[Magdalen] A new food thread, I imagine.

[Jon Egger]

Daughter Annie calls iceberg lettuce "crunchy water."

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't remember where I read about the salad vending machines, but I'm
> pretty sure they were in Chicago. The guy who started the whole thing was a
> young fellow who was kind of dismayed by the sort of food offered in most
> vending machines. It seemed like such a great idea.
>
> I have been utterly appalled at times by the type of food offered at the
> various hospitals I've worked at. As a travel nurse I experienced quite a
> variety, as you can imagine! At some it was fairly decent, at others
> appalling. Some places went above and beyond for their staff. At one
> hospital we got soup at around midnight, which was good most of the time
> but occasionally was real swill. I remember one night when it was a very
> basic chicken noodle and my Korean pod-mate went by me having gotten
> together with her buddy from the same country...they'd doctored theirs with
> some hot pepper sauce and an immense amount of garlic, whew! At another,
> the sandwich shop opened up between 1:30 and 2:15 am just for staff. At
> most hospitals, though, night staff was on their own. But at my last one,
> the weekend staff had something that was mysteriously called "Number
> 10"--don't ask me why. Sometime between 12:30 and 1 am, the cafeteria line
> opened up and for the princely sum of a buck, you could fill your tray with
> whatever you wanted from the hot bar. It was rumored to be leftovers from
> the doctors' dining room and was usually pretty good. Salads, desserts, and
> ice cream were extra. On the other hand, day shift, if they got to eat at
> all, had to make do with the regular cafeteria or bring their own. (On my
> unit they ordered out a lot.) This was true at most places where I worked,
> and the food at most of them was abysmal and unhealthy. At one place, if
> you worked days on Sunday, the cafeteria closed at 1:30 and the only thing
> open after that was the in-house McDonald's. Great, huh?
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 6:01 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > >>>Do you have any of those great salad vending machines near you that
> were
> > started by the enterprising young man I heard about a year or so ago,
> > Scott? They sounded like such a wonderful thing! The salads are basically
> > the "mason jar" varieties, I think, packed in a jar upside down with the
> > dressing on the top, and you could buy various add-ins such as tuna,
> > chicken, or chickpeas extra from the machines if desired.<<<
> >
> > You people make me wanna relocate!
> >
>



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