Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fat Chance


Afraid of gaining the Freshman 400?

As promised I spent the morning investigating the issue of "nutrition" in dining hall food. What I was looking for in particular was information about which chemicals they pour into vats in the back, how many thousands of calories are in the friend haddock, and whether or not the ground meat is meat or black squirrel. Once I inquired to the manager of Haven she seemed very happy to help me with what I needed. She brought me to the back of the kitchen, past a few bricks of frozen packets of hash browns, and into her office. What a job that would be. Constantly smelling the same foods everyday, so strong I am convinced even she smelt of brussel sprouts. After I asked her for the nutritional information she told me to go check out the Internet, which I had all ready, and I informed none existed on-line. Then she picked up her phone, dialed a few numbers somewhere else, and told me a cook would be getting a hold of me soon. I doubt this. As helpful as she seemed I sensed they don't want me to know. Maybe that makes me a conspiracy theorist. I just feel that whatever those nutrition labels hold they would prefer I never know. If they did want me to know I imagine it would be on-line. And in the digital age it makes it even more surprising that I can't get any information there.

Further investigations will be conducted.

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