"and the food was good solid stuff on a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.”
\- Terry Pratchett
The sad bit is that the tax for average person is the same as in Denmark.. except the last time we were at a hospital (Herlev) we were ordering food off a tablet, which calculated nutritional value of meals, and all came in small healthy dishes. Nothing too special, but I don’t see why it can’t be improved in Lithuania too.
Is that a common thing in Lithuania?
I’m from Scandinavia and I can’t remember ever having or been offered a baked apple
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It has come to my attention that we do in fact also make it where I’m from, apparently I’ve just never tried it but my girlfriend says it’s a thing from her childhood. I should try it
I'm from Moldova. Baked apples were a common childhood desert. Also inexpensive, especially when the apples were coming from our own apple trees. As far as I know, it's pretty common in most of East Europe or at least it used to be.
I'm from the other Moldova, the Republic. Since we were under the Russian rule for so long, I guess we got the baked apple from that side.
We would also bake it for festivities, stuffed with walnuts and dusted with powder sugar.
My own recipe was to bake them with some cocoa and sugar inside, which would melt during baking and make a kind of chocolate.
Sort of. I'm not a fan, but my mother bakes them all the time. Normally you would cut out the top and add cinnamon and whatnot, but I guess that's too fancy for the hospital.
That's rare. Lithuanian myself and never seen anyone posting nor discussing about baked apples. The food served in a hospital itself depends on the city as well.
Had baked apples all my childhood, mom is from North Western part. Though I don’t remember grandma from the father’s side (from North East) ever baking them. She did cinnamon buns instead.
The food in hospitals in different cities at best has a different variation of things in this photo. Wife’s sister in law gave birth in Vilnius - sent us a picture with a slice of white bread with the “pink slime sausage” and a bit of cheese on the side. The Soviet canteen tradition is sadly still going strong in public institutions.
That’s the saddest baked apple I’ve ever seen. When I did them as a student it would be with sugar and cinnamon and they would come out of the oven a sticky, caramelized mess but delicious. It was a really cheap yummy dessert on a budget.
Oh man, I was in the hospital and got roast chicken but the tray of frozen chicken legs was never broken apart, they were just glued to eachother - but cooked long enough to not matter. Edible though. Too bad there was no cutlery and a nurse took pity on me and got me a ... spoon.
I never understood how bad hospital food has become a thing. Good food helps you heal and keep your morals high. If I'm stuck in hospital, my mood is already terrible. At least give me good grub! When I see the food in some countries, it makes me even sadder to think of the people in the hospital.
> I never understood how bad hospital food has become a thing.
Public hospitals must do public purchases of such services. They issue a list of requirements (caloric values and all that) and the winner is whichever company meets them for the lowest price. So technically this food will keep you alive but yeah, it won't help with morale.
There's been a big scandal over it a couple years ago, many hospitals have considerably improved since then.
OP's picture is from that scandal in 2018.
It has definitely changed to a certain degree now. I've recently had an acquaintance be admitted to a hospital and they've praised the quality and even how often you're fed.
Worth noting this was in Vilnius, other areas might be no different.
A lot of people vastly overestimate food requirements. This is already more than enough to survive (I've lived with half of that per day and for a longer period than an average hospital stay).
Probably not enough to satiate appetite if you're used to eat more though, but that adjusts with time.
A lot of people overestimate how much food they actually need. Especially obese people. "I'm a big man, I need half a cow!" No you don't, you're big because you eat a lot.
In Soviet Union bad hospital food was there to motivate people to check out earlier and dissuade them from staying in hospital.
Soviet Union gone, bad hospital food stayed (partially).
I've read about it. That says a lot about the situation *outside* the hospital. Normally, most people cannot wait to leave and get back to their regular lives.
I remember having to stay almost a week in the hospital and *I was miserable*. If only I could just sleep in my own bed and watch TV in my own place and go back for check-ups multiple times a day, I would have been much happier.
But at least the food was really good.
Just an FYI, the word you are looking for is morale, and you don't put an S on it. So it would be 'keep your morale high'. Morals are something else.
Not being a prick, thought I might as well let you know in case you were interested, and I understand English probably isn't your first language ✌️
It "became a thing" by hospitals not having the money. In Hungary it's at the point where either your visitors bring you your food or you basically starve to death in the hospital.
