The camp cafeteria is open for three meals a day, but if campers are hungry, they can always stop by for a snack. The kitchen itself is off-limits without a counselor around, but there's microwaves and a toaster in the cafeteria to warm things up. There's a public access fridge out there too, stocked with snacks- lots of fresh fruit, cheese sticks, yogurt, veggies, lunch meat for sandwiches, leftover dessert, that kind of thing. Chips, pretzels, snack cakes, bread, crackers, and more can be found in the snack basket that's on a table with the toaster. Nobody ever goes hungry here!
At mealtime, campers sit around long tables and help themselves to a sumptuous feast. You can always go back for seconds or thirds, or fourths if you want! Breakfast is a buffet, but lunch and dinner are served cafeteria-style.
Breakfast
The breakfast offerings are pretty much always the same, although the fruit topping for the pancakes and French toast varies. Breakfast is self-serve, buffet style.
- Eggs- scrambled, fried, cheesy omelette rolls, there's always some kind of eggs
- Bacon, sausage links, Canadian bacon
- English muffins and bagels
- Pancakes or French toast with real maple syrup and fruit compote
- Fresh fruit
- Oatmeal
- Yogurt
- Some kind of sweet pastry- cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, homemade danishes, kringle, etc.
- Bear claws (always- they're iconic)
Lunch and Dinner
Lunch and dinner always include a few hot entree options or a single option that you personalize, some side options, and dessert. Lunch desserts tend to be smaller, while dinner is often a thick slice of cake or pie a la mode, with real whipped cream and all the vanilla ice cream you can eat Additionally, there's always a cold buffet with fresh fruit, veggies, and sandwich fixings. If the hot entree doesn't appeal, campers can always make themselves a sandwich. Sandwich toppings include peanut butter and jelly, assorted cold cuts, various types of sliced cheese, and sandwich veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers, bean sprouts, lettuce, peppers- anything you want, they probably have it.
Typical entrees include:
- Taco bar
- Personal pizzas- you pick the toppings!
- Chicken nuggets that are shaped like fish
- Fish nuggets that are shaped like chickens
- Soy nuggets that are shaped like maple leaves
- Salisbury steak and Salisbury fake
- Spaghetti
- Chicken and Eggplant Parmesan
- Hot dogs
- Baked potato bar
- Nachos
- Barbecue sandwiches
- Burgers
- Grilled fish, fresh from the lake
- Walking tacos
- Kebabs
- Pork chops
- Grilled meat and mixed grilled veggies
Side dishes include, but are not limited to:
- Garden salad
- Potato salad
- Jello salad
- Glorified rice
- French fries
- Mashed potatoes
- Steamed veggies
- Corn on the cob
- Homestyle potato chips
- Bread rolls
- Fresh fruit
- Pudding cups
RP Ideas
Want to play around in the cafeteria? Here are some prompt ideas to get you going!
- Food fight!
- There's one piece of chocolate cake left, and you both want it.
- There's no more room at the long table you normally sit at, so you have to sit with somebody else today. Cue the meet cute... or the meat cute, get it?
- It's Pizza Night! You and a friend dare each other to make the worst possible combination... and then your counselor says you have to eat it.
- It's midnight... time for a snack raid! Can you keep quiet enough that you don't wake up the counselors?
- You decide that you're going to play a prank on your friend... or those hooligans in the other cabin! Is it the classic ice cream on the chair? Unscrewing the lid of the salt shaker? A fake cockroach on their tray? Or something else entirely?
- You've been challenged to a hot dog eating contest, and your camp crush is watching!