Mooch Corner: D Hall is a Wonderland

It may seem obvious, but D hall is the best source of food in Saratoga. What may be less obvious is that it is not just useful for meals, but for groceries as well. Obviously if your on an unlimited meal plan you have no use for these tips but if your like a decent percentage of the campus you arn't. First off think about your average grocery list. Maybe you need drinks, fruits, veggies, some cereal, a dozen bagels, all these are goods you can grab in bulk at d hall. Before you go shopping take a large duffel or backpack and several tupperware containers, bring a friend for an even larger haul. Lets begin our mooching walking clockwise around Dhall. Skip pasta and Global and head straight to cereal. obviously there is cereal on hand for you to fill up your containers with, but also apples, oranges and bananas as well. Of course anyone whose looked at D Hall knows where this stuff is. What you may not know is that often the chocolate milk spout doesnt work, leading dining services to place containers of chocolate milk within the milk machine. Simply unlatch the machine and stuff a container in your bag. Think you found all the fruit? wrong. Head over to the omelette station and open the fridge opposite from the grill, inside are sliced lemons and limes. While your there nab some soy milk from the same fridge if your into that kind of thing. Got old egg cartons? recycle and refill with the eggs next to the omelette grill. Move on to the bagel station next to the fridge with the lemons. Stock up on Bagel's and condiments such as cream cheese and butter. Make a B-line to Emily's where you can fill some containers with baby carrots, hard boiled eggs, and sliced cucumber. Most of these foods are on clear display for your consumption, the trick is getting yourself into the mindset of treating D hall like a supermarket instead of a buffet.