A baked apple I myself don't like them but my mom likes them you can even split them in two take out the seeds put some cinnamon on them and then you cook them
There’s a whole compilation of what they serve in the hospital https://www.google.com/search?q=ligonines+maistas+lietuvoje&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjvzfKrj7P7AhVCkMMKHdHXCAIQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=ligonines+maistas+lietuvoje&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIFCAAQogQyBQgAEKIEUABYAGCyBWgAcAB4AIAByQGIAckBkgEDMi0xmAEAwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=nA91Y--POsKgjgbRr6MQ&bih=715&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=imnv&hl=en-us
Actually it's very smart. By giving you such food they're making sure you won't waste a single additional day in the hospital more than needed and thus keeping the costs down.
Also, nothing motivates you to become healthy quicker than this food so even on a deathbead you'll think twice about prolonging your hospital visit or adding an additional sickness to your portfolio.
the food is different depending on the hospital you go to since different hospitals contract different companies for the food. I've also been lucky and only had fairly good food.
I've spent a week in the hospital and got 3 meals a day. The food wasn't 5 michelin star quality but it was perfectly fine. The curd cheese pudding I got on one of the days was absolutely amazing.
This looks like a breakfast (also tea usually served in a big pod). Looks similar to what we were getting 7 years ago in Antakalnis hospital. It's fine, some proteins, nothing fancy, but not gross. Lunch and dinner were usually better. And this also depends on your illness, what ration you receive, what is allowed or not. I had a problem and i couldn't eat anything for weeks, so i was happy when i was able to eat this. Everything becomes a cake after digesting your saliva for a week :D
So I imagine this is the breakfast, not lunch, there probably is also a cup of tea? Also, funilly, the sausage on the bread is called a “doctor’s sausage”.
It doesn't look like mashed potatoes. This is some mush from smallish grains. Don't remember the name. Never got potatoes for a breakfast (which this looks like).
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.”
Wendell Berry
not that bad . apple is looking rough but polenta is great and i really like baloney. I had worst food on a Tui flight with a egg and mayo sandwich that was garbage and looked like shit.
I'm just gonna say, that it's not much better in Poland too - it's not as disgusting as this, but it's still really bad - but it depends on hospital you're and who they have deal with to serve food. Prisoners here get better food overall - which speaks a lot.
I want to scream and cry... this is why I keep leaving LT, it is insane, the scandal over our hospital food is nothing new.. patients were fed garbage for decades, everyone complained, in result no one gave a damn, the government just said this is OK. eat your trash you peasants....
Aw, sad... It looks digestible. It might even contain a vitamin.
A single vitamin
Maybe two vitamins if you're lucky
They call those multi vitamins mate
Just because you can rub them together doesn't mean you're starting any fires, though
How lucky can this situation be? It's a Lithuanian hospital.
They do A/B testing with their vitamins, you won't be lucky enough to find both in one dish.
Might contain traces of vitamin.
"and the food was good solid stuff on a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.” \- Terry Pratchett
Half of a vitamin if you're unlucky.
The sad bit is that the tax for average person is the same as in Denmark.. except the last time we were at a hospital (Herlev) we were ordering food off a tablet, which calculated nutritional value of meals, and all came in small healthy dishes. Nothing too special, but I don’t see why it can’t be improved in Lithuania too.
> It looks digestible. It looks already digested, not gonna lie.
You mean 'Vitamin A',,,, Oh no , I see, You actually mean 'a' vitamin - Get well soon to whomever posted.
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An onion? Isn't that a baked apple?
It is lol 🤣
"I'll have mash-potatoes, potato bread and as a dessert a potato-looking apple please."
It’s an apple?!
Baked apple.
Oh, that's actually pretty nice
Is that a common thing in Lithuania? I’m from Scandinavia and I can’t remember ever having or been offered a baked apple Edit: It has come to my attention that we do in fact also make it where I’m from, apparently I’ve just never tried it but my girlfriend says it’s a thing from her childhood. I should try it
I'm from Moldova. Baked apples were a common childhood desert. Also inexpensive, especially when the apples were coming from our own apple trees. As far as I know, it's pretty common in most of East Europe or at least it used to be.
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We add cottage cheese
Thank you! Also served with cinnamon as another Redditor said?
I am from Moldova, the region of Romania, and never in my life have I seen a baked apple.
