Nurses Will Eat Anything

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Have you ever heard or said that to a family member?

whats the weirdest thing someone has brought for you or your staff to eat?

I think the sickest thing was a patient brought some balout, the duck eggs........Well its sick to me anyways.......

We had a patient overnight some white castle burgers one time.........

Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.
oh I LOVE Kemchee, too......

Guess I WILL eat anything.

OK, I'll bite. What is Kemchee? Not a cousin to Scrapple, I hope!

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Actually I spelled it wrongly:

It's Kimchi.

It's very spicy cabbage made by Koreans. Since living in Seattle, I have developed a HUGE taste for Asian foods, esp Thai, Korean and Vietnamese

here is more info:

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/kimchi/kimchi.cfm?xURL=making

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.
Have you ever heard or said that to a family member?

whats the weirdest thing someone has brought for you or your staff to eat?

I think the sickest thing was a patient brought some balout, the duck eggs........Well its sick to me anyways.......

We had a patient overnight some white castle burgers one time.........

I am afraid of anything home made....eek....We get dozens ond dozens of cookies at Christmas time.The last one I ate had a great long hair baked right in there...I don't touch that stuff now.....(not that we don't eat hair in this house-and pounds of it I'm sure-with 2 dogs and 4 cats running around-but it's OUR hair-you know?)

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I love kimchi soup. They're sold in most supermarkets. They are packaged in plastic bowls. Just add boiling water. I eat three or four a week. Very spicy! It'll put hair on your chest.

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.
Actually I spelled it wrongly:

It's Kimchi.

It's very spicy cabbage made by Koreans. Since living in Seattle, I have developed a HUGE taste for Asian foods, esp Thai, Korean and Vietnamese

here is more info:

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/kimchi/kimchi.cfm?xURL=making

What a relief! Glad to hear it's NOT a meatoid substance!

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Specializes in M/S, OB, Ortho, ICU, Diabetes, QA/PI.

I'm glad to hear Kimchi tastes good - the smell is just awful to me and I can't get past that (used to live near some Koreans who ate it like crazy)

odd, since I love curry and sometimes the smell of that can raise the dead......

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Nurses WILL eat anything -- one night I was starving and had nothing to eat. Wedged into the back of the freezer was a Lean Cuisine labeled by a nurse that'd been gone from the facility for at least three months. After scraping off the freezer-burned parts, it WASN'T half bad... Thai Chicken with Noodles, I think it was.

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Specializes in ER, Medicine.

How is water thickened? With gelatin or something?

this isnt' something someone brought in - but in nursing school - our instructor made us each take a bite of thickened liquids (water and thick-it for patients who are at risk for aspiration) - not my favorite way to drink water..yuck
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Specializes in Operating Room.

Not weird, but I loved the days when the drug reps brought in Olive Garden!! :)

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water is thickened with thick-it powder, its a starch thats flavorless.........Like using potato flakes to thicken it........Although its suppose to be flavorless, the consistency tells your brain something is wrong, and it make it taste funny.......

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At the hospital I work in, the different EMS teams will bring us food and ink pens! We KNOW who to call for a non-emergency transfer! If you want a nurse to remember you, just FEED them!

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Specializes in Geriatric/LTC, Rehab, Home Hhealth.
OK, I'll bite. What is Kemchee? Not a cousin to Scrapple, I hope!

mmmmm....I LOVE scrapple....only from Phila of course.

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