Suddenly, different, but not better food

Maybe it was the winter to spring menu change. Or, maybe it's a new spring menu and not what we ate last year. Or maybe, they just juggled the existing meals from noon time to supper. Whatever the cause, whether it's the menu, the food, or those who prepare and cook it, something has caused our meals to be really bad lately.

They are not awful every day. But the quality has definitely gone downhill. We're having a lot of sandwiches and soup for lunch which is not my favorite. Sandwiches are also not a dieters friend.

We have a lot of pork. On Easter we had ham for breakfast, ham for lunch, and him again for dinner.

It seems like every other day there is pork or ham on the menu. We are supposed to be offered a substitute for each meal. But in the last month or so, peanut butter and jelly was a substitute for at least two meals.

We do have a new dietitian who started last fall. She is young and I don't know if she could be the cause of some of the changes. She may be trying to get us away from the foods we're used to eating. We also have one male resident who likes soups and sandwiches better than other types of meals. So maybe the dietitian is trying to please him for a little while. But I think soup and a sandwich woodwork, all the time, as a substitute for either lunch or dinner.

Perhaps we need to have a little meeting of the minds to see if the dietitian would consider changing anything. After all, we do not have a food committee here. But many times in the last two or three years, I thought we needed one.

I'm about the only one who does not order food out once a week like the other residents. I might do it once a month, but that's it.

I don't think we resident's should be expected to supplement the diet here with junk food we buy ourselves. But that certainly looks like what is happening.

Perhaps we need to have Nationality Food Days. Then they could pick some different Chinese, Italian, or Mexican food and it was a chance to eat something different.

I'm sure cooking for us is a thankless job. But, those who purchase and prepare it need to realize we residents would like to have input about the foods which are added to the menu.