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GillRobotics
21-01-2009, 15:26
Team 2458's favorite food is Dale and Thomas Kettle Corn and goldfish how bout you guys?:yikes:
Quaker granola bars and Rice Krispies Treats.
In N Out Burger!!
Students take turns bringing in homemade food for the team on the weekends, helps us keep the build healthy.
-Keaton
techsupport07
21-01-2009, 15:32
We eat pretty much anything...the parents take turns providing an entire meal for us, so we are well fed! The most popular is probably taco in a bag.:D
In N Out Burger!!
Students take turns bringing in homemade food for the team on the weekends, helps us keep the build healthy.
-Keaton
Our students' parents do ... we get everything from sandwiches to fried rice to pizza.
By far, my favorites are all of the variations of penne pasta! I can build for many hours without getting hungry after a plate of that.
Brandon_L
21-01-2009, 15:35
Heheheh....mine's the baconator from wendys. I literally get it every day, and no, I'm not fat!
smurfgirl
21-01-2009, 15:36
Pizza (with chain grease and metal shavings, of course).
There's a pizza place directly across the street from our high school, so it's a build season classic for us. Last year the adults got bored of it, so we also did subs, wraps, and Italian food occasionally.
TotalChaos
21-01-2009, 15:39
In N Out Burger!!
Mmmm.. In N Out :cool:
But for us, it's mostly Little Caesars Pizza whenever we can get it. ;)
- Austin
Jon Stratis
21-01-2009, 16:01
So many to choose from... if there's one thing the students and parents make sure of, it's to keep the mentors well fed during build season :)
My favorite last year was probably the taco bags we had for lunch one day. Imagine an individual sized bag of Doritos Nacho Cheese, throw in seasoned ground beef, salsa, lettuce, and whatever else you want. Shake it up and eat with a fork. yum!
So far this year... the cookies some of the students have brought in. definitely the cookies.
gorrilla
21-01-2009, 16:28
one of our mentors found a grill that was being discarded, so now we have a grill, mmmmmm...burgers
Fish2977
21-01-2009, 16:32
Orange Jawbreakers. Nothing else will do.
Jared Russell
21-01-2009, 16:57
Lithium grease.
GillRobotics
21-01-2009, 16:57
What about Mtn. Dew!!!! Mmmmmm... Mountain dew...
:D
Brandon_L
21-01-2009, 17:00
Coke>Mountain Dew
tim_reiher
21-01-2009, 17:06
Pita chips + animal crackers= subsistence for 6 weeks.
popnbrown
21-01-2009, 17:07
umm....pizza from New World's PIzza, a pizza place directly across from our high school, makes really hot nice, greasy/oily pizza, then we add our own ingredients, like said about chain grease and metal shavings....we're thinking of making it interesting this year but haven't made progress on that
Drink usually water, pepsi, diet pepsi, mountain dew, unsold drinks from Monty Madness and Kickoff....I'm glad we bought extra
EDIT: WOOT POST 100! 3 more till 103 yay cybersonics :D
Brandon_L
21-01-2009, 17:07
:yikes: I haven't had animal crackers in years....there so goooooooodddddd
EDIT: HAHAHA same time post as the person above me.
TotalChaos
21-01-2009, 17:08
Coke>Mountain Dew
+1 :cool:
- Austin
CraigHickman
21-01-2009, 17:13
We got a deal with a local pizza place for heavily discounted pizza every night of the season. :)
One day some one bought chinese food and it was amazing! the next day for snack we ate cold egg rolls. it rocked!:yikes:
But everynight the parents of the 103 kids bring in dinner, usually home made and always very tasty! My mom made baked ziti. some one's mom made burgers and hot dogs and mac and cheese. It's pretty healthy and it gives us variety!
organman42
21-01-2009, 17:22
Pizza, with good toppings
popnbrown
21-01-2009, 17:26
:yikes: I haven't had animal crackers in years....there so goooooooodddddd
EDIT: HAHAHA same time post as the person above me.
haha i went back to portal and saw that this thread had a new post and I was like WHAT??? Brandon_L is not me...
