Food

Commons has some really good deals and some really lame ones. Among the love:

- a bowl of beans and rice with salsa and sour cream = $1.85
- salad bar ranges from something like $2 for a "small" salad to $4.25 for a large, which is defined by what I would guess is an 8 or 9 inch plate. You can pile a lot of veggies, and tofu and beans and pasta salads, onto that.

But as I sat today eating breakfast - an egg, a bowl of oatmeal, and a cup of coffee - I realized it's simply ridiculous to eat at Commons for that. It cost me $3.20. Now that's not bad - my board plan allows a daily average of $13.25 - but when you compare it to real world pricing it's preposterous. For the price of one egg at Commons, I can get six eggs at Fred Meyer with 20c to spare. The superior steel-cut oatmeal I already have MIGHT have cost the same as today's breakfast for a whole pound. And even coffee must be going at a 5-fold markup. Once I have real-world money, there are certain things I will definitely be buying outside the board plan. Eggs, milk, and coffee are among them.