College Food

About a week ago I realized that I have a meal plan. Included in my tuition is £200 that I can spend at the college buttery (a cafeteria that can be dressed up to be nice). Grace and I have since been trying to make as much use of the plan as we can over the holidays. We've eaten at the buttery for lunch the last two days, and for dinner two nights ago. Because of holiday we've got only a half hour window to show up and get served (though we can sit around and eat much longer).

Anyway, the food is decent, sometimes good, but always filling. The one thng that annoys me is the health conscience way food is prepared. I've said it before, but the British are very concerned about the nascent but growing obesity problem in the country. And it makes sense, with the taxpayers supporting the government run healthcare system. Still, it means for me no ice cream or brownies or chocolate whenever I want it.

A little digression about obesity and Ricky Gervais:

There's a running joke about how Ricky Gervais (the boss in The Office) is fat (go here and click on Clip 4). Clearly, by American standards, he's not fat. He says as much in another stand up act, where he distinguishes American fat people from British. The Americans are a whole different species of fat, he asserts.