"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> One of the points to remember about hospital food is that it is always
> leftover. Meals are made the day before, reheated, put on a trolly and
> delivered to the patients so that they arrive lukewarm several minutes
> later.

That's in a great hospital. I just spent 6 weeks of mealtimes in the
hospital with my dad. Meals are cooked in another province, frozen and then
trucked to the facility where they are thawed and reheated. His biggest
complaint was that everything tasted the same: bland & dry. He only ate
with gusto when I brought in salt beef, salt cod, seafood casserole & fried
clams.

Gabby