2008 Woodie Awards
Dinnertime dishes are far from stellar
Alisha Brown
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: Features
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You walk into the Marist cafeteria with your group of friends, and immediately drop off your stuff at one of the many open tables. Then proceed to wait in one of the many short lines for food. Any of the meals you choose will be mouthwateringly delicious, but you choose to wait in line for Culinary Classics. Tonight's feast includes chicken grilled to perfection, delicious no-salt-needed mashed potatoes, and evenly cooked vegetables.
Then, even though you've had more than enough food, there is still dessert. The soft serve is coming out of the machine smoothly and has the consistency of perfect soft serve ice cream. There are plenty of sprinkles to spruce up your dessert as well. Or, if you're not a fan of the soft serve, you go for the regular ice cream. There is an array of fabulous flavors that are not too soft, but not frozen solid either. Either way, dinner was fabulous.
But that's not the end of the dining hall magic. No, now you can spend a little extra time finishing your dessert and talking about the days events with your friends. And you don't have to rush the meal as you wait for the few friends attending a late class. Nobody will kick you out because the dining hall has really convenient hours. Even if you have sports practice, you'll definitely have enough time to eat.
If any of the readers right now eat dinner in the Marist dining hall on a regular basis, they will not recognize any of the aforementioned conditions. Maybe one or two will occur on any given day, but overall, this perfect situation is hard to come by. However, what you will often get when asking how dinner was is a response similar to, "It sucked," as I overheard one girl saying in the cafeteria the night this article was written.
First of all, anyone who comes to the cafeteria with a group of friends usually does not arrive early. Most people arrive during peak dinnertime hours, between 6:15 and 6:45, which leaves your group looking for tables that aren't taken up by the mob of Marist students looking for a good meal.
Then, even though you've had more than enough food, there is still dessert. The soft serve is coming out of the machine smoothly and has the consistency of perfect soft serve ice cream. There are plenty of sprinkles to spruce up your dessert as well. Or, if you're not a fan of the soft serve, you go for the regular ice cream. There is an array of fabulous flavors that are not too soft, but not frozen solid either. Either way, dinner was fabulous.
But that's not the end of the dining hall magic. No, now you can spend a little extra time finishing your dessert and talking about the days events with your friends. And you don't have to rush the meal as you wait for the few friends attending a late class. Nobody will kick you out because the dining hall has really convenient hours. Even if you have sports practice, you'll definitely have enough time to eat.
If any of the readers right now eat dinner in the Marist dining hall on a regular basis, they will not recognize any of the aforementioned conditions. Maybe one or two will occur on any given day, but overall, this perfect situation is hard to come by. However, what you will often get when asking how dinner was is a response similar to, "It sucked," as I overheard one girl saying in the cafeteria the night this article was written.
First of all, anyone who comes to the cafeteria with a group of friends usually does not arrive early. Most people arrive during peak dinnertime hours, between 6:15 and 6:45, which leaves your group looking for tables that aren't taken up by the mob of Marist students looking for a good meal.
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