Food in Cafeteria

TopGun · Post by **TopGun** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:34 pm

Has anyone found the food in the cafeteria to be enjoyable? I have found that the food is too greasy and fatty. The vegetables are dark brown....

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:54 pm

Believe it or not at one point in time around 13 years opr so ago it wasn't so bad. In recent years it went way down hill. Try eating the same stuff all summer long for 3 months. Their are a few decent food items the chicken fingers tend to be decent and breakfasts arent nearly as bad as other meals. Other than that.....

Post by **Vincent** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:53 pm

It's fine for a week. Everyone complains about it and everyone is wrong...Except for the counselors that have to eat it day-in, day-out for far longer than a week.

TopGun · Post by **TopGun** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:10 am

Vincent wrote:It's fine for a week. Everyone complains about it and everyone is wrong...Except for the counselors that have to eat it day-in, day-out for far longer than a week.

The food gave me food poisoning....

Revan · Post by **Revan** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:50 am

I rather enjoy the food at Space Camp.. It's part of the experience..

gt0163c · Post by **gt0163c** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:17 am

When I went to Camp in the early 90's, I remember the food being really bad. When I went back in 2007 to the adult program (and after many more trips to various camps and retreat centers) I found the food at Camp reasonable. The adult program did have the advantage of having some different options (mostly baked or broiled versions of the fried food available for younger campers). But, even so, I ate a lot of the "standard" camp food. It wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as I've had at other places. For a week or so, most people should be fine. Adding a box of your favorite granola bars or trail mix to your gear for snacks isn't a bad idea. But I give people that advice regardless of where they're going.

Conan · Post by **Conan** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:39 pm

I have been there many times. I agree that breakfast is the best meal of the day there, but even at the other meals, there are always fresh fruits and salads and bread and butter so there is usually something healthy to eat if the cooked foods don't look appetizing.

MusicalDog14 · Post by **MusicalDog14** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:28 pm

ya...the rice ozzed grease. I thought that the breakfast was edible. the fried chicken was good. other than that it was pretty gross.

DanM · Post by **DanM** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:19 pm

I just got back today, this morning my sausage patty was green

Otherwise, the food was good (except for mexican wednesday).

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:50 pm

Mexican Wednesday is infamous. When i worked there the nurses said they could tell it was wednesday without a calender just from the people coming to sickl bay.

TopGun · Post by **TopGun** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:03 pm

They have the same meals even every year?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:04 pm

meals have changed some over the years but not much. mexican wednesday has been around for a long time.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:15 am

Huh, Mexican Wednesdays used to be the best food of the week. Back in the late 90s, both the counsellors and kids agreed.

DanM · Post by **DanM** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:19 pm

SpaceCanada wrote:Huh, Mexican Wednesdays used to be the best food of the week. Back in the late 90s, both the counsellors and kids agreed.

My team was split on Mexican Wednesday. Most of us hated it (partly because half the team was Australian) and a few of us loved it.

Kemara · Post by **Kemara** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:12 pm

Mexican Wednesday isn't too bad. I'll never forget one particular meal they served us in '91. Everybody on my team got the same thing...maybe there wasn't much choice. It was a patty covered with marinara sauce and cheese.

Us: "What is this?"
Our Counselor: "It's veal. Eat it. You'll like it."
Us: Simultaneous pushing back of plates with disgusted faces.

I've had veal parmesan since then and liked it, but at 13, it was a bit of a shock.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:27 pm

I have fond memories of the Space Camp cafeteria "veal" I always thought it was one of the best dishes they offered.

airkale · Post by **airkale** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:10 pm

I think things really went down hill after they re-designed the cafeteria and Lunch pad area. The old cafeteria used to serve food, not single serving styrofoam food items. It was a much better layout in my opinion as well, they had a second line they could route over flow to. And yes the food was better as well.