Anyways...animal crackers are delicious, if only we could reprogram the vending machine........(don't want to break it, all the janitors will know it was the robotics team, only club that stays on Saturday)
We live off of Mountain Dew and Pizza Hut :)
Though we are getting homemade tacos this Saturday! Om nom nom!
Brandon_L
21-01-2009, 17:30
Nom_Om :P
We get brownies every weekend :D
I wish...
Andrew141WOBOT
21-01-2009, 18:23
Nerds. For sure. (I prefer to call them geeks.) One of our team members brought in two 2x2x2 boxes of nerds that his dad recieved by accident. We have proceeded to demolish most of the first box. the second is for competition.
Seat Ninja
21-01-2009, 18:30
Let's see... Dominos pizza, soda, assorted homemade food, and girl scout cookies (if someone leaves them in the shop accidentally after buying them):yikes:
Who eats during build season? Im busy working :D
The best food by far is anything mexican.
Carne Asada Burrito's are what keep me awake.
Brandon_L
21-01-2009, 19:05
Nerds. For sure. (I prefer to call them geeks.) One of our team members brought in two 2x2x2 boxes of nerds that his dad recieved by accident. We have proceeded to demolish most of the first box. the second is for competition.
:ahh: cannibal!!!!!!:ahh:
Chipotle is definitely 1014's favorite.
rsegrest
21-01-2009, 19:43
We're living on Jack-In-The-Box, Subway, and LOTS of RAMEN (Picante Chicken, Creamy Chicken, and Roasted Chicken), oh and Vienna Sausages and Jolly Ranchers!!!:cool:
NoahTheBoa
21-01-2009, 19:47
We've worked out a schedule where each parent provides either lunch or dinner one time during the build season and they can bring anything they deem fit so long as it is enough to feed about 40 people. So we are fortunate to get a good variety of food which is nice since we eat dinner at school 3 days a week...
The best is when we get homemade chinese food. Very good stuff.
Chath Maral
21-01-2009, 19:49
Food :rolleyes:
megaman_22201
21-01-2009, 19:56
• Cheese
• Nutella
• Carrots
• Sandwiches
• COOKIES!
• Choco milk
• Crackers
• Some other C foods
• Apples
• Bananas
• Water [LOTS & LOTS]
• Homemade Mac and cheese
• Licorice
• NOT CHILLI
• NOT PIZZA
• NOT SPAGHETTI
• NOT POTATOES!!!!!!!
• Homemade Tyler's Mommy's food
• Nachos [what kinda cheese aint' your cheese? NACHO CHEESE!]
• Gummy Fruit Candies
• Water Bubbly Candy!
• Fettuccini Alfredo
• Steak
• Chicken Cordon Bleu [hey! another C food]
• Cmjykiguvub [yeah that's Avinesh's dish! It's made of Evan]
Green milk tea (im thinking about buying them in boxes of 24 since me and the two programmers go through them so fast like 10 between us in a few hours):D
I'd hafta say Mt. Dew wins... liquid fuel basically!
Although 3+ month old frozen cookies are always a delicacy! when the cookie's harder than your teeth, you know you've struck gold! Best part is, no one else eats them, so theres always a good supply! (And also no, I'm not fat either!)
The food team 2021 eats generally consists of lots of Mountain Dew, various large bags of chips and buffalo wings from different places.
coffee.... lots of coffee
IBdrummer
21-01-2009, 20:33
I wish we had an In N Out burger or Chipotle around us =/
but we always go to Odyssey Pizza (local restaurant) every friday during build season as a team tradition :]
ATannahill
21-01-2009, 20:48
Big places around us are Subway, KFC, Wendy's, McDonalds and Taco Bell. I could tell stories about the last one.
