The 2005 HMP weight-loss plan

[jay]

I'm dissatisfied with the food situation here thus far... and the cook here is not helping... he had cream of mushroom soup waiting on arrival (I'm allergic to mushrooms, and had conveyed that to Pascal beforehand). The kitchen this year seems to think "vegetarian diet" means bigger helpings of salad. SH and AT have tried to be team players, but have been disappointed. I miss Ginger (2002-03 cook), or even the lady we had last year (before she left in a huff). We had... macaroni and cheese for lunch yesterday, I'm unimpressed but that's the best meal so far here.

Last night... not enough meals left for us (we were late arriving at 10pm), canned peas and boiled potatoes, and the vegetarians had only canned bean soup. And the cook cuts off breakfast at 8am, so I haven't gotten any since I've been here... there's not even *oatmeal* or anything hot, available self-serve, just toast. Or the trademark burned chocolate muffins. At least in previous years, there were leftover pancakes or eggs at breakfast, left for latecomers. My team will likely be working late at times, and may be up later at times, and we need (and are paying for) better support than I've seen thus far. Grr.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I'm appalled. Is this a commercial catering subcontracter? Do you have a line manager on site, or are you the most senior representative of your team? I personally would be unable to work with such inadequate nutrition, and I would raise a huge stink about it immediately.

Good luck!

[mnfiddledragon.livejournal.com]

ugh - good luck!

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

Ick, very lame. Remind me next year and I'll find you someone good (or do it myself).. that's just not ok, meeting everyone's needs isn't that hard at those numbers. And I really doubt y'all budget less then GP did ($5/person/day).

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

*cuddles*

Even *I* can do a better job of feeding you than that, even in my no-meat/no-treyf kitchen. And an 8 am cutoff for breakfast seems absurd, esp. with the length of both the work days and the daylight-days.

burned chocolate muffins?

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Aargh. In a climate like yours, you need all the calories you can to stave off hypothermia. Did you get your medical coverage, at least?

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

*grump* Sounds like someone needs educating as to the variety of options available for cooking for veg people.

Do you want me to mail you up a vegetarian cookbook (if you folks get mail there)? Or, even better, point your browser to recipezaar.com and select the vegetarian and entree options.

[suspira20.livejournal.com]

Something to (not) look forward to when I arrive next week! On the bright side, I don't feel so bad about my culinary efforts of last year, unplanned as they were...
Please let me know if I can bring stuff (within my limitations) when I come!

Alternate food

[(Anonymous)]

There's always the large cache of cookies and granola bars in a cooler that someone is using as a stool. However, I think I ate all of the lemon-creme ones in 2003 when I got food poisoning and had to find alternate food sources.

Keith