not too shy to send a text.
Craigos Pizza Parlor sends out their coupons every week. Kirsten Buckmaster, Assistant Manager at Craigos, says they have over 1,000 members of their text message club in Rexburg alone. "We can get anywhere from 100-150 people here every week with text message coupons, maybe more depending on the special." These numbers are surprising considering the small population of Rexburg. The largest number of Text Message Club members is students attending Brigham Young Utah Idaho. "Of course the majority is students. They are the most eager for deals," says Kirsten. "We make an average of 20- 25,000 dollars a week off of our buffet alone and almost all the patrons are students."
Over the past few weeks Craigos has sent out text messages including deals like "2 for $10.99 All Day! Drinks included w/ all the pizza you can eat! Who knew we were so cool!" and "Bring in your sweetie for a sweet deal today. 2 for $11.99 all-u-can eat pizza, pasta, and salad buffet. includes drinks!" the week of Valentines. An average Craigos meal, their buffet including a drink and all you can eat pizza, pasta and salad is $8.46. To get 2 of those for $10.99 means your paying about $5.49 per person.
Craigos is not the only restaurant in Rexburg to offer coupons through text messages. Dominos offers deals like "Get a free Chocolate Crunch Lava Cake when you buy any large 2 topping pizza." The deals are easy to find as long as you have a phone and as long as your not too shy to send a text.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
An "Interesting" Dinner
Students of Brigham Young University Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho find many creative ways to feed themselves. Whether it's tried and true College recipes like Macaroni and Cheese from a box or creations they come up with on their own, like "Potato-Corn Chowder" students are always searching for recipes to fit a tight budget. Occasionally, desperation will lead students to come up with something to eat out of what little they have in their pantry. Last Friday's meal at Hill's House College Ave. Apartments, BYU-I approved housing for women, was a perfect example of this desperation turned into a good meal.
Walking into the house you're greeted by an "interesting" smell; a mixture of tomatoes, a salty smell that could be olives, and cooking ground beef. I am informed that they don't know what we'll be having for dinner, but "it will be good, whatever it is". When I walk into the kitchen I see two pots on the stove, one with a ground beef/tomato sauce mixture and the other filled with water awaiting a bag of curly egg noodles. On the counter next to the stove sits a can of black brined olives and green beans. It is quite the mixture and a little daunting, to tell the truth. I ask if there is anything I can do to help and the girls inform me they have everything taken care of. I can't wait for dinner.
Sitting at the table set for 5 (the other 6 roommates wont be joining us) we anxiously await the presentation of our main dish. Jennifer Axtell (who also goes by Jet), our cook for the evening, emerges from the kitchen with a pot in her hands, the serving dishes don't get much fancier in Rexburg, and we finally get a first look at our meal. In the pot is a goulash type mixture of the ground beef sauce and egg noodles I saw earlier also mixed with canned green beans, canned black olives, and a surprise, a dollop of Sour Cream to finish it off. Jet serves each one of us a steaming bowl full and says, "dig in!" so we do.
Looks can be deceiving. The first bite I took was delicious. I asked Jet what she had used in the sauce and she said, "some Ragu spaghetti sauce I had to use before it went bad. I added the ground beef for protein and the Sour Cream was an experiment." I expresses my gratitude for a good meal and asked if the recipe could be used for this publication. She agreed and so here it is for your enjoyment, "Last Minute 'Ragu' Surprise":
Last Minute "Ragu" Surprise
1 half bottle "Ragu" bottled spaghetti sauce (about 16 oz)
1 lb. ground beef, browned
1 can green beans
1 can black olives, chopped
2 tbls. Sour Cream
1 12 oz bag egg noodles
Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil. When boiling, add the egg noodles and cook until tender, then drain. In a large saute pan brown the ground beef, after browned add the sauce and cook until warmed through. Pour the sauce over the noodles and add the green beans, olives and dollop of sour cream. serve warm.
Walking into the house you're greeted by an "interesting" smell; a mixture of tomatoes, a salty smell that could be olives, and cooking ground beef. I am informed that they don't know what we'll be having for dinner, but "it will be good, whatever it is". When I walk into the kitchen I see two pots on the stove, one with a ground beef/tomato sauce mixture and the other filled with water awaiting a bag of curly egg noodles. On the counter next to the stove sits a can of black brined olives and green beans. It is quite the mixture and a little daunting, to tell the truth. I ask if there is anything I can do to help and the girls inform me they have everything taken care of. I can't wait for dinner.
