Alright, can some Luigi tell me just how bad hospital food is there?
No real Italian writes in English that well.
Yeah, our hospital food Is so bad its probably the closest thing we have to your food
That is the least Italian woman I have ever seen.
That author looks tragic as all
Once upon a time in the late ’90s I was hospitalised in South Italy, they wanted to run some tests on me and the national healtcare service back then was so decadent and unscrupolous that they kept me inpatient for a few days in a ward full of people on the same situation (healthy, pending diagnostic tests, for some reason in an inpatient ward). Upon dinner time the meal tray came in, but none of the patients accepted that food. Very weird, I thought, but I wasn’t surprised. The cotoletta was rubbery, the mash bland, the veggies quite forgettable. But I was a hungry boy and ate it all up.
**Then it happened.** The errand boy from the nearby restaurant came in the hospital courtyard riding his [Piaggio Ciao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ciao), then he announced himself and started to shout all of the items on the menu. The hospital patients started to rush at the balconies and shouted their orders back at the boy while he was writing everything down. Then he left as fast and loudly as he came.
The hospital staff and the patients, in the meantime, started to move loads of chairs and tables to the very long balcony, which was in common with all the rooms in that ward, and set up a neverending table. It was summer, it was hot, the balcony would get a nice breeze.
30 minutes later the ward doors were opened, three men came in with some styrofoam catering boxes full of food and delivered these to the nurses, then they collected the payment in cash. Then the feast started: nurses, doctors and patients all sitting together on the balcony while enjoying their *al fresco* dinner (mussels, grilled fish, pasta, roast potatoes, sausages, wine, beer, and more) laughing and frolicking. All together.
Then I took a 200 lira coin from my wallet, went to the public phone in the hallway, called my mum and said “I need some cash by tomorrow”.
Diversity of hospital food is our strength! (people recovering from an assault have a free chance to enjoy native cuisine of their attackers)
Viola Di Grado, il tikka masala te lo imbuco nel culo se continui a di’ cazzate del genere
Come on look at that face…
But what about prison food.
I believe hospitals in Italy get pre cooked food delivered these days and they just microwave it before serving,yummy /s.
In the past, when food was still cooked in the hospitals kitchens ,I think the idea was making bland food”by design” to keep light(you’re sick anyway), for this reason the food wasn’t great even then.
Having said that I live in the uk now and once when my gf was in hospital her meal looked quite good.
A british hospital ‘delicious tikka masala’ for reference:
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Alright, can some Luigi tell me just how bad hospital food is there?
No real Italian writes in English that well.
Yeah, our hospital food Is so bad its probably the closest thing we have to your food
That is the least Italian woman I have ever seen.
That author looks tragic as all
Once upon a time in the late ’90s I was hospitalised in South Italy, they wanted to run some tests on me and the national healtcare service back then was so decadent and unscrupolous that they kept me inpatient for a few days in a ward full of people on the same situation (healthy, pending diagnostic tests, for some reason in an inpatient ward). Upon dinner time the meal tray came in, but none of the patients accepted that food. Very weird, I thought, but I wasn’t surprised. The cotoletta was rubbery, the mash bland, the veggies quite forgettable. But I was a hungry boy and ate it all up.
**Then it happened.** The errand boy from the nearby restaurant came in the hospital courtyard riding his [Piaggio Ciao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ciao), then he announced himself and started to shout all of the items on the menu. The hospital patients started to rush at the balconies and shouted their orders back at the boy while he was writing everything down. Then he left as fast and loudly as he came.
The hospital staff and the patients, in the meantime, started to move loads of chairs and tables to the very long balcony, which was in common with all the rooms in that ward, and set up a neverending table. It was summer, it was hot, the balcony would get a nice breeze.
30 minutes later the ward doors were opened, three men came in with some styrofoam catering boxes full of food and delivered these to the nurses, then they collected the payment in cash. Then the feast started: nurses, doctors and patients all sitting together on the balcony while enjoying their *al fresco* dinner (mussels, grilled fish, pasta, roast potatoes, sausages, wine, beer, and more) laughing and frolicking. All together.
Then I took a 200 lira coin from my wallet, went to the public phone in the hallway, called my mum and said “I need some cash by tomorrow”.
Nice pic…lmao
https://preview.redd.it/iddqxd8bty1d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=517b8dc7d599d0de60fc2d2ff42dd5bfe96e6736
Are you sure about that? I was served this.
Diversity of hospital food is our strength! (people recovering from an assault have a free chance to enjoy native cuisine of their attackers)
Viola Di Grado, il tikka masala te lo imbuco nel culo se continui a di’ cazzate del genere
Come on look at that face…
But what about prison food.
I believe hospitals in Italy get pre cooked food delivered these days and they just microwave it before serving,yummy /s.
In the past, when food was still cooked in the hospitals kitchens ,I think the idea was making bland food”by design” to keep light(you’re sick anyway), for this reason the food wasn’t great even then.
Having said that I live in the uk now and once when my gf was in hospital her meal looked quite good.
A british hospital ‘delicious tikka masala’ for reference:
https://preview.redd.it/hcf0khrd0z1d1.jpeg?width=573&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6e9ee29488a2bb350f19cc1bfbea226c41f3d62
Why would they need to shame Viola Di Grado?
Ma chi cazzo è Viola di Grado porco dioooo
Ufff, I never thought about it… If in Spain the hospitals’ food is so bad, what a nightmare must be being hospitalized in UK
“Obesity is not a thing” vibes