Lullabelle
Midlands, England
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I have had 2 chunks and it is very bitter, probably not a good idea to have any more.
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I have had 2 chunks and it is very bitter, probably not a good idea to have any more.
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
I would assume it would be better than what we get in our hospitals, in my experience it was awful.
Yes its dreadful. A friend of mine who spent a lot of time in hospital said its best to say you are Muslim - then you get decent food. I don't know if that is true!
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Grate some (1/2 oz or so), add 1/2 pt milk or milk and water, and boil, stirring until the chocolate melts. Give it a good whisk and add sugar to taste. Can't give you exact amounts; it depends on your taste. I make mine just with water and use more chocolate - no milk, no sugar - but that may be an acquired taste if you like sweet stuff.
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The last time I was in hospital I was in a day unit. The op was at 4.30 p.m.; I don't do anaesthetics very well and came round at 1.15 a.m. Needless to say they had to keep me in. But once I did come round, I had tea and food whenever I wanted throughout the rest of the night. There was only one other person there (same problem).
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
My first introduction was when I was in my early teens, I asked for a boiled egg for my breakfast, they gave me a dessert spoon to eat it with! The spoon was bigger than the egg
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On my overnight stay in hospital here I was given one meal (I had to send out for beer). I had rice and pork soup. Maybe they thought I was Muslim because I did not detect any sign of pork in it.
[Note: In Thailand, boiled rice is rice soup. What we probably know as boiled rice is called steamed rice.]
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It is reasonably good. I'm vegan as far as they ate concerned though the nutritionalist knows I'm vegan and eggs. they have 4 vegan make which are variously served with boiled rice (white), green beans, corn, peas, carrots, different potatoes (jackets minus the skins (I'll leave you to work that one out), grain, boiled, mashed etc). The 4 are pumpkin curry with green beans and tofu, bean casserole with tofu, lentil curry and an aubergine curry. All are edible with good flavour bit my last favourite is probably the bean casserole.
I even get a vegan jelly, soya milk custard (needs sugar), various stewed fruits, breakfast cereal as normal with soya milk, toast with jams of choice or Vegemite, bread with every meal... I'm well fed. It just got a little monotonous in ICU because you don't choose your menu in ICU so on occasion I got served pumpkin and green bean tofu curry with steamed pumpkin and sliced green beans, plus I only got 2 options in ICU, and I would get the same for lunch and evening meal. But is significantly better than in the UK where except in the private system, my husband had to feed me.
much better thankfully.
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
We went for a walk this morning thinking we wold be back before the rain starts, nope, it hammered down and we were soaked to the skin by the time we got home, still pouring down now.
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
I appreciate that large hospitals have a few issues with feeding so many people and it can be challenging.
Anyway - it does sound better than UK hospitals.
What I used to hate was the meal times - especially the evening meal served at 6pm. I mean - what do you do for the rest of the evening! I used to order sandwiches so that I could stash them and eat them at 10 pm.- Status