Regional Food

[Ian W.]

Haha, and I thought just bringing a "brown bag lunch" was the obvious solution. Suppose I actually did learn something in those four years of high school...

As a quick addition to my thought above, if any of your team members do have food restrictions (medical, religious, personal, doesn't matter), I believe they will have to let you bring your own food in, or at least provide you with a place to eat your own food (if you don't feel like being sneaky).

I remember the first time I went to a regional it was SBPLI in 2002. I had no idea what to expect, so I emptied out my backpack, and filled it with various food, a sandwich, snacks, all kinds of good, yummy things that I could eat with one hand and wouldn't make a mess, so that way I could at least do something productive (like cleaning the pit) while eating. Some tips for quick and easy snacks, trail mix, dried fruit, m&m's, and granola bars. Don't bring in anything that will be remotely messy (like a juicy plum, that won't mix well with robots), but anything else should be ok.

I have to admit, I've since gotten lazy, and usually just buy food at the competition (or walk around outside and find food), but I usually try to have at least some sort of snack around, somehow that makes completely rebuilding the robot slightly more bareable.