Elie M. Finegold '95 says he doesn't worry asmuch about his nutrition as about getting a cleandish at dinner. "I'd just like to say that I getextra nutrition from the grime on the dishes,"Finegold says.
After a spirited discussion of "HealthyOptions", Finegold's Lowell House diningcompanions agree the dining hall does best when itsticks to simple fare.
One woman says she has been reduced to a stateof subsistance on tuna, which is her "only sourceof protein." Her neighbor sympatizes, explainingthat she "basically eat[s] hummus two times aday." All four says they prefer plain fare such asturkey cutlets and chicken breasts "when they'rewell cooked" to more exotic dishes like Beef Pieand South-western Lasagna.
"When they sit down at Harvard Dining Servicecentral planning back in Moscow," Matthew B.Botein '95 quips, "Do these ideas seem good tothem?
Lean Cuisine
Another questionably good idea from the hallsof HDS are the guidelines for incorporating"Healthy Options" into students' diets.
A recent HDS publication advises students toadd one choice from each of the followingcategories to the Healthy Choice Entree: Breads &Cereals, Vegetables, Fruits and Dairy.
One optional Healthy Choice meal, which readsalarmingly like a Weight Watchers menu, includes ahelping of Steamship of Beef, a slice of wholegrain bread, one cup of a leafy vegetable, a pieceof fruit and eight ounces of skim milk.
Still, Berry and HDS Coordinator of ProductionMichael Miller maintain that the option is justthat: an option. The menu has been altered to makeit healthier, but HDS realizes some menu items aredear to students' hearts even if they are bad fortheir cholesterol.
"I must tell you that Chickwich and things likethat are extremley popular but wouldn't fit [in ahealthy menu]," Berry says.
You Are What You Eat
A group of Quincy diners, Jenifer K. Kenser'95, Natalie W. Rusk '95 and Linette M. Venturea'95 say they are hardly fastidious about theirfood choices. Nevertheless, each woman says shehas a favorite food without which the dining hallwould not be the same.
Rusk says she subsists on the dining halls'Honey Mustard Sauce which she eats on "everything"and which she estimates has approximately twograms of fat.
Fenser says she eats a bagel every morning