Nurses Will Eat Anything

Mermaid4 · Feb 17, 2005

Not that chestnuts are my thing (chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose), but they were considered delicacies at one time...

misti_z · Feb 17, 2005

It's happened where I work too. I think that is disgusting.

I usually bring a banana to work everyday for breakfast on the go. I have to put my name on it to keep it from being eaten by others. By the end of the day--yes it is still there, breakfast is mostly a figment of our imaginations--but the banana ends up looking like a bulliten bourd. Imagine all the comments that end up all over my banana. :rotfl:

Rep · Feb 17, 2005

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.........

"Balut" is delicious. It is a common food here in the Philippines.

javanurse2000, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2005

Ok fine, I'll admit it...I ate the pumpkin seeds. Shells and all. They were roasted so nicely (my co-charge nurse brought them in) and even though I have IBS and know better....a lot better...I ate them. And I was glad I ate them. And the 1/2 cup of cashew nuts that my favorite lead CNA brought in that night and I didn't want to insult her and it was the holidays.....and I was GLAD that I ate them....because it was the holidays. IBS is funny. Sometimes the diverticulitis that started the whole thing flares up. :uhoh21: I'm here to tell you though, those pumpkin seeds were tasty! I got the recipe because the shells were so crisp and really seemed to be edible at the time :rolleyes: . Also, after 2 weeks of laxatives, pushing fluids, putting myself on a clear liquid diet....I love the holidays :) ....a time for sharing recipes and treats....

FutureNrse · Feb 18, 2005

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?)

I'm glad you made this post because I've been thinking about baking some special goodies to take to my PCPs office on my next visit. My doc and all of his staff have been so great to me and I just love them all. I'd wondered though, if home made stuff was a good idea, and since reading your post I think I'll just buy them a nice bakery cake :)

bobnurse · Feb 18, 2005

I prefer commercially prepared products over home made, but i dont turn them down,and to think of it, the homemade stuff is usually quite tasty.

You just never know if someone is really pissed about something and put something a little extra in it.

nursemike, ASN, RN · Feb 18, 2005

I prefer commercially prepared products over home made, but i dont turn them down,and to think of it, the homemade stuff is usually quite tasty.
You just never know if someone is really pissed about something and put something a little extra in it.

A few cat hairs never hurt anybody.

bobnurse · Feb 21, 2005

A few cat hairs never hurt anybody.

How about some cat poo?

Forcemaster · Feb 22, 2005

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

I did the same thing when I joined a dietician for a day, she let me try some of the nutritional supplements... GOD some of them were AWFUL:stone ! Especially the Calogen (that stuff leaves a layer of near pure fat in your mouth that feels 'furry' and it takes ages to get rid off...) No wonder a lot of the patients never finish their supplements!

melpn · Feb 22, 2005

At the holidays, we are inundated with tins and baskets from families and the docs, mostly those 3-flavor popcorn tins, which are nice. Once. Also, if I never see another tin of Danish butter cookies, I'll die happy. The best was getting sandwich trays from a really nice deli (AND one just for night shift, if you can believe it!). Oh, and the fruit baskets from a nice Italian produce store with nuts and little jars of jellies and honey. Pizza from a family member happens occasionally too; appreciated muchly. It ain't all so bad; but yes, I eat my share of stale doughnuts (and I don't really even like doughnuts). Yikes!

Alicia18 · Feb 22, 2005

Originally Posted by kaseysmom
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

Giggle. :chuckle That was my reaction too when my CNA instructors made us do the same thing. I think mine was supposed to be apple juice. Whatever it was, it didn't taste like it should! :rotfl:

Originally Posted by spacenurse
Nurses drink cold coffee and warm soda.

Yeah, I've done the warm soda thing. During second shift, I'm too busy to think about putting the stuff in the fridge, and during night shift, I'm usually just pinching myself to stay awake -- at that point I don't care if the Mountain Dew is cold, I just want my caffeine rush! :bugeyes:

Other than that, yeah, I'll eat anything that's quick to gobble down, and fairly good-tasting. I've had slightly burned popcorn for a "meal" and some sandwich fixin' from the staff fridge that looked an orangey-tan of all things! I didn't ask, I just ate it. My worst thing is when the kitchen delivers side dishes up for the meal after the meal are finished and the side dishes thus stay untouched :rolleyes: . At that point, I figure that its only my duty to take a biscuit or a hashbrown just so that the side doesn't go totally to waste. Sacrificing myself, you know, so the kitchen doesn't feel slighted!

dedjim · Feb 22, 2005

When I worked in Kotzebue, Alaska, folks would sometimes bring in muktuk. Now THAT was hard to get down. And you mustn't refuse when a sweet little old eskimo lady offers you a piece. It'd be impolite. Fortunately they were little bitty pieces.

(BTW, in case you don't know, muktuk is whale blubber with a little skin attached. raw. )