Sitting at the table set for 5 (the other 6 roommates wont be joining us) we anxiously await the presentation of our main dish. Jennifer Axtell (who also goes by Jet), our cook for the evening, emerges from the kitchen with a pot in her hands, the serving dishes don't get much fancier in Rexburg, and we finally get a first look at our meal. In the pot is a goulash type mixture of the ground beef sauce and egg noodles I saw earlier also mixed with canned green beans, canned black olives, and a surprise, a dollop of Sour Cream to finish it off. Jet serves each one of us a steaming bowl full and says, "dig in!" so we do.
Looks can be deceiving. The first bite I took was delicious. I asked Jet what she had used in the sauce and she said, "some Ragu spaghetti sauce I had to use before it went bad. I added the ground beef for protein and the Sour Cream was an experiment." I expresses my gratitude for a good meal and asked if the recipe could be used for this publication. She agreed and so here it is for your enjoyment, "Last Minute 'Ragu' Surprise":
Last Minute "Ragu" Surprise
1 half bottle "Ragu" bottled spaghetti sauce (about 16 oz)
1 lb. ground beef, browned
1 can green beans
1 can black olives, chopped
2 tbls. Sour Cream
1 12 oz bag egg noodles
Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil. When boiling, add the egg noodles and cook until tender, then drain. In a large saute pan brown the ground beef, after browned add the sauce and cook until warmed through. Pour the sauce over the noodles and add the green beans, olives and dollop of sour cream. serve warm.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
This is a recipe for Corn Chowder submitted by Kim Knight, a BYU-I Junior studying Communications.
8 Medium Potatoes
1/2 Medium Onion, Diced
1/2 lb. Bacon
2 Cans Niblet Corn
2 Cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
Salt, Pepper, and Garlic Powder to taste
Saute onion and bacon together in a medium saute pan- cook until bacon is crisp.
In separate pot, boil potatoes in just enough water to cover.
When potatoes are cooked, add Cream of Mushroom soup, corn and Bacon & Onion mixture.
Heat until warmed through.
Add Salt, Pepper and Garlic to taste.
8 Medium Potatoes
1/2 Medium Onion, Diced
1/2 lb. Bacon
2 Cans Niblet Corn
2 Cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
Salt, Pepper, and Garlic Powder to taste
Saute onion and bacon together in a medium saute pan- cook until bacon is crisp.
In separate pot, boil potatoes in just enough water to cover.
When potatoes are cooked, add Cream of Mushroom soup, corn and Bacon & Onion mixture.
Heat until warmed through.
Add Salt, Pepper and Garlic to taste.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Where Rexburg Goes to Eat
There are many places in Rexburg Idaho where you can stop to get a bite to eat. Some are Fast Food restaurants and some are "come in and sit down" places, but all of them are popular "hang-outs" with the local college crowd.
"I go to Taco Bell at least once a week," says BYU-I Sophomore Patrick Brown. Many other students are frequent goers of places like MacDonalds, SubWay, Sonic and Arctic Circle. "Arctic Circle is my favorite," says BYU-I Freshman Sandra Jensen, "They have the best fries and their fry sauce is really good." The Fast Food industry booms in Rexburg with Many students choosing to eat at places like Taco Bell and MaCdonalds on a Friday night.
in a poll of 10 students 50% said they eat out 2-3 times a week, 30% said they eat out 4-5 times a week and and 20% said they never eat out. "Most of our business is made up of students," says Landon Mecham, a former employee of the Rexburg Taco Bell (he is currently residing in California). "Especially around dinner time [around 6:00 pm] we would get so many students." This reporter traveled to Taco Bell at 6:00 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and saw that 3-5 students were there buying food.
Fast Food is apparently popular with the BYU-I students in Rexburg, but how many non-student residents eat there? An average of 10-20 Rexbuurg residents were totalled throughout the week visiting MaCdonalds, and another 5-10 at Sonic.
Places Like Taco Bell and Sonic can make a good business in a college town. Their food is cheap and filling, the perfect combination for a starving college student. With fairly steady business from locals as well, Rexburg Fast Food is certainly staying put.
Sources:
Patrick Brown is a Sophomore attending BYU-I
Landon Mecham is a resident of San Diego CA and is currently off track at BYU-I
Sandra Jensen is a Freshman attending BYU-I
"I go to Taco Bell at least once a week," says BYU-I Sophomore Patrick Brown. Many other students are frequent goers of places like MacDonalds, SubWay, Sonic and Arctic Circle. "Arctic Circle is my favorite," says BYU-I Freshman Sandra Jensen, "They have the best fries and their fry sauce is really good." The Fast Food industry booms in Rexburg with Many students choosing to eat at places like Taco Bell and MaCdonalds on a Friday night.
in a poll of 10 students 50% said they eat out 2-3 times a week, 30% said they eat out 4-5 times a week and and 20% said they never eat out. "Most of our business is made up of students," says Landon Mecham, a former employee of the Rexburg Taco Bell (he is currently residing in California). "Especially around dinner time [around 6:00 pm] we would get so many students." This reporter traveled to Taco Bell at 6:00 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and saw that 3-5 students were there buying food.
