[Magdalen] A new food thread, I imagine.

[Jay Weigel]

My daughter Betsy also calls iceberg "crunchy water". I don't even make
tacos with it.

On Friday, August 26, 2016, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Daughter Annie calls iceberg lettuce "crunchy water."
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>>
> > 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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