"Goomba" > wrote in message
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> On 12/7/13 1:31 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> Because next to the polenta was what they called beef stew. And I was
>> told that it had sour cream in it. If if were goulash or strogonoff,
>> wouldn't they have just called it that?
>
> that's expecting a little sophistication from hospital cafeteria workers.
> They probably saw it as stew and said "stew" but the dietitian who planned
> the menu was thinking "goulash" or something else.

Could be. But I have eaten there many times before and they are usually
pretty specific as to what the food is.