Wayne Doenges
22-01-2009, 12:16
Pizza and Dew :ahh:
pheadxdll
22-01-2009, 12:17
We usually pick up some burgers from Sonic on the way to the shop. yummm
Kims Robot
22-01-2009, 13:18
Sounds like a lot of teams do the same as us... our parents provide a meal or two during the build season, so we get dinners 5 nights a week, and lunches on weekends.
My favorite so far from the parents is probably the full cold turkey dinner that we had last year, or the Dinosaur BBQ (http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/)that one of our new parents brought this year! But we have had so many amazing meals its hard to keep track!
Last night I had easy mac at about 11:30 when I got hungry again and was working on our Team's engineering notebooks/wiki at the school.
And every year our team celebrates Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (http://www.itzahckret.com/icecreamforbreakfast.html) on the first saturday in february. We have also started making it backwards day as of the last two years, and my husband and I bring "Breakfast for Dinner" and we cook waffles, pancakes, eggs and bacon right in the back room of our computer lab!! Its tons of fun and we've even had a few teams "crash" our dinner! :)
wooodman4449
22-01-2009, 13:38
Mmmm.. In N Out :cool:
But for us, it's mostly Little Caesars Pizza whenever we can get it. ;)
- Austin
haha, we get 7 little ceasar pizzas everyday.
WhiteShadow1474
22-01-2009, 13:50
Can anybody say 5 dollar foot long?
wooodman4449
22-01-2009, 13:58
Can anybody say 5 dollar foot long?
how about $5 for a whole pizza?
The Megan 2207
22-01-2009, 14:43
Vending machine drinks started to get very expensive in our school, then Coke decided they were making everyone fat and couldn't sell anything with sugar or caffeine in schools. We used to rely on the vending machines for drinks during build season, but since there is no sugar or caffeine in them, we had a problem. Fortunately, we found a solution!
We got a large mini-fridge from the older brother of one of our team members. We (by "we" I mean "I") had to wash it with bleach 3 times because there was some sort of science experiment growing in it, but we decided that almost makes it better than buying a new mini-fridge. We keep it stocked up with generic pop (or soda, for you non-Minnesotans) from our local Cub Foods (go SuperChill!). We even have a punch card system for it.
We worked out all of the details so that we get pop for 1/3 the cost of the vending machine drinks AND the team gets profit! :yikes:
Now we should do the same thing with snacks... Hmm... :rolleyes:
TotalChaos
22-01-2009, 14:51
how about $5 for a whole pizza?
Seconded! :D
- Austin
John Gutmann
22-01-2009, 15:11
In N Out Burger!!
Students take turns bringing in homemade food for the team on the weekends, helps us keep the build healthy.
-Keaton
Being in Cali from Western NY I would have to agree. Nothing like it in NY.
-John
JaneYoung
22-01-2009, 15:15
We even have a punch card system for it.
How does the punch card system work?
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Science experiments in the refrigerator are underrated. :) kid, I kid, honest...
The Megan 2207
22-01-2009, 15:32
How does the punch card system work?
--
Science experiments in the refrigerator are underrated. :) kid, I kid, honest...
We get 12-packs of the pop for $2.50 and we get some juice for those who don't like or can't drink pop. Anyone who wants to join the "Pop Club" pays $10 for the first punch card, then $5 for each card after that. Each punch card is worth 20 items. We calculated the profit per punch card (based on pop, the juice is a little more expensive) and it came out to somewhere around 80 cents per punch card, plus $5 for the first card (we were originally going to have to buy a mini-fridge). Also, we have everyone crush their cans when they've finished and we collect them. When the price of aluminum goes up a bit, we're going to take all the cans from the season- plus the cans that some of the students collect at home- and bring them to a local recycling center.
It's working really well. I think we have about 10 students and a couple mentors involved. It doesn't generate a ton of profit, but any money we can get is good, plus we all save money with the punch cards!
amariealbrecht
22-01-2009, 17:14
The Robettes like to bake for each other for sure...cookies and brownies and last saturday we had huge birthday cupcakes for one of our mentors...!
