Dear Dietitians of South Africa (and the world): @ProfTimNoakes and @FructoseNo aren't the reason your profession is in trouble. This hospital menu shows why your profession is in trouble.pic.twitter.com/aq5nESOOFn
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Dear Dietitians of South Africa (and the world): @ProfTimNoakes and @FructoseNo aren't the reason your profession is in trouble. This hospital menu shows why your profession is in trouble.pic.twitter.com/aq5nESOOFn
Of course Tom. Nothing to do with cost per serve per meal, budget cuts, hospitals looking after their bottom line etc etc etc. If I remember correctly, Heston Blumenthal went into a local hospital to "up the menu" and was told cuts to funding allows them to only buy the cheap.
Those ingredients do not sound very 'budget' like to me.
You would be surprised how cheap food can be when you buy in bulk...
True. That's why 2 eggs and 2 rashes bacon can also be budget food.
But bacon and eggs eventually spoil. The packaged stuff doesn't. That's the issue. Allow the patients to eat better in hospital than they would at home.
There's a reason why packaged food doesn't spoil, coz it's full of crap. Yes, whole foods/fresh produce will spoil quicker. So hospitals will need to order more regularly. Fortnightly perhaps.
I wouldn't say it full of crap mate. Frozen veg is pretty good. Again it comes down to cost. Manual labour. Food cost. Cooking. @GidMK did an excellent Twitter post on all those costs when they add up. Yes. They can do better though. No doubt about that.
Dunno, in this case they've got some high-value items (blueberries, strawberries, pecans) so not sure the argument applies. On the other hand, bacon would probably triple the cost of the meal, very expensive by comparison
A cheap alternative that would be low-cost in bulk would be scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast. Keeps very long-term (can freeze bread, eggs can be prepared to last ~6 months) and is very cheap to prepare
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