3 Days of Hospital Food (Canada Covid Edition)
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2020
- I spent a few days in the hospital during the early stages of the Covid Pandemic. We were not allowed to leave our rooms to buy food from outside the hospital so we ate all our meals from the hospital's cafeteria. We were pleased with the quality of food. This is what we ate!
I have been laid up in hospital since 09/16/21 at PIH first. The only meals they served me breakfast, lunch, dinner, was a cup of chicken broth, fruit drink, jello, coffee.
It all ended on 10/01/21 when I was transferred to Kaiser Permanente. 20/02/21, For breakfast I always got, scrambled eggs, with red and green bell peppers, or whatever I asked for, Oatmeal eith raisins, butter, brown sugar. My coffee, I always asked for maple syrup to mix in it!
The nutrition nurse calls me every day to set up lunch, dinner, and breakfast!
The meals here are all outstanding!
Mmmm that does sound good, the second place anyhow. I wonder why there was so much difference between the two locations? I hope you are feeling better!
The fact that even some restaurants don't carry REAL maple syrup... I've started carrying a hip flask of the stuff.
Half the fun is the looks you get for pouring dark maple syrup on stuff from a hip flask. "Is that rye?! What an alcoholic.. Jeeze.." But it works.
I gotta start doing this too. There is never a bad time for a bit of good syrup.
There's syrup in some I have been in the hospital in edmonton and they had French toast and waffle sticks it had syrup
That's great! 😅 and why not down here in the South they wear the hip pouch for their bottle of hot sauce or BBQ sauce 😂 I don't see too many, I'm in alabama but I bet there's lots more out near Texas and Louisiana ❤
just got out on 9th spend 3 nights in a hospital for covid and the food was the highlight of my days.
Gotta enjoy something when you are in there. Did you find the food bland? Did you wish you had some spices?
@@klangenm It was just fine, very well prepared. I liked the burgers were made with mixed mushroom for a healthier serving. cream of wheat, cup of fruit, orange juicemilk and strawbery cake delicious
@@tonial5789 Awesome! Where abouts in the world was the hospital you visited in? just curious as I am sure food is different between different countries/states/provinces.
@@klangenm I was admitted for covid in a Boston MA hospital
@@tonial5789 cool, well I am glad that you are in recovery. It must have been a stressful experience.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I was searching for hospital style foods as I am on low fat diet. Thank you so much.
Wow I am glad it was helpful. I am guessing the serving sizes were useful to see.
@@klangenm they were. Also I am trying to prolong my gallbladder surgery and was admitted to the hospital last year for an ercp procedure and got same good pretty much. I am also Canadian by the way. I was curious if any recipe guidelines you have can be posted.
@@salimad6501 Oh ouch, I hope you feel better soon. Sorry I dont have any info on the recipe guidelines, I was just there as a guest. I dont have any knowledge of the philosophy behind the meal planning.
@@klangenm thank you. Yeah it was awful. Thank you. No worries. I hope you are keeping safe
I am in awe that you received salt and pepper with your meals!
Nothing but the best for us!
Dude. I just spent 4 days in one of the hospitals in Montreal... and let's say your food looks good compared to what I had. I wish I had thought of bringing some seasoning with me!
Hey, I hope you are doing well. It's not often fun to have to stay in a hospital. I am starting to get to a point in my life where I carry ketchup, soy sauce, and chili flakes with me wherever I go. Gotta be prepared and all right?
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Sorry to hear the food in Lower Canada wasn't as good it is out here on the west coast.
Looks pretty similar to what I had when I stayed in the hospital here in Ontario after having my baby during Covid in May 2020. Oatmeal with every single breakfast. I just threw the brown sugar in it. All the rest of the food was almost identical also. It wasn't the best food but I was so hungry since we weren't allowed visitors and the restaurants and cafeteria were closed.
That is pretty much our exact story too. We were not allowed to go in and out or order food from any take out restaurant. Lucky for us it wasn't our first rodeo so we had brought snacks/spices to tide us over. Congrats on the new baby, I hope things are going well!
Those trays are exactly the same as served in the US jails I mean the configuration and the tray itself.
This food is definitely a lot better than they serve in the jail
I dont know much about what they serve in jail. But I guess there bust be some sort of "Institutional Kitchen Supply Wholesale Store" that you get this sort of thing from.
Had to stay in the respiratory ward at Vancouver General Hospital last year for 6 weeks from a spontaneous pneumothorax. My food experience was about the same as yours; very bland but it's definitely palatable haha. My only gripe was that portion sizes were a little small for my appetite so I had to request for double portions every meal =) Great video though, hope everything is going well!
