I’d never heard this acronym until I joined Facebook two years after I graduated college (you gotta remember, I’m older than most of you!) and all of a sudden, there were these groups called:
Fu** I. Never. Actually.Learned. This. Sh**
Which, coincidentally, I think is hilarious. I know many of you are in the throes of final exams, and I just wanted to send you all a little laugh 
Also, finals is the inspiration for tonight’s dinner. I really wanted comfort food, and when I tweeted about it, the lovely Meghann suggested baked chicken fingers, which immediately sent me into a memory spiral…
It was finals 1998 at Bradley University. I had successfully completed one semester of college with only one thing standing between me and six weeks of break: FINAL EXAMS. I had 4 exams that term: one in Spanish, one in Math, one in my Intro to Education class, and one in my “get used to being in college” waste of time one-hour class. I had done all the intricate math to figure out exactly how low of a grade I could get on the final and maintain my decent GPA for the term. I had planned out a study schedule, complete with phone call breaks coordinated with my roommate (again, younger than you all, no cell phones yet!). What I hadn’t done yet, was actually study. My friend Meghan who, at the time, was my pizza-sharing, car-having, friends-from-home-in-common floormate (she later became one of my very best friends, we were bridesmaids in each others weddings, and talk nearly every day) had decided that we were going to leave the dorm and campus to study. We went to Perkins. I ordered my favorite thing: chicken fingers with extra honey mustard, french fries, loads of diet coke, and ice cream for dessert. While it was great to get off campus, we still didn’t exactly study… this became our tradition each and every midterm and final season for all 5 years we were there together.
Chicken fingers still conjure memories from college, and I felt the need to re-vamp my old favorite tonight. I came up with this delicious plate:
Ha! Love it. My best friend and I would “study” at Perkins during finals too, complete with muffins and milkshakes.
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Ohmigosh I made some healthy chicken fingers tonight, too! We are so on the same wavelength.
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Haha, that was sweet of you to provide us haggard college students with a bit of laugh..I’m loving this little tradition of yours….I should start it for next semester!
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Hahah! Love it. I think we’re about the same age, I can’t believe I’m coming closer and closer to 10 years from graduation…
Come to think of it, oddly enough, I had a good friend that went to Bradley. You didn’t happen to know someone named Robin? Brown curly hair?
It’s a small world and all…
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the chicken fingers look great!
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I’ve never heard of that acronym!
those chicken fingers look awesome. I need to try this since I finally have Panko!
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Mara I heart you even more for the fact that you had to use phones in college because so did I! No cell phones and certainly no IM, most people didn’t even have computers. We had calling cards and if you happened to be lucky enough to get one that only cost 10cents a minute, you basically were teh awesome.
Also, chicken fingers! Love it! Admittedly I sometimes get tired of seeing so many veggie fry variations, it’s nice to see some old school eats once in a while!
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I am ALL TOO familiar with that saying!! What a fun tradition to carry on! By the way, don’t you hate those stupid ‘get used to college’ classes? When I switched my major (and school) they tried to get me to take them again. Um, no thank you!
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That acronym is hilarious!!! LOVE IT! I have been out of college since 2003 but that still made me laugh out loud!!!
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happy hannukah! my mom made the best sweet potpato pancakes on sunday night! they were delicious! I love that acronym, we always said that during finals week! I have panko, I need to make those chicken fingers!!
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I haven’t heard that acronym before! I wish I knew it when I was in school! Hilarious. I think chicken fingers are one of those (almost) universal comfort foods! Great recipe!
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