Hello again, fellow Morrow diners past and present!  Morrow is closed for dinner tonight, so we are doing a special lunch presentation of the food blog today.  The rest of the first years arrived bright and early this morning (read: 8 am), although I slept through my alarm and therefore missed the first hour and a half of their arrivals.  This also meant that I missed breakfast, and was forced to carry many refrigerators on an empty stomach.  My fellow student leaders and I were famished once 12 finally rolled around, and we trooped into the dining hall to steal some of the food that is technically meant for first years and their families.

The advertised meal for lunch was sandwiches, mexican wedding cookies, and hand fruit.  This does not do the spread they had laid out justice.  I want to have parent's weekend every weekend, because the food they make to impress them is out of control.  There were red and green peppers, tomatoes that were actually red as opposed to sort of off-white, grapes, and lettuce that was described as looking like "a fresh meadow garden".  They even sprinkled parsley on the turkey deli meat.  Overkill?  Maybe, but I was too busy chowing down to care too much.  I did not encounter anyone that ate the tuna, but the turkey was delicious and apparently the vegetables were fresh enough to make a delicious sandwich even without a panini maker (which can make a pretty terrible sandwich awesome).  I also ate grapes and drank the homemade lemonade that Smith made, which was delicious even though you could sort of feel the sugar on your tongue.  Setting the bar too high would be a mistake, even when parents are around.

This platter ain't got shit on what we had

I heard that the Mexican wedding cookies were as good as ever, although I have never enjoyed them that much.  If you like the feeling of chewing on wet Gold Bond powder with nuts mixed in, I'm sure they did not disappoint.  I, however, was disappointed by the jukebox being turned off in the middle of Take On Me by Aha.  Sometimes it just feels like the world is against me, you know?  Morrow will be closed for the next few days, but undoubtedly the jukebox will keep on rocking and so will we through orientation.  See you at Sunday brunch!

Morrow Back In Action

What up what up, Morrowites! It has been a long hiatus, but the Morrow dining blog is once again online due to a gas problem in Cushing that caused us to open one day early. As is the custom, we turned on Ain't Too Proud To Beg and got down to eatin'.

Tonight's advertised dinner was assorted pizzas, salad with craisins and feta, snickers ice cream with fudge sauce, and peaches. The pizzas were indeed assorted, with four types in the cart. When I got my slices the flavors were cheese, pesto and tomato, pepperoni and green pepper, and vegetable, though I only ate the first two of those and different types were coming out as each disappeared. Mine were very nice with some extra cheese on them, and my dining companions assured me that the vegetable pizza was also delicious. Other favorite toppings included Tabasco and sriracha, although conspicuously absent was ranch dressing. Still, it was quite delicious through my disappointment.

This may surprise no one, but discovering that the salad was not craisin and feta but rather tomato and red onion was more than enough impetus for me to skip straight to ice cream. Snickers ice cream is the beautiful synthesis of two of my favorite things, and although it had some pretty severe freezer burn, this particular bowl did not disappoint. I felt guilty afterwards so I tried to eat a peach, but it was overripe and I didn't get through much of it. The first years seemed to enjoy themselves, and I for one am glad that Smith makes them delicious food so they don't suspect that herbed baked tilapia is in their future. Congratulations on a well done premier voyage, Morrow, and I look forward to what's in store tomorrow.