The 15 Most Questionable Foods In Every College Dining Hall

At first glance, the campus dining hall seems like a great place for a couple of meals a day.  All you can eat, buffet style, and they serve chicken fingers almost everyday, which is like everyone’s dream come true.  However, if you’re not careful with your diet, the dining hall will quickly lead to you packing on the pounds.  Aside from that, though, there’s some pretty questionable fare being offered at your local campus eatery.

If you can momentarily tear yourself away from the pizza line, you might notice that they’re serving up a few items you wouldn’t touch, even on a dare.  These are the most questionable offerings you’ll see in the dining hall.

15. “Sushi.” 

Lots of young people love sushi, but any dining hall’s attempt at making it is bound to be disappointing and might even make you ill.

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14. Any unidentifiable meat.

Is it beef?  Pork?  Chicken?  If you can’t tell, definitely don’t eat it.

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Photo Credit: Deccan Chronicle

13. Shrimp.

Shellfish from a buffet seems like a surefire way to get food poisoning.

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12. The cappuccino machine.

Otherwise known as the brown, sugary water machine.

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11. Pizza.

Don’t get me wrong; pizza is great.  Buffet-style pizza often isn’t that great, though.

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Photo Credit: Grand Forks Gourmet

10. Any attempt at a Philly Cheesesteak.

They’re trying to entice you with something that’s supposed to be delicious, but their version is just questionable meat dripping with white cheese on soggy bread.  Delicious, indeed.

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9. Potato salad.

Any sort of prepared salad that involves mixing large quantities of mayonnaise with other food just doesn’t seem like something you want to eat when it’s been sitting out all day.

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8. Brussel sprouts.

What are you guys making brussel sprouts for?  Does everybody’s mom help set the menu or something?

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7. Fish.

Kudos for making grilled fish to try and keep things healthy, but for some reason the fish in the dining hall never looks edible.  Dining halls are good at chicken fingers and tater tots, but it looks like fish might be too much to ask.

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6. The vat of ranch dressing.

Everyone likes ranch dressing on everything, including their salad, which is why there’s always a disgustingly huge vat of it with a ladle sticking out.

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5. The ice cream machine.

How many drunk people do you think have put their mouth on that nozzle?  Think about that next time you want some dessert.

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4. Most of the salad bar.

Never mind that it’s usually sad and wilted, some of the stuff available at the salad bar is very questionable: imitation crab meat, mushed up hard boiled eggs, and bits of bacon that may or may not be real bacon.

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3. Stale cereal.

Having access to cereal dispensers every morning (and evening, if you want) is nice, but who knows how long that cereal has been hanging out in there?

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2. Chicken-fried steak.

What are you?  Why are you trying to be two foods at once?

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1. Scrambled eggs.

You know they came out of a carton instead of from a fresh egg, but even that wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t look totally gross.

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