HOSPITAL GRUB

Most of you will know that I had knee replacement surgery  in December 2019. If you don’t…”where you’ve been”?

So I thought why not a post on my experience with hospital food.

I’ve no doubt it’s nutritionally balanced, however none of it pleases the eye and I’m sure we all agree that if food looks good then your appetite will improve.

First meal was :-

Vegetable soup (obviously from a powder) – HOT

Cottage pie – rehydrated potato on grey mince (I actually ate it all! Pre op nerves I guess lol)

I was Presented with this meal on arriving from theatre :-

Salad – fresh which I nibbled at, like a rabbit!

Boudin noir (black pudding) with puréed apple & potato ……. couldn’t face it!

Dinner – Thursday

Vegetable soup (there appears to be one flavour for each week!) – HOT

Chicken risotto YUCK! YUCK! I love risotto – I couldn’t face taking a photo of this dish lol

Breakfasts :-

Bread butter jam coffee – perfect (except the coffee was huge lol).

It amazes me the lack of attempt to make food look appetising.

I remember Sheila’s father choosing a pork pie salad in Chesterfield hospital – a slab of pie plus one small limp lettuce leaf!

I’ve often argued that a good home made soup or a sandwich and fruit is ideal.

Surely easier and more economical to prepare.