Proper Scots porridge has to be made with water and a little salt, and served with cream. A sprinkle of Demerera sugar on top is OK. Anything more turns it into something else. Disgusting, I suspect...
It's not an "eatery" in the traditional sense. It's a real working mill.
Beverly
Oatmeal is ... gluey. I think it is partly why Scots are so tough. That and running around in kilts through fields of thistles.
Bagel with schmear and lox and maybe a thin slice of onion. Yum.
Hospitals tend to buy good quality food, then run it through their kitchen, adding cornstarch and tapioca to anything on the table, cooking the bejaysus out of everything, then putting it on a steam table for a few hours. Nothing can survive that.
Yes, the little community hospital near me has excellent food. with restaurant-like menus, cooked to order and delivered quickly. And if there's something your heart desires that's not on the menu, they'll try to fix it for you. They even sent someone to the local grocery store for pineapple juice for my mom.
And they feed anyone who is staying with the hospitalized person, as I did for my mom, which is why I know the food is good.
Kay
Juno
One of our favorite quick breakfasts is bagels with cream cheese, Something DS got in the habit of eating while living in Long Island, NY, and I picked up from him. I've never tasted Lox or even seen any.
I like all kinds of cereals, hot in the winter and cold in summer. I made tons of oatmeal when the children were young and when it is very cold, sometimes, I still make it for DS & me. If he is out-of-town, the instant ones will do. I must say Malt-O-Meal is my favorite, esp. the chocolate.
BTW, I ask for all your prayers for one of my sisters. She fell on Wednesday and is in serious condition in the hospital. She is 5-years younger than me and lives alone in a home she & DH built years ago, She just likes her home, like most of us; all her children & DGC live out of state. A DGD went to stay with her yesterday morning and I'm certain the youngest DD will be there this evening. She is a Professor of Nursing at the Uni. near her home.
Emily
My kind of store, Beverly.
Emily
nah, it's more that they're doing food for hundreds of people and it all has to be delivered, sometimes to rooms on the other side of the hospital campus. Steam tables and warmers rarely result in really good food -- even if it's good when it leaves the kitchen, 20 minutes in delivery will adversely affect food. (remember in college when the smaller dorms had better tasting food, even if they used the same menus and recipes? same reason.)
Add in the complications of dietary restrictions and feeding a clientele which, practically by definition, is not feeling well, and you get less than inspired food.
Having said that, the community hospital where I had my surgery has pretty good food, as did the womens & childrens unit where I had my youngest. (the small hospital where I had my eldest had only OK food, but that was, I suspect, as much a matter of location and timing as anything else.)
jenn
-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@newsguy.com
And a couple of words of Yiddish, too. ;-)
When my dad was in the hospital in Phoenix (Mayo Clinic) I went down to the cafeteria to eat several times. There was a salad bar, a grill where you could get burgers and fries, a made-to-order sandwich shop, a kiosk with a choice of a couple of daily entrees. I was tired, stressed and addled so I just got in whichever line had the most doctors and nurses, figuring they'd know what was worth eating. The food was invariably good. Like, "grilled salmon and heirloom tomato salad", or "thai chicken sate" good.
Unfortunately, as a patient, Dad was on a somewhat restricted diet, but those choices he was offered were well-prepared and served at proper temperature. When his restrictions were relaxed and he was feeling well enough to become peevish about the food, we brought him carry-out.
Good thoughts are being sent your way, Emily. I hope you DS recovers quickly and completely.
It's delightful. I almost never go there with a list, and come away with a big bag of goodies. They have bean soup mixes that are wonderful.
Good thoughts coming from here, too. I trust her serious condition will soon be downgraded to something less.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
You gals are SOOOOO lucky. Obviously you have not needed to go to hospital recently. Both the hospital near us, where dh and I have had to have a little stay several times in the last few years, and the community hospital where I was treated while we were evacuated after Katrina, had excellent, tasty food - within any necessary dietary restrictions, of course.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
Sending best wishes for a quick and complete recovery.
Then you'll love this one!
and if it's simple you want try this one
That one is easier. ;-)
Yes, and
The last time I was a patient in a hospital was when I was injured in 1996, that was 2-visits within 2-months. My diet was restricted, only a low-sodium and nothing with Vitamin-K because of the blood thinner.
I sincerely hope it is another 13-years before I am admitted to another one.
Emily
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