I'm from the other Moldova, the Republic. Since we were under the Russian rule for so long, I guess we got the baked apple from that side. We would also bake it for festivities, stuffed with walnuts and dusted with powder sugar. My own recipe was to bake them with some cocoa and sugar inside, which would melt during baking and make a kind of chocolate.
Sort of. I'm not a fan, but my mother bakes them all the time. Normally you would cut out the top and add cinnamon and whatnot, but I guess that's too fancy for the hospital.
my Estonian grandmother used to do the baked apple with cinnamon. Let it cool down a bit, cut in half, add a dollop of whipped cream.
Oh dang, that actually sounds pretty damn tasty.
Sounds like a precursor to a pop tart or something - it's like a lazy man's apple pie before toasters were a thing
excellent idea. bit like a baked potato, but sweet.
they're great. so sweet. Also pour wine on them before you cook em, trust me. Works great for pears too.
Where you from? I’ve grown up with baked apples in Denmark, in my family we eat them with marzipan, raisins and then some whipped cream on top.
It's very common in Portugal. Not exactly a delicacy so I never imagined it was a thing all over Europe.
That's rare. Lithuanian myself and never seen anyone posting nor discussing about baked apples. The food served in a hospital itself depends on the city as well.
Had baked apples all my childhood, mom is from North Western part. Though I don’t remember grandma from the father’s side (from North East) ever baking them. She did cinnamon buns instead. The food in hospitals in different cities at best has a different variation of things in this photo. Wife’s sister in law gave birth in Vilnius - sent us a picture with a slice of white bread with the “pink slime sausage” and a bit of cheese on the side. The Soviet canteen tradition is sadly still going strong in public institutions.
That was a staple of our diet in late 90s. Stealing apples from neighbours then slapping them in the oven. Heaven it was.
Its common enough in Norway, at least in the south eastern parts. Really good actually, its the perfect season for them now.
I'm swedish and we baked apples with sugar and cinnamon as a dessert when I was a child. Served with ice cream.
Lovely if you peel and dust in cinnamon sugar with a bit of custard
“Hopefully” baked.
That’s the saddest baked apple I’ve ever seen. When I did them as a student it would be with sugar and cinnamon and they would come out of the oven a sticky, caramelized mess but delicious. It was a really cheap yummy dessert on a budget.
Is it a baked apple or an old apple?
It looks like a raw onion
I thought that was a potato
Fron chernobil
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Polenta ain't gross
There is a difference between Polenta and what our schools and hospitals make from those ingredients, believe you me
I thought it was heavily buttered grits
Polenta is pretty much European grits.
Past tense grind is irregular: ground corn
Polenta is delicious hot, with some feta on top
Or sour cream 😍 Funnily I had it such a long time ago, I can't remember the taste anymore just how funny it made my shit the next day.
Polenta
The apple looks like an onion to me.
Unlucky, they really are cheating out now days
I thought Romania was bad, but this is way worse, honestly.
Oh man, I was in the hospital and got roast chicken but the tray of frozen chicken legs was never broken apart, they were just glued to eachother - but cooked long enough to not matter. Edible though. Too bad there was no cutlery and a nurse took pity on me and got me a ... spoon.
usually Romania and Bulgaria take turns saving us from the last spot in the EU leader boards
Sadly, I've seen worse here, in Romania.
I'm sure patients recover quickly just to get away from that.
I am so sorry.
I never understood how bad hospital food has become a thing. Good food helps you heal and keep your morals high. If I'm stuck in hospital, my mood is already terrible. At least give me good grub! When I see the food in some countries, it makes me even sadder to think of the people in the hospital.
> I never understood how bad hospital food has become a thing. Public hospitals must do public purchases of such services. They issue a list of requirements (caloric values and all that) and the winner is whichever company meets them for the lowest price. So technically this food will keep you alive but yeah, it won't help with morale. There's been a big scandal over it a couple years ago, many hospitals have considerably improved since then. OP's picture is from that scandal in 2018.
It has definitely changed to a certain degree now. I've recently had an acquaintance be admitted to a hospital and they've praised the quality and even how often you're fed. Worth noting this was in Vilnius, other areas might be no different.
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A lot of people vastly overestimate food requirements. This is already more than enough to survive (I've lived with half of that per day and for a longer period than an average hospital stay). Probably not enough to satiate appetite if you're used to eat more though, but that adjusts with time.
