Week 4- Boooringgg

The past few weeks have been so boring food wise. Granted, the vegetarian soup selection was really good last week and the veggie low mein on 2/16 was superb, but other than that there was no really good meal. It's a let down that it hasn't even been a full school year yet and I'm so played out on the food. Pasta and salad are always a classic, but I'm getting tired of those too! It's quite a problem. I could never get sick of the grilled cheese though. But that's not a healthy choice, and as a vegetarian I have to make sure I get enough of the vitamins and minerals I'm missing that I would get in meat, and a grilled cheese really isn't helpful aside from the fact that there's calcium in it. The only problem is that there are never any really eye catching meals or a variety of choices to choose from for a vegetarian.

Today though for lunch they had Amy's vegetarian pot pie, which was supper delicious, but this was the fist time in what, three weeks? D-Hall needs to serve the good stuff more often! What I'm thinking of doing tonight is suggesting on the napkin board that they have veggie "chicken" patties, parmesan style. They've had them before and people eat them like it's the end of the world. They're SO GOOD. So hopefully if I suggest it they'll have them later this week. 

Also, I think the vegetarian station has served veggie burgers at LEAST ten times this semester.  that's one too many for me. Veggie burgers are good every once and a while, but when I first went veg I ate them like there was no tomorrow. No I'm so played out on them even just looking at them makes me sick. Plus, D-hal tries to mix it up with the veggie burgers, sometimes serving them 'especial'. We're not stupid, we know there's nothing different between the special veggie burgers and the regular burgers. They both have vegetables in them and they're both served too much. Yeah they're probably cheap and more affordable than some other things, but come on, if we're paying 56 grand a year, I think you can afford to change up the vegetarian food. I have yet to see them serve veggie dogs, and in my opinion they're way more delicious than veggie burgers, and less expensive. 

The lack of choices and selectiveness of D-hall food reminds me of the concepts of "bridging and bonding" groups I learned of in class. Bonding experiences are selective and exclusive, such as a person who only hangs out with two or three people who are that person's closest friends. It's great because you really get to know those few people really well and build up trust and a strong bond, but it's not always too healthy to have such few friends since it limits the extent of help you can get from people. This kind of like the selectiveness of the D-hall food and how yes I really love grilled cheeses and would have no problem eating them all the time, but it's not as healthy as having a larger, mixed diet of other foods. As my dad always says, everything needs to be in moderation, then it remains healthy. This saying relates to bridging groups. The more you immerse yourself in larger groups, be it through large causes for the greater good of a large group of people, or community service actions, the more people you meet and the more diverse your connections get. Yes it's good to have a few close friends, but throw in some other people who you can also hang out with and see from time to time, and you've found the perfect mix, like me eating a grilled cheese once a week instead of every day if D-hall actually varied it's food choices.


So come on D-Hall, redeem yourself! Everything in moderation is the key to healthy, happy vegetarians!