I had the same experience while in the hospital earlier this year. The damn food wasn't fit to feed to wild animals. After a couple of days, the only food I got was brought to me from friends and relatives on the outside.
I went to our kids Thanksgiving dinners at their schools this year and found that it was very similar