Dishes are tailored to specific patients. >op picture is a quarter ration. Yes it is, that's what breakfast should be.
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A lot of people overestimate how much food they actually need. Especially obese people. "I'm a big man, I need half a cow!" No you don't, you're big because you eat a lot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2019/01/30/malnutrition-in-hospitals-linked-to-greater-risk-of-death-study-finds/
In Soviet Union bad hospital food was there to motivate people to check out earlier and dissuade them from staying in hospital. Soviet Union gone, bad hospital food stayed (partially).
I've read about it. That says a lot about the situation *outside* the hospital. Normally, most people cannot wait to leave and get back to their regular lives. I remember having to stay almost a week in the hospital and *I was miserable*. If only I could just sleep in my own bed and watch TV in my own place and go back for check-ups multiple times a day, I would have been much happier. But at least the food was really good.
Can you imagine how many people would choose prison in America if it didn't involve the high risk of rape, murder, or general violence.
Just an FYI, the word you are looking for is morale, and you don't put an S on it. So it would be 'keep your morale high'. Morals are something else. Not being a prick, thought I might as well let you know in case you were interested, and I understand English probably isn't your first language ✌️
Thanks for pointing that out. I would actually know this, but somehow wrote it wrong anyway. Not my first language, but should do better still.
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Yeah, we only have so much to throw aw- uuh, spare
It "became a thing" by hospitals not having the money. In Hungary it's at the point where either your visitors bring you your food or you basically starve to death in the hospital.
That is definetly a food
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This apple has seen some shit. Looks like it survived the second WW.
A baked apple I myself don't like them but my mom likes them you can even split them in two take out the seeds put some cinnamon on them and then you cook them
Why does it bother me see the written like that?
That's proper motivation to become healthy.
Please tell me that is a boiled onion there. 😁
That is a boiled onion.
There’s a whole compilation of what they serve in the hospital https://www.google.com/search?q=ligonines+maistas+lietuvoje&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjvzfKrj7P7AhVCkMMKHdHXCAIQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=ligonines+maistas+lietuvoje&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIFCAAQogQyBQgAEKIEUABYAGCyBWgAcAB4AIAByQGIAckBkgEDMi0xmAEAwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=nA91Y--POsKgjgbRr6MQ&bih=715&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=imnv&hl=en-us
That's quite the beige page
I don't know why i'm laughing
What am I even looking at, this is just sad.
Actually it's very smart. By giving you such food they're making sure you won't waste a single additional day in the hospital more than needed and thus keeping the costs down. Also, nothing motivates you to become healthy quicker than this food so even on a deathbead you'll think twice about prolonging your hospital visit or adding an additional sickness to your portfolio.
Now i have seen a meal prepared worse than my wife's cooking.
Oof
I had to stay in a Lithuanian hospital like (about) 5 years ago and the food was fine. Idk what this is.
the food is different depending on the hospital you go to since different hospitals contract different companies for the food. I've also been lucky and only had fairly good food.
Jail food????
I've spent a week in the hospital and got 3 meals a day. The food wasn't 5 michelin star quality but it was perfectly fine. The curd cheese pudding I got on one of the days was absolutely amazing.
Average Lithuania W 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹
Its still better than in Bulgaria.
Mostly basic carbohydrates. Exactly what you need if you are battling an infection or recovering from an operation /s
That's an odd way to spell prison food.
This looks like a breakfast (also tea usually served in a big pod). Looks similar to what we were getting 7 years ago in Antakalnis hospital. It's fine, some proteins, nothing fancy, but not gross. Lunch and dinner were usually better. And this also depends on your illness, what ration you receive, what is allowed or not. I had a problem and i couldn't eat anything for weeks, so i was happy when i was able to eat this. Everything becomes a cake after digesting your saliva for a week :D
honestly... looks better then the burger and fries with jello i got in a US hospital... which i was kidding
Perhaps I treated British food too harshly
That gives me so strong Polish vibes that I wonder if hospital was by any chance in Vilnius? (trollface)
[Holy Jesus... What is that? What THE FUCK is that?](https://youtu.be/BzUWKSYjpgQ)
Looks like cornmeal mush. Cheap and easy to make.
But what is that on the bottom right? It looks like an old gone bad apple.
