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Is all hospital food awful? does it have to be?
Recently I spent a week in hospital, one of the best in my city, and the only edible food was the cheese and biscuits (afternoon snack) and the bread and butter. All the cooked food was plain steamed, no salt, herbs or oil; a beautiful looking piece of chicken was pink and close to raw in the centre, all the vegetables were still hard.
Isn't good nutrition supposed to help you get better? what good is it if you can't eat it and end up living on sandwiches the whole time you're in there? Sandwiches had a single thin slice of filling and a smear of sauce (mayo, chutney etc).
Okay, that's a lot of questions in there. Really I just want to know, is it possible for a hospital to provide meals that are properly cooked and taste good?
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Okay, so you asked this question again. :)
I didn't mind the food in any of the hospitals I was shoved in. Maybe it depends on your frame of mind at the time? I don't know, some of the food was bland, but that's why they include some condiments along with it. I said "condiments"!
But I see what you're getting at. If the food, as a whole, is terrible, then that might make your hospital stay more unpleasant.
Now I gotcha! Have a good'n!
- 1 decade ago
Hospital food is mainly supposed to be all natural/pure and no preservatives, in order for the patients have something natural or just cooked in a healthy way.
Biscuits, cheese, bread and butter are plain natural things, not all processed.
Hope my answer helped you out in someway or another :)
- 1 decade ago
I think it really depends on the hospital. I recently spent 2 weeks in the hospital (beat you! lol jk) and I thought the food was totally edible and some of it was kinda good. :/ I agree that the hospital food should taste good to help promote healing..
- 1 decade ago
yea! I was in the hospital for a month (due to a car accident) and the hospital by my house (one of the best too; im in NY) actually had pretty decent food for breakfast, lunch and dinner(salads, french toast,chicken, pasta, bagels, etc). Its crazy that they really only gave you cheese and bicuits (that sounds like jail food)...Glad your doing better!
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- 1 decade ago
When my mom was in UofM Annearbor, she said it was WONDERFUL food. But she didnt have an appitite because of her linfoma and lucimea
