I was at a lunch with some friends and the talk turned to food - as it does at some stage. We reminisced over the dishes we made years ago and thought we were very avant garde.

Fondue
Shrimp cocktail
Hungarian Goulash
Ham steaks with pineapple
Mashed potatoes served with an ice cream scoop
Schnitzel (although we still have this)
Parfaits
Jelly set in moulds

What else?



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Rice moulded in an oiled cup and then upended on the dinner plate.

Tomatoes cut in haf in a zig-zag motion. I wonder if I had more time.

Strawberry Hollandaise served with fish and/or asparagus (I think I copied the idea from Barrington Salter at The French Café).

Deep fried camebert with apricot jam although this has made a come back in recent years.

Baked cheesecake was our go to dessert.

Still make Shrimp Cocktails.
Our Hospice Patients love them

I love baked cheescake, Helen. It’s never gone out of fashion for me.

Floating Island dessert, and cold soup. I remember the cucumber one I made for a dinner party in the early 80s being an embarrassing failure as the guests hated it lol. Still love gazpacho though.

Chocolate Mousse
Meatloaf
Coronation Chicken

And that 'dessert' one used to make with gingernuts dipped in sherry and sandwiched together with whipped cream into a log!

Chris....Would you believe today at work I noticed the patient's meals had rice that had been moulded in a cup. I had a smile to myself.

Ali W Wrote:
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> Chris....Would you believe today at work I noticed
> the patient's meals had rice that had been moulded
> in a cup. I had a smile to myself.

Hahaha, some things don’t die

You must work at a super flash hospital!

You better believe it is flash Griz.....with hubby out of town for a few days, I asked the kitchen team if they would make me a cheese and onion sandwich to take home and pop into the toastie maker - nice easy tea.

Our meals as so flash they made my sandwich as a double decker! Woo hoo.

Laughing aside, I am so grateful to work for such generous employers - fresh scones and muffins every day for morning tea, club sandwiches and cake for afternoon tea, with fruit always available. We can also order a meal to take home. i,e, lamb shanks with gravy, roast potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and brocolli for $8.50. Who would buy takeaways when you can have that. The most consistent feedback we get from patients is about the beautifully cooked and presented food.

I'm guessing it must be a private facility. We've had to fight with the powers that be in order to get them to provide crackers, cheese, fruit and yogurt for our breastfeeding Mums to have overnight. We get a meal provided on Christmas day, if we're working.