Wednesday, June 19, 2024

4 apples a day

My first night at the hospital I ordered an apple from the menu for part of my dinner. It was half of an apple in slices (although it was listed as "an apple" ... which meant to me an entire apple NOT just 4 slices. Which I brought to their attention and from then an they sent me one large apple, not sliced. Then I had to ask for an entire apple sliced ... but a after a week they went back to just 4 slices of apple packaged in a plastic bag, kind of like the kind you get from McDonald's kid meal)

But I digress. I was not trying to be picky but when you advertise "an apple" and get 4 slices in a prepackaged plastic bag, one feels cheated.

But since that one taste of apple that night, I have been eating at least two apples a day, sometimes more. It is like I can not get enough applc!

All but one in the last two weeks have been good. I do not like the mushy kind of apple! It must be crisp and cut into slices. Sometimes I but the peel off if it is tough and chewy.

Which made me start thinking the other day ... that should be another description they add to the brief when you are reading about the applc you are buying ... a description of the outer peel.

I am buying varieties and trying to make notes which ones I like the best.

I don't think I have tried Ambrosia yet. These apples are delicate and sweet, and their origin is somewhat of a mystery, having been discovered growing randomly in the wild. They are a mostly buttery yellow color with red patches. They are on the sweeter side and less acidic with a slight honey taste.

This is a handy list

4 comments:

Joanne S said...

I would have wanted the whole apple as well. Perhaps hospital patients lose interest in the food quickly? Fall asleep? so a whole apple is wasted on them????? I'm sure a nursing professional reading this post will answer the question for us......

Kim Carney said...

after I complained about their false advertising, they would send me the whole apple LOL I guess they did not appreciate my obseration

LindaSonia said...

BTW - are you in the hospital again??

Kim Carney said...

LindaSonia ... OH no, I am not. I am feeling really good!!!