Fast Food is apparently popular with the BYU-I students in Rexburg, but how many non-student residents eat there? An average of 10-20 Rexbuurg residents were totalled throughout the week visiting MaCdonalds, and another 5-10 at Sonic.
Places Like Taco Bell and Sonic can make a good business in a college town. Their food is cheap and filling, the perfect combination for a starving college student. With fairly steady business from locals as well, Rexburg Fast Food is certainly staying put.
Sources:
Patrick Brown is a Sophomore attending BYU-I
Landon Mecham is a resident of San Diego CA and is currently off track at BYU-I
Sandra Jensen is a Freshman attending BYU-I
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Student's Pantry
Welcome to Rexburg Idaho, a quiet little college town with Brigham Young University at it's center. In this small college town there are a lot of students, and these students all need someplace to get a good meal. Many BYU-I students choose to eat at home, "Because it's cheaper, and fast food is bad for you," says BYU-I Sophomore Jessica Green. "I can go to the grocery store and buy three meals for the price of one at MaCdonalds or Wendys," says Jessica.
Go to any apartment complex near campus and look in the cupboard and you will find at least a weeks supply of Ramen noodles and Hamburger Helper, with plenty of milk and ground beef in the fridge. Chicken is also a staple "freezer stuffer" as it is cheap and easy to buy in bulk. Many students worried about health will stock their cupboards with whole wheat bread and Peanut Butter, "It's fast and filling," says BYU-I Sophomore Jennifer Franzen. "A glass of Milk is all you need to round out your daily diet."
"The cheaper the better when it comes to food," says BYU-I Freshman Sandra Jensen. Sandra says, "If it's cheap and good I will eat it." Price plays a large role in influencing the food choices of students. Many students either pay their own way or rely on loans to fund their education experience and expenses. With Ramen being between 70 to 90 cents a bag and Hamburger Helper a dollar a box at Broulims (a local grocery store) it is easy to see why theses items are in almost every pantry. Fast food prices may compare to those of store bought items, but buying in bulk at the grocery store pays off in the end. With the average meal at Wendys (including a Hamburger, fries and a drink) costing $3.99 plus tax, you can feed one person for a week from Broulims for the same price when you buy sale items and bulk foods.
The average student will occasionally venture to a Fast Food Restaurant for a quick meal, but eating at home helps the waistline just as much as the pocketbook.
Citation: http://www.slideshare.net/menu.prices.s/wendys-menu-prices (Wendys Menu Prices)
Jessica Green is a Sophomore studying Nursing at BYU Idaho
Jennifer Franzen is a Sophomore studying Dance at BYU Idaho
Sandra Jensen is a Freshman studying Business at BYU Idaho
Go to any apartment complex near campus and look in the cupboard and you will find at least a weeks supply of Ramen noodles and Hamburger Helper, with plenty of milk and ground beef in the fridge. Chicken is also a staple "freezer stuffer" as it is cheap and easy to buy in bulk. Many students worried about health will stock their cupboards with whole wheat bread and Peanut Butter, "It's fast and filling," says BYU-I Sophomore Jennifer Franzen. "A glass of Milk is all you need to round out your daily diet."
"The cheaper the better when it comes to food," says BYU-I Freshman Sandra Jensen. Sandra says, "If it's cheap and good I will eat it." Price plays a large role in influencing the food choices of students. Many students either pay their own way or rely on loans to fund their education experience and expenses. With Ramen being between 70 to 90 cents a bag and Hamburger Helper a dollar a box at Broulims (a local grocery store) it is easy to see why theses items are in almost every pantry. Fast food prices may compare to those of store bought items, but buying in bulk at the grocery store pays off in the end. With the average meal at Wendys (including a Hamburger, fries and a drink) costing $3.99 plus tax, you can feed one person for a week from Broulims for the same price when you buy sale items and bulk foods.
The average student will occasionally venture to a Fast Food Restaurant for a quick meal, but eating at home helps the waistline just as much as the pocketbook.
Citation: http://www.slideshare.net/menu.prices.s/wendys-menu-prices (Wendys Menu Prices)
Jessica Green is a Sophomore studying Nursing at BYU Idaho
Jennifer Franzen is a Sophomore studying Dance at BYU Idaho
Sandra Jensen is a Freshman studying Business at BYU Idaho
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