MMA ESL AND SUMMER CAMP Breakfast Club ‘07

“IN OUR CORPS: EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY, AND EVERY MEAL IS A BANQUET” …so reads the plaque overhanging the entrance to MMA’s Mess Hall ‘Buffet’ line. Check out these campers’ breakfast trays – truly a break’ feast! What better way to begin a GREAT Tuesday following a good round of PT with MMA President Brigadier General Cheney…truly a BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!!

The dining facility, built in 1983 and named in honor of Dr. Neuhaus, local resident and longtime supporter of the Academy, is appropriately named The Neuhaus facility, or “MESS” as affectionately referred to by the DI’s. The Mess has the capacity to feed the entire Corps of Cadets at one time in the main dining area with separate dining areas for staff and faculty as well as a private dining area for the General’s Mess. The dining facility staff, working two shifts a day, prepares over 350,000 meals each year…and serves it up ALWAYS with a smile!

Breakfast, lunch and dinner meals meet USDA nutritional guidelines in accordance with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal offers five key ingredients: protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A and vitamin C. Overseen by retired USMC Chef Carlos Centeno, the dining facility staff serves up tasty renditions of popular entrees such as Lemon Pepper Chicken, Cavatini, Barbeque Ribs, Beef Fritters, the ever-popular Hamburger and Fries, Sloppy Joes, Chili Dogs, Roast Beef, Spaghetti, Pizza, Turkey...and, on every-other Friday, the campus-wide favorite: Enchiladas. Fresh fruit is available for each breakfast, topped off with cold or hot cereal, eggs, bacon, sausage, bagels... and, one day per week, the MMA favorite: Biscuits’N’Gravy.

A salad bar option is provided for both lunch and dinner, along with fresh celery, carrot sticks, jello, peanut butter and jelly, and—of course—tasty desserts. There’s plenty of ice cold water, fruit juice, milk, and lemonade but absolutely, positively NO carbonated, caffeinated beverages.

Chef Carlos keeps on top of the latest nutritional trends, “I like to keep an ear out, find out what campers are hungry for, then change things up. Each camper can come back for seconds, thirds...as much as they want. Whatever they take, they eat. No one leaves this dining facility hungry! Some meals are made from the original Armed Forces recipe cards, some from nutritional seminars I attend each year, some recipes are brought in by our staff. Everything is cooked from scratch, there are no microwaves in this Mess Hall!”

What’s on the menu for lunch and dinner THIS week?

TUESDAY:   CHICKEN BREAST;  POLISH SAUSAGE

WEDNESDAY:    PHILLY STEAK;  SPAGHETTI WITH MEATBALLS

THURSDAY:   ROAST BEEF 

FRIDAY:   ENCHILADAS; BEEF STEW

SATURDAY:   HAMBURGERS; HAM

SUNDAY:    CHICKEN; BEEF FRITTER 

Great eats, always a treat …OORAH!