We're all good here. Just trying to avoid the summer heat. I hope you are doing well too. We brought snacks to augment the hospital food so it turned out to be ok. Thanks for the comment!
i love canada!
I think it is pretty great too!
Little lite on that breakfast
dude... for me it was a little light on everything. I'm not even a big eater. If it wasn't for the snacks that we brought I would have been kinda hungry.
Love it!. Thanks!
Thanks buddy!
i think hospital food is good because in my hospital you could call the kitchen and ask for more on your tray or have your food changed to what you want that and it's healthy in some ways for you
@@dallasmay4031 Know what? I never even thought about asking for a different meal, or more food. I was just happy to have someone bring me food and take away the dishes without having to worry about it. Can you also ask for more spice?
@@klangenm yes but i never asked for it my food always had plenty of spice or salt and pepper
@@dallasmay4031 lucky, I found mine to be bland (but like I said in the video, i know why its bland).
Here at the hospital diagnosed with Leukemia and had to keep ordering from Doordash because the food here sucks. The vid you showed is exactly what they keep serving you.
I sorry to hear that buddy, Leukemia is no joke and I wish you all the best. I'm sure you have heard all the well wishes hundreds of times over. Genuinely though I hope for your improved health.
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Plus sorry to hear the food is no good. Better get door dash to get you some spices too. Get that hospital food a bit more lively.
@@klangenm good thing though I had my condition checked out asap because if I waited for too long it would've gotten worse and be harder to treat so I'm in good hands. My credit card bills is gonna skyrocket after this for ordering too much on the app lol.
@@NewfieAsianKid Glad to hear that it is going well. Hopefully you get some sort of points or something with your card... that way you could.. I dunno rent a car later on.
Ngl I was going through alcohol withdraws and was in the hospital for 5 days to make sure I didn’t have seizures or go into delirium tremens. Bear in mind I’m only 26.. I’m used to good food lol… on day 3 I could finally eat a bit and I had some of the best roast with gravy and mashed potatoes I ever had. And for dinner was a lasagna. The next day it was chilli and than Shepard’s pie.
Coulda been because I haven’t eaten for 4 days prior to going another 3 days there without food but damn. Good. Breakfasts were always shit tho lol.
I hope you had a successful recovery. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the food though! Hunger can make even bland food taste amazing!
This looks better and well packaged then what I get at Calgary Foothills Centre lol.
heck, I've been to Calgary. I would have thought all that oil/gas money would result in steaks at the hospital.
Looks mostly way better than the food I had at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto.
Welcome to BC... its better than Toronto. We have that on a billboard at the traffic light at the provincial intersection.
I'm joking though. What was the food like at Sunnybrook?
@@klangenm lol! Well your guy’s weather is way better than ours! As for Sunnybrook food was ok but alot of times looked kinda gross for me to eat. I was diet controlled as I had Gestational diabetes while pregnant and was admitted for a few days as they wanted to monitor me for something. Unfortunately too some meals they put too much carbs despite knowing I had this so i didn’t want to always complete everything so I didn’t spike my sugar levels. Luckily my mom & husband came to visit & they brought me food which was nice. Overall though despite the food Sunnybrook Hospital is a really great hospital.
@@flyby3079 We too were at the hospital for baby related things (everyone was/is fine). But I remember my wife having to drink that super sugary stuff to check for diabetes. Its too bad they didn't account for your medical needs when providing food, good thing for good family though!
@@klangenm yes thankfully. Of course I wasn’t very happy about too much carbs even though on the paper that came with my meal they noted diabetic meal.
Great balanced diet. Great stuff
It's not bad food. Just what the body needs!
@Hop Bee I wouldn't know, we dont get school lunches where I come from. But I've seen some very terrible school lunches while cruising around the Internets!
I truly can't believe Canadian hospitals don't have maple syrup
Lol... yes it is unfortunate. But maple syrup is still pretty expensive here.
I’m in the hospital right now and the foods great. They let me order as much as I want too, so tonight I’m having 7 jellos 2 puddings, pork tenderloin, tuna sandwich, toast and jam, vegetable medley, chicken salad lettuce wrap, and bbq chicken for dinner
That sounds tasty. Jello is such an underrated dessert. People should eat it more often!
@@klangenm That depends on the flavor. :P
Is there anything you would change about the container?
I dont think so. The container kept the food nice and warm.
what else did you eat? That didn't look like a whole lot.
