There is a West Point app you can download that shows what they are serving daily in the Dining Facility. My son could live on fries and chicken tenders so he also is quite picky. I've viewed the menu and I think he would be quite satisfied with the selection. Not to mention there are a number of delivery places nearby. Breakfast is mandatory for plebes but dinner you are on your own if you so desire except Thursdays.
seriously?? I always thought every meal had to be eaten in that massive mess hall all together and you only had 20 mins to finish. Guess West Point may not be that bad after all
@Capt MJ Sorry, but I was a hard "pass" on the first three trays in the breakfast steam table on my ship - grits, corned beef hash & SOS. I would even eat Mid Rats (aka "wet garbage") over that.
I hear you.
I learned to really enjoy Corned Beef Hash just about in time to have medical stuff take it off of my potential meals.
Abby, give a look at the Facebook page, they post the weekly menus. There are a lot of options at every single meal. Maybe not during Beast but there will always be SOMETHING that you can eat even during Beast and you will be hungry. They will not let you starve. Promise. Once you get to the academic year you will have a lot of great options.
My cadet is not very picky but can’t get on board with the new menu. And yes, fish and salad for all three meals is too much for him. So he has been ordering food almost everyday. He is now at least 15lbs heavier than last year.
Mine is doing his fair share of keeping the take out restaurants in business as well. My DS also does weekly orders for protein bars/drinks from Amazon prime that seem to help. I just know it’s almost impossible to meet 3500 calories a day with the new menu.My cadet is not very picky but can’t get on board with the new menu. And yes, fish and salad for all three meals is too much for him. So he has been ordering food almost everyday. He is now at least 15lbs heavier than last year.
As far as the mess hall goes, depending on the meal and day, there's going to be different stuff. Some of the most common items are fish, chicken, rice, vegetables, a salad bar, and fruit. There's usually a desert/pastries with every meal. Other, less common items include empanadas (although those have become quite common recently) and shrimp. Also, on West Point there's a subway (about a mile walk down there), two Starbucks, and Grant Hall which is like a food court at a mall. And you can definitely order food from restaurants and you can also keep food and snacks in your room (I HIGHLY recommend that). Not because West Point doesn't offer enough food, but because it's nice to have food in your room to munch on whenever you want, almost like a normal college student.
What is the app called?
In Special Operations SERE we were dumped in the fields for the evasion phase on a Wednesday. It was REALLY cold out, getting down below 0 F at night. There was NO food. Even the cornfields were picked dry by deer and other animals. My team and I got so hungry we resorted to looking for roadkill on the side of roads. No luck, but we did find a Wendy's bag with some packages of ketchup.
We sponsored a USNA mid, who, throughout his 4 years in and out of our house, was never seen to eat a vegetable or fruit other than a potato or corn chip or a glass of OJ. We don’t say anything to mids about eating choices, just offer good food and healthy snacks and treat them as adults who can choose. Fast forward, he met a wonderful young woman who pretty much said she wanted him around for the long haul, and if he wasn’t going to look after his health and make better choices, she wasn’t sure if she could deal with that. He now eats salads, vegetables, fruit in all forms, and has a hard time remembering why he was picky.