Using muffins as meal substitutes for 3 days straight.
USING MUFFINS AS MEAL SUBSTITUTES FOR 3 DAYS STRAIGHT.
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There’s a unique kind of culinary desperation born from the Ivy League sprint. It’s not just late nights; it’s the relentless pressure, the impossible deadlines, the feeling that every second not spent on a problem set or research paper is a second wasted. And in that crucible, the humble muffin often rose to heroic, if not questionable, heights.
You know the feeling. The cafeteria closes, your brain is fried, and the thought of trekking across campus for anything resembling a proper meal feels like an insurmountable Everest. That's when the "emergency snack" stash, meticulously hoarded from campus events or late-night grocery runs, becomes your salvation. For some, it was granola bars piled high. For others, a secret drawer overflowing with instant coffee and ramen. But for many, especially during those intense academic sprints, it was the three-day muffin diet.
One for breakfast, another for lunch, maybe a third for dinner if you were really pushing it. Blueberry, chocolate chip, corn – they all blended into a single, sugary, surprisingly effective fuel source. It wasn't about gourmet dining; it was about survival. About stretching resources, both time and caloric, to get through. It’s a shared rite of passage, a testament to the ingenious, sometimes absurd, ways we learned to sustain ourselves amidst the intellectual grind.
These aren't just memories; they're battle scars. A knowing look exchanged across a reunion hall, a silent acknowledgement of the lengths we went to. What was your emergency fuel of choice?