Deconstructing hospital food

[Tab]

Course 1
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Take powdered gelatin mixture
add flavor crystals
Pour into small plastic contain
Add water and dissolve - heating may help dissolution
Chill until jiggly/solid
Serve as "Jell-o"


Course 2:
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Chicken by-products
MSG
Lots of salt
Crush to a powder
Add water
Boil, reduce to simmer, serve when alightly above room temperature


Course 3:
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Repeat course #2, but use beef instead.


Course #4
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Cranberry Juice



Repeat above 3 times a day for 8 days.

[hippywife]

1. Tab!!!!!!!

Are you home yet? How are you feeling? Good to see you! :hug:

[Tesha]

2. that sounds like...

a horrible punishment for a foodie. blech!

welcome back to c&b Tab, are you feeling any better?

[japple]

3. And if there are fingerprints on the surface of the jello, you

know someone in the cafeteria line rejected it before it was delivered it to your room.

[elleng]

4. So are you THERE still, or

Home Sweet Home????

At least no requirements to remove all HUMOR!!!!!

:grouphug:

[Stinky The Clown]

5. All that vacation time and all you can do is bitch

Your insurance company could soon label you an "Ungrateful" if you ain't careful, there, pal.

[pengillian101]

6. Good to see you!

Feel better soon so you can make some good stuff at home. We all missed you.

:hi:

[pleah]

7. I'm glad you are better, but 8 days on that diet?

Bummer.

[Phentex]

8. Well, did you ask for the Grey Poupon?

;-)


Good to see you. I hope you are back to Tab-meals soon! :hi:

[sazemisery]

9. No one to sneak real food in?

I'll volunteer.

[randr]

10. On a recent stay in hospital

I was in for several days a while back and had a real problem with the "product" I was presented with as food. I was visited by the staff dietitian to address my complaints. She turned out to be an obese person with an abrasive personality. One problem she had was with my avoidance of MSG. She stated that "all food has MSG" in it. I narrowed down the choice of food I could eat to rice. I asked if I could have any soy sauce to which she replied, SOY SAUCE IS MSG".
It is hard to believe that an institution who's sole function is health care has no idea about how to feed people a healthy diet. It is an indictment of the health care "industry" that they see no relationship between the food we eat and our wellbeing.
On edit: My wife and friends brought in food for the rest of my stay.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. I have a rule -

if I can't identify on sight, I'm not eating it.

Tab is on dietary restrictions for medical reasons, so he's sort of stuck.

But, when I was hospitalized for a long time, I made friends in the kitchen, and they'd bring me the greatest tuna or chicken or ham and cheese sandwiches and in the morning, my eggs over easy were run up to me while they were still hot!

And, of course, there were the places that delivered - Thai, Chinese, Italian, pizza, and subs.

I survived, but if I never order delivery again, that'll be all right with me .........................

[yellerpup]

11. Great to hear from you, Tab.

Since they obviously left your personality intact. :hug:

[JeffR]

13. I doubt that something as lowly as a DUzy is much consolation

but you're getting one for this.

Blessings upon you. I can't even conceive of the strength required to undergo what you're dealing with, but I want you to know I'm part of your cheering section. Rock on.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. Some things are just right,

and this DUzy is one of them.

Good job, Jeff.........................

[sandnsea]

15. It's better than the alternative

so I'm told.

And never forget, you could always be eating my lasagna!!

Hang In There! :hug:

[TankLV]

16. Too bad you haven't had the fortune to be hospitalized in Honolulu...

Queen's Medical Center has one of the best cafeteria/restaurant food ANYWHERE!!!

Spent a lot of time there when my Mom had her bypasses - my Dad and I were much surprised!