Welcome to the world of almost all white flour, frozen and then cooked for 350 people, possibly refined in places, sweet and salty, made with love and care despite any other preconceptions, refills abounding, stacked on plastic colourful trays, and energy to serve an entire camp, food.
That is in a nutshell, camp food. The delicacy that I so enjoy, privileged as I am, each summer that I work at camp.
9 weeks straight of eating the same food, in the same order...you always know what's coming next.
Food becomes a trademark of camp. You work here, then you have to eat the food, and you better like it because it's coming in bounds and you ain't escaping to Subway for your dinner! No sir.
Monday means ham, and usually a few unhappy staff members. (Apparently the ham has received a bad rep over the years but I am one of the few that really don't mind it!)
Tuesday means hamburgers and spaghetti...two really great combinations for all. Not so easy to cook Tuesday meals, but...they are so well received that it is worth the effort.
Wednesday means chicken burgers and tacos...and the list for the week goes on. You learn to depend on it because, honestly, it is one of the most consistent things you can find at camp. The weather in never predictable, your cabin may be really tough, and you may find yourselfbecoming a carrier of the camp flu. But the food, that stays (for the most part) the same.
One morning when breakfast was supposed to be muffins but instead was waffles, some counselors complained that it had messed up their digestive pattern. (If that gives you any indication of our dependence on a concrete menu).
A select few staff members have the time and money to pack their own frozen entrees, but those people are few and far between.
Frankly, I enjoy the food served at camp and have made it my mission to eat the food they serve. I am blessed as it is to be at camp, and the food just completes the experience.
As of now I am 3 weeks in, and I'm still craving it. So bring on the camp food!
Care to take a peek into the life we live at camp?
We dress up for dinner in crazy clothes (depending on the theme of the day) like this:
Music Day
And we have Superhero Day
And, uh yeah, we are normal sometimes...
...See!
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