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Canned
Fruit Cocktail: Normally edible - I hadn't eaten this sort of thing in
years. I prefer to butcher a fresh pineapple.
The
saddest thing was parts-is-parts-breaded-and-fried. Chickens (I assume)
should not live to die and be turned into this clusterf*ck of a meat product.
I
have been a pescatarian since I was 27, for over a decade. Before that, I
was a strict, dairy-free vegetarian for a decade. I think people should
have a choice in their diets, but I do not think anyone should eat the low
grade food described above.
Every
mealtime, in December 2012 at Alliance Health Center, I looked forward to see
what was hiding beneath the lid of the gigantic food tray labeled with my name.
For some reason these food trays are over 2 foot wide, making it an
exercise in strength training for the smallest version of me to carry to my
room. The only joy came twice during my stay: banana pudding.
There were real bananas!
I
craved avocados for weeks. I fantasized eating avocado sushi. I
just wanted simple, recognizable food.
The
cockroach just happened to be inside a closed-lid food tray, the main meal
after my mother attempted to explain her version of my diet to the kitchen and
the dietician met with me without a notepad to take notes. Coincidence?
Sure, why not? It's the South; roaches are part of life.
Curiously,
every single tray is marked with a slip of paper with your name and a whole
long list of optional diets that I assume the kitchen offers to someone?
I'm sure they honor a diabetic diet, at least.
Regular
Diabetic
Cardiac
Vegetarian
Dairy-Free
