College Food

While I was visiting my sister at college, we entered the cafeteria, and she immediately warned me to stay away from the main course. "How do you know it isn't good?" I asked. "You haven't even seen it." She pointed to the tub of peanut butter, which was always available as an alternative, and explained, "Any time there are more than five knives in the peanut butter, you know the food is bad."
Originally published November 14, 2002.