Excellent Question. We brought snacks too. The room had a mini fridge so we could keep things like yogurts and cold cuts.
Were the food free?
absolutely free, along with all the other services we received (doctors, surgeons, nurses, internet, pillows, extra blankets, etc).
Looked like small,portions for a man, were you hungry? In the US I (not on a restricted diet) could order as much as I wanted to. I usually ordered something for a snack between meals, a banana or cookie etc. They offered pound cake with sliced strawberries, ice cream was also offered. So I ordered vanilla ice cream to put on top of the cake. No complaints.
That sounds awesome! It must be nice to have such a variety in menu. My meal was different than my wife, they gave me less as I was not a patient and I suppose I needed less calories. I'm not a big guy and my caloric output while I was hanging out at the hospital wasn't great, so the meals were appropriate size for me.
All the better then jail food,nap I better hear no complaints from people
Lol dang I had a little more then that lol
as a canadian in a hospital due to my ED and on a feeding tube day 4 i can finally eat solids but easy to chew
Hey man, that sounds tough. I am glad to hear that you are recovering. I've never had to be on a feeding tube but I imagine it would be tough. You must be one strong individual! I bet all food tastes extra good for you right now!
@@klangenm it really does instead of staying in rooms they have this crazy guy in the hallway they restrained him but he's being rude and abusive he almost came close to the shared room hospital bathroom but the nurse escorted him out, he wasn't wearing a mask and contaminating things, they finally put him to sleep/calm him down, i told him to stfu and go to sleep and go back to his room, other than that they gave me small meals due to risk of refeeding syndrome so they gave me a bit bigger and i was happy they gave more honestly i smiled when i got more my neighbor complains about the food on the first and second and third and fourth day but i told him you're lucky to eat right now i'm grateful to eat but i might relapse when i think about it, any vegetarian foods taste good however my hospital gave me tuna which isn't ok but the hospital gave pork to muslim patients which isn't ok either doctor said i don't have to eat the tuna just tell them and they will get something the doctor said that's not ok, i get there's a mixup but i'm vegan(for ethical purposes) chose vegetarian for the hospital reasons so i only made an exception to cheese and butter but when at home i don't eat milk products
Erectile dysfunction?
Noiiice I'm glad to see this I wish there was maple syrup too and pancakes but oh well cant have everything.. how does the washroom situation work if u have to go during covid?? O.o
we had our own bathrooms in our rooms. It was a band new hospital wing with all the bells and whistles. The wifi was even pretty good! Pancakes would have be really really nice... I bet bacon would have been way out of the question.
lookds better than in slovenian hospitals
Cool! I'd like to see that one day, I am sure Slovenia has some nice hospitals and some nice scenery!
Breakfast number 3 blewup the budget with its fancy mango yogurt because day 4 breakfast there was no egg! wait upon further review breakfast 3 had no egg also.
I like eggs, I also wish there was some ketchup or maple syrup.
Breakfast pizza and bacon eggs
Pizza spaghetti meatloaf
Hotdog nacho cheese tacos
what? Is that a list of food that I like to eat?
@@klangenm yes
So you went to the er with spices?lol
I'd like to tell you that I keep emergency spices on me at all times just in case. But that would be untrue... We were at the hospital for a scheduled event so I had the opportunity to plan ahead.
My last morning in the hospital breakfast consisted of one piece of dried toast no butter no jam not even salt and pepper and a small glass orange juice and water....I definitely looked at her with disappointment
Aw heck, how are you supposed to get better on a diet of plain bred? I wonder if they confused your tray with someone else's who had a more stringent diet?
Nope had to beg for a hard boiled egg
@@lunchboxlady2945 what a bother. I'm glad you are still hear and didn't waste away in the hospital.
Saint Paul's lol
I dont know what that place is. Sounds like a church. This Hospital was on Vancouver Island if that helps.
hospital food looks very cozy
Its simple and good! Everything the body needs!
very limited food. doesn't look filling at all
The servings were pretty small. However; we were just sitting around in a room so we didn't burn too many calories. Dont worry though, we brought snacks!
Seems like cheese
I wish, some nice sharp cheddar would have be awesome!
This looks like prison food because it is.
I couldn't tell you for sure, I've never seen prison food. The staff who served the food were so kind. We really appreciated the excellent care we recieved.
film death
I dont really know what you mean, but it sounds scary!
this is really bad nutrition wise for the body.
Oh, to be clear it wasn't a feast. But we found it to suit our needs. Additional spices were important.