DarkFlame145
22-01-2009, 17:54
When i was a student on 145 we had like 4 or 5 dozen(i think that's right, but anyways it was a lot) doughnuts every Saturday.The mentors sometimes wouldn't let us leave till they where gone......... cause they didn't wanna have to eat them =P
Mountain Dew and cup noodles.
FIRST: Showing high school students the college experience. Woo.
Also, I second the In-n-Out, but we also get food from L&L's Hawaiian BBQ and Chipotle a lot too.
Nerds. For sure. (I prefer to call them geeks.) One of our team members brought in two 2x2x2 boxes of nerds that his dad recieved by accident. We have proceeded to demolish most of the first box. the second is for competition.
wait.... some one accidently got sent a huge box of the nreds candies and you ate them? why wouldn't you send them back to wear they came from? hehehe if that happened to my team. o Lord. they are hyper enough i can't even begin to imagine. haha
JIMBO4341
22-01-2009, 21:53
Our high school is 10 minutes from the center of Chicago and is conveniently located across the street from a burger king,subway and white castle. As well as a Greek/Italian/Mexican restaurant. We brought a whole refrigerator up and students alternate bringing snacks and meals.Our team is really diverse with indian black white latin and asian foods represented. Needless to say, we stay well fed lol. My personal favorite is a one a 1 dollar limitless buy-in on pepsi for the design team. Btw Pop>Soda
how about $5 for a whole pizza?
Its called Pizza Hut Pizza Mia :D
Since we have some member that have to eat half a pizza (like me :P ) we can pig out and still afford it!
Fish2977
24-01-2009, 11:23
THE BIRD = THE WORD
Gamer930
24-01-2009, 12:11
Process at the beginning of the meeting.
1. Log into Pizzahut.com
2. Hit reorder the normal (1 Sausage 1 pepperoni, 1 cheese, 1 ham, 1 bacon, 1 pineapple)
3. Enter in 2R for coupon code twice (Once for first 3 and again for second 3) for the 5-5-5 pizza mia special
4. Checkout
5. THEN update the SVN Repository and start to work
P.S. It was a sad day yesterday afternoon when the custodian took away the pizza box tower :mad:
Last Saturday (not yesterday) I went straight to robotics without eating, so I had pizza for "breakfast." Then I went to work where the only nearby food is a pizzeria, so on my dinner break I had pizza for "lunch." Then when I went home past ten, my brother's friends had leftover pizza so I had that for "dinner."
And yet I still want more. My team gets the BEST pizzas I've ever eaten.
jamie_1930
25-01-2009, 14:24
We may not have the In N Out burger here in NY, but I'm sure everyone in Rochester prefers a good old garbage plate. At its founders home Nick Tahoe's
thefro526
25-01-2009, 15:20
Coffee, Seriously I drink a lot of coffee during the build season somewhere around 48oz-72oz a day.
As for Food we'll usually get pizzas if a bunch of people are eating.
NorviewsVeteran
26-01-2009, 23:17
Cup Noodles, cold pizza, and Powerade.
qwertyuiop[]\
27-01-2009, 08:53
Some good old dunkin donuts + cheezits +pizza
currently we have no drinks due to an incident with the costco sized palate of coke. on day when we were putting stuff away, we brushed by it and the whole pack of diet coke for the mentors(we have real coke for the students) exploded everywhere
GarrettF2395
30-01-2009, 04:32
We eat pretty much anything found in our shops vending machines during weeknights.
Then its little Caesars hot and ready pizza on Saturdays! :D
To mix it up a little, we get Arbbys Roast beef sandwiches too.
uhhhhhhh water??? yeah thats about it :ahh:
eternalearth888
20-02-2009, 21:47
Chinese food/pizza and A LOT of mountain dew. Hmmm, oh! - also, licorice. So you can code and get your sugar at the same time . <3
Mountain Dew, Tea, Coffee, Pizza, and pasta.
