Top 5 Dining Hall Hacks Done

Allison Luo
5 days ago
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Guidelines on how to survive the dining hall

If you’ve ever come to the servery and groaned at breakfast for dinner, the shredded chicken, or “coffee bourbon steak tips,” you are not alone. Middlesex students have long mastered the art of improvisation in the dining hall. Here are 5 tried-and-true hacks to upgrade your next meal.

The “Bussin” Bagel Sandwich — First up is the most delicious sandwich. To make it, toast an asiago bagel and then go to the sandwich station and add in pepper jack cheese, red pepper mayo, lettuce, tomato, and turkey. Freshman Olivia Oates swears by this combo, calling it a “bussin sandwich.”
DIY Affogato — A simple and easy dessert: all you need to do is fill a cup with ice cream and then add the dining hall coffee in order to make an easy affogato. If you want to add more to it, you can also top it with cereal.
The Cookie Sandwich Classic — You are most definitely missing out if you don’t know this one. Heat up two chocolate chip cookies in the microwave until the chips just start to melt, then put ice cream from the soft serve in between. Voila!
Soup, Upgraded — Number four involves the underrated soup station. If the dining hall is serving a simple chicken broth soup or any soup in general, you can easily elevate it by adding in pasta and the chicken from the salad station into it for a warm, delicious meal.
The Ultimate Plan — Number five, the final dining hall hack, is only a last resort when all else fails: leaving the dining hall and going to Starbucks or Chipotle.

Of course, there are so many other ways you can experiment with your food. Half the fun is discovering what works. And also what really, really doesn’t work.

Allison Luo ‘27

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