A few weeks ago, my roommate and I were in the caf getting a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. She got hers first and started saying how hard her bread was not very happy about it. I was eating a salad but decided to go ahead and go get mine after hearing what she said. So I went up to prepare my sandwhich and I looked at the expiration date, of the wheat bread. Come to find out.. it expired nearly a week and a half ago to that day!! Yes, there was molded bread in the caf available for students to use. Can you say gross? I hardly doubt any student takes the time to look at expiration dates before eating foods in the caf. I mean shouldn't the cafeteria staff be checking that?
It worries me now about eating almost anything the caf serves. What about the foods that are taken out of the package and prepared? Are they expired, old foods also? I noticed one night how I wanted a salad and when I looked down in the tray of lettuce it had a light shade of brown. The next day it didn't thank goodness but this is very disturbing and we should have fresh and clean food to choose from, not old!
Just thinking about eating old food makes my stomach cringe. So many people could get really sick from this. The staff should take more initiative to make sure all of the food is healthy and up to date. I get the impression that they are just lazy and do not want to do their job when students like me find expired bread. Not just expired for a few days either, like a said a good week old! What about people who don't look at their food before eating it either? They would have no idea if they put a piece of mold or a bug in their mouth.
I also heard someone talk once about the pasta in the caf. They were saying how it is prepared at night and then sat out during the day. But if it is not all used at dinner one night that will be the next day's lunch. Really? To me that is not very sanitary, or am I the only person thinking that?
Students like us shouldn't have to worry about that! We should be able to have enough trust in the staff members of the cafeteria about what they are preparing and making available to us!
I am very cautious now and everything I eat in the caf. Although I can't worry at least I can have a heads up on the foods like bread and lettuce.
I really enjoyed reading this blog. It was very informative of things that everyone should know. This possibly will change anyone's opinion on the caf and will probably affect their eating habits from here on out. "I also heard someone talk once about the pasta in the caf. They were saying how it is prepared at night and then sat out during the day. But if it is not all used at dinner one night that will be the next day's lunch." This is really disturbing to me since pasta is one of my favorie things to eat. I definitely have changed my outlook on that. I agree though about how unsanitary it is. The caf workers should be more concerned about their students staying well and not getting sick off of their old, molded food.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
dear junco,
ReplyDeletethis makes me mad! i almost never eat sandwiches from the caf, but i'm for sure not going to now. I mean, caf food isn't supposed to be the greatest, but I at least expect them to not serve expired food! Granted, they do work hard to give us 3 meals a day, but if those meals have mold on them, I'd say some work needs to be done.
Great post, thanks for writing!
kelsey