Like alot of other teams we have parents alternate providing meals.
We've had a couple of all nighters that involved a trip to the nearest convience store for "Supplies". One trip returned with 2 small jars of peanut butter, each one costing $3 O.O, and another returning with funions and mountain dew.
GillSt.Bernards
31-03-2009, 12:53
also from 2458 pretzels and old school lunches
IamMisplaced
10-01-2010, 18:50
Another Year, more foods! What's this years!
James1902
11-01-2010, 13:27
well...
Tactical Canned Bacon
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-candy/c399/?source=google_caffeine&cpg=ogc1
Baconaise
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/c87a/
Bacon Beans Jellybeans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/ce85/
Bacon Mints
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/ce76/
Gummy Bacon
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/b97f/
Bacon Gumballs
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/b96c/
Bacon Pop
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/cf26/
Bacon Salt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/c4e9/
and of course Bacon Explosion http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
:cool:
Vermeulen
11-01-2010, 16:19
We have a popcorn machine for our fll tournament, so popcorn on weekends...
Vince lau
11-01-2010, 17:39
Poutine is always good :)
kristenliz_28
13-01-2010, 16:29
During build season we have the parents bring in lunch on weekends, and it usually consists of subs/pizza/soda, standard fare for any robotics team.
But during the competition, we go crazy. Monster, chinese food, pancakes, more monster, huge boxes of donuts; we have all these traditions that have evolved over the years.
And while in our pit, you don't eat, you inhale your food, cus who knows when the judges will come or something needs fixing/coding?
As far as Programming for us goes, BLTs, Chinese Food, and for drinks -- Dr. Pepper and Monster Khaos.
darkland8
18-01-2010, 01:28
In N Out Burger!!
well said. of course those no California teams probably have no clue what this is. poor poor deprived souls. I only eat their grilled cheese (because i'm a vegetarian) and i still love eating there!
their food is definitely what you need to recharge a tiered and sleep deprived team! =p
Six bags of microwave popcorn... per day.
If we don't choke from all the aluminum dust, there's always diacetyl poisoning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchiolitis_obliterans)...
bellababem
18-01-2010, 13:54
girl scout cookies!:ahh:
we eat a TON of Little Ceasers pizza.
BrendanB
24-01-2010, 14:34
Francour cookies! They are cookies made by some students mom and are wicked good and when mentioned they stop all progress!;)
we eat a TON of Little Ceasers pizza.
So do we, if we're in the shop during dinner during the week. Our sessions don't start until 6, but if there are mentors or a few selected students in the shop before then, Little Caesars it is.
Again, we don't start until 6 on weekdays, and end at 4 on Sunday, so the only time we need to have team dinners is Saturdays. Thanks to some very nice mommys and daddys, Saturday dinners are all homemade, and we can't thank them enough.
And then there's those of us who come right to the shop from work or are running late, and bring our dinner with us...
waiakea2024
27-01-2010, 21:32
Haha we usually have potlucks here too ^.^ the parents provide lots of good food usually including Spam Musubis and Noodles and pizza and pineapples....well not pineapples but they are good >.<
Phoenix Spud
28-01-2010, 00:24
I hate to say it (since it isn't Aussie) but Pizza Hut!!! We all also like any type of "lolly" and Tim-Tams. Tim-Tams are an extremely Aussie cookie that are AMAZINGLY GOOD!!!
We haven't really had much in the ways of meals (meetings from 4:30 to 7:30, they go home for dinner) but this past saturday one of our students volunteered to bring pizza, even though I couldn't attend, I have a feeling much little ceasers was to be had (followed by food comas). Parents usually bring in snack stuff snack packs of chips (huge boxes of these), granola bars are a must (good boost if needed), as well as fruit, and we always have soda or water on hand to drink.
The more I think about it, the more I think we need to have a "dinner party" type thing... the team really hasn't had "time to themselves". A potluck for 20 can't be too hard to plan, can it?!
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