Have Some Fun With It

Here's how it all began.  I was admitted into hospital on Sunday and by Monday I was describing to my husband, in great detail, the "food" that had been delivered to me thus far during my stay.  I am not a first timer when it comes to hospitalizations - I know the drill.  I do not have high expectations.  Fresh vegetables?  Forget it.  Eggs that don't come from a box?  You're dreaming.  This time, however, the meals are particularly .... there is no other word .... awful.


My husband is the funniest person I know.  He can make me laugh at any situation.  He told me, "you have to blog about this!  Have some fun with it!"  And so the idea was born.  My only regret is that we didn't have this conversation before I was admitted so I could document Sunday and Monday's meals - they were gold. 

Here is how the system works (on an inverse scale):

Score of 0 = Gourmet            Score of 10 = Hospital Gourmet

+1 point: if I can't figure it out by appearance
+1 point: if I can't figure it out by smell
+1 point: if I can't figure it out by taste
+1 point: if it doesn't taste like it should
+1 point: if the texture is not what it should to be
+1 point: if it's overcooked or undercooked (overall) *
+1 point: if it's the wrong meal altogether
+1 point: if a key element of the dish is absent **
+1 point: if the temperature is wrong (i.e. warm salad or cold soup)
+1 point: if my chicken could be pigeon, my roast beef could be roadkill, or my fish could be catfood
10           = Cruel and unusual punishment. 

*  Like the time the chicken fingers were brown on the outside and raw on the inside
** Like the time I ordered chicken fingers, mashed potatoes and vegetables, and when I lifted the lid all that was on the plate was one small blob of potatoes

You can start to see that chicken fingers tends to be the fall back entree for most of us in here.  Based on the two points above, I'm really not sure why.

Stay tuned for my first review, to be published soon!