Say what you must about hospital food but it's there, hot and cheap. Had 'prime rib', wild rice with carrrots and green beans today on Christmas Day with the boys. Chocolate fudge brownie for dessert. Actually only two beef dinners, one had a sandwich [which you weigh in] with chips. Three dinners for $19 and change. Starting tomorrow I can get an employee discount card as I have been eating there all week. I've had cheese pizza, clams casino pizza, chicken florentine, grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and many many salads. The macaroni and cheese is a 'carb nightmare.' Nothing has been memorable but it is a decent place to eat, if a bit lonely at times.
Hopefully you never need this info: http://www.middlesexhospital.org/patient/
And the winner is: there is no winner [except for maybe the macaroni and cheese] but no losers either; good luck!
UPDATE: I am still here at the hospital; this starts the second week. The staff here has been wonderful to me. They made sure I got my discount card.
The latest winner was the Chicken Gyro last night on a toasted pita with tomatoes, onions and a zippy tzatziki sauce. Today's chicken, cheese and bacon sandwich on a baguette roll was pretty good too. I guess it's all relative - sad and lonely as it is, if someone cares about what you eat, the food can be good and healthy.
an egg is an egg...meditating at the Museo Miró in Barcelona
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
red sauce
There we were in Binghamton, New York on our way to an Elderhostel in Corning. We met M and B at the Best Western Hotel and were off to dinner. I had searched the web and found Little Venice Restaurant to be well reviewed and near the hotel. It is located at 111 Chenango Street, telephone (607) 724-2513.
The specialty of the house was the red sauce and it was special. Good Italian bread on the table and large salads came with each meal. M and B both ordered the same entrée [isn’t that against the rules?]. They had the meatball and sausage parmesan. DW had the porkchop with mashed potatoes and applesauce. I ordered the Parmesan Sampler Platter which contained two meatballs [shaped liked logs not balls!], a sausage and a breaded chicken cutlet covered with melted cheese and drenched in beautiful red sauce. A glass of house red wine [Montepulciano http://www.e-4seasons.com/red-wine.htm] was the perfect accompaniment to a great meal with good friends. Dinners also included the soup of the day which was split pea and rice. For dessert each couple shared a cannolli.
The winners were: the Red Sauce and the Split Pea and Rice Soup
The specialty of the house was the red sauce and it was special. Good Italian bread on the table and large salads came with each meal. M and B both ordered the same entrée [isn’t that against the rules?]. They had the meatball and sausage parmesan. DW had the porkchop with mashed potatoes and applesauce. I ordered the Parmesan Sampler Platter which contained two meatballs [shaped liked logs not balls!], a sausage and a breaded chicken cutlet covered with melted cheese and drenched in beautiful red sauce. A glass of house red wine [Montepulciano http://www.e-4seasons.com/red-wine.htm] was the perfect accompaniment to a great meal with good friends. Dinners also included the soup of the day which was split pea and rice. For dessert each couple shared a cannolli.
The winners were: the Red Sauce and the Split Pea and Rice Soup
Friday, December 03, 2004
MSG [no not that kind]
The Middlesex Society of Genealogists [lovingly known as MSG from NEAC] happily met for their 'who's hosting it this time' luncheon at the Sans Souci Restaurant in Meriden on the Berlin Turnpike today. All members, with the exception of R, were present [J and J, M and B, DW and Monfongoman].
A beautifully set round table was waiting and offered great coleslaw [sweet with red onions] and herbed bread rounds that were a delicious intro to the coming meal. The French bread was warm and fresh.
Some ordered from the Specials menu while others stayed with the traditional: smoked apple bacon wrapped scallops as an appetizer was shared. One lobster roll with French fries, two baked scrod, one meatloaf, one liver with onions and bacon and one veal medallions in a cream sauce – all with mashed potatoes, summer squash and carrots.
Desserts were either tiramisu with accompanying glass of Marsala wine or apple pie with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce [actually more like an apple crisp]. Many cups of decaf coffee and the meal was completed. The $102 tab with a hefty tip made for an inexpensive, tasty and social luncheon. The waitress, an Italian Argentine, was delightful.
The simple agenda for the 'meeting' portion of the luncheon consisted of two Genealogy handouts from Wikipedia: 5 Reliability of sources and 6 The "maximum relationship"
The winner is: Smoked Apple Bacon wrapped Scallops
A beautifully set round table was waiting and offered great coleslaw [sweet with red onions] and herbed bread rounds that were a delicious intro to the coming meal. The French bread was warm and fresh.
Some ordered from the Specials menu while others stayed with the traditional: smoked apple bacon wrapped scallops as an appetizer was shared. One lobster roll with French fries, two baked scrod, one meatloaf, one liver with onions and bacon and one veal medallions in a cream sauce – all with mashed potatoes, summer squash and carrots.
Desserts were either tiramisu with accompanying glass of Marsala wine or apple pie with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce [actually more like an apple crisp]. Many cups of decaf coffee and the meal was completed. The $102 tab with a hefty tip made for an inexpensive, tasty and social luncheon. The waitress, an Italian Argentine, was delightful.
The simple agenda for the 'meeting' portion of the luncheon consisted of two Genealogy handouts from Wikipedia: 5 Reliability of sources and 6 The "maximum relationship"
The winner is: Smoked Apple Bacon wrapped Scallops
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