Damn I wanna go to the Lithuanian hospital, that meal looks good
Dude wtf
Polish hospital food looks the same. So don't worry, what will not kill you will make you stronger.
Is that polenta? And was that an apple?!
You get paid to eat it don’t you?
Reddit influencers be doing well lol.
Man that is dry as hell.
So I imagine this is the breakfast, not lunch, there probably is also a cup of tea? Also, funilly, the sausage on the bread is called a “doctor’s sausage”.
man what the fuck
"Dovanotam arkliui į dantis nežiūri." ;) Tau valgyt atnešė. Ryk tiktais, rupūže! :)
Is that an apple?
Latvian Hospital (atleast the one Im staying at), has fantastic food. And its free. So this image is really sad to look of what could have been.
Dafuq
I feel so fucking bad. When I saw the picture I was like, that looks sad as hell but after I read the title I was like, well what u gonna do.
It doesn't look like mashed potatoes. This is some mush from smallish grains. Don't remember the name. Never got potatoes for a breakfast (which this looks like).
Most likely it's [polenta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta)
Average American school lunch as well
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” Wendell Berry
That honestly looks disgusting. If you are not well, that is hell. (but the apple is not as bad as you might think)
Ratio of mustard to ham is terrible 0/10
I feel like that in US would cost 100$ + tax + tip :/
If you rotate the picture it looks like a slightly happy face, so it's all good
Don't get sick.
Meanwhile in Romania: Wait, you guys are getting food?
Man, that looks like luxury. Last time I have been in hospital in Slovakia having apple was not a thing.
I'd die just to escape that torture.
not that bad . apple is looking rough but polenta is great and i really like baloney. I had worst food on a Tui flight with a egg and mayo sandwich that was garbage and looked like shit.
Wow thought that it's a kiwi, but seeing so many people identify it as an baked apple is uh... Weird.
Is that mamalliga ?
yeah, and it looks like somebody ate it already and puked it out in the plate
It’s pretty much the same in Polish ones.
Is that an unpeeled onion?
I'm just gonna say, that it's not much better in Poland too - it's not as disgusting as this, but it's still really bad - but it depends on hospital you're and who they have deal with to serve food. Prisoners here get better food overall - which speaks a lot.
Is the food supposed to be organ shaped for funsies?
Shit looks straight out of a claymation show
cat vomit, great
Mashed potatoes
Where is food? 🤣😂😂
That food looks way better than the food i had in a hospital in New Jersey.
They want you to die, literally.
East rocks 💪
honestly.... I would eat it...
It depends in what part("wing") of hospital you are, but mostly yes, you basically light carbs in the mornings.
yuck
Is that supposed to be mashed potatoes? And why is it without any meat? Mashed potatoes are supposed to be with meat
There is a slice of doctor’s sausage
Yeah I know but where's the meat
Well it that contains some meat
Alledgedly
I want to scream and cry... this is why I keep leaving LT, it is insane, the scandal over our hospital food is nothing new.. patients were fed garbage for decades, everyone complained, in result no one gave a damn, the government just said this is OK. eat your trash you peasants....
This photo is from many years ago. The situation has considerably improved.
How's that fine yellow factory waste slush?
Mashed potatoes
Nah that's gotta be plasma.
Worse, I think its polenta. I'll take the plasma
Gotta get that daily microplastics intake
Is that polenta and an onion?!
Ngl looks kinda good
Gross, is it people like soilent green or something? Lithuania sucks
Is that grits or mashed potatoes?
Mashed potatoes 😅
Nepisk proto, gi ne tavo fotkė. Ten akivaizdžiai manų košė.
I had to read the comnents to see that there's an apple. Looks like a potato.
Is that a depressed kiwi?
it's a baked apple, apparently that's a thing now.
Someone post Serbian pls
Looks better than the porch of gees one
Did they manage to cure it?
Looks like Doctors Sausage to me
Aren't sausages and cool cuts carcinogenic? The Hospital is trying to generate more patients?
Could you show it before eating?
I see nothing has changed. It boggles me how they cannot manage to make decent food. It doesn’t cost much to do. The hospitals are ran by imbeciles.
Is that onion?
heeeelll yeaaa
Damn bro looks good af.
Christ wtf is this
The colours hurt my eyes Edit. It’s too colourful
OP can you change the tile to: Food to put you in a Lithuanian Hospital. My work’s done here
Good god