What are some inmates' favorite meals to cook in their cells?

Crackhead soup, jailhouse sous vide, and more ingenious culinary hacks from a former inmate. ... I was a good cook before I went to prison. I'd cooked all my life, seducing girls with my ... I spent a decade learning from them, cooking my meals in my cell most nights of the week. Here's what I picked up. read more

The most common meal inmates cook is called a "spread". There are different variations of this meal. Most common ingredients are Top Ramen noodles, beef sticks, chips like hot cheetos ( crushed). Some put chicken, bologna, or other food from their state served meal. read more

Prison food is notoriously terrible, and it's not like you can go out to a drive-thru when you get hungry between meal-times. But prison inmates are famous for their amazing creativity — and when they're not making shivs and other improvised weapons, they're creating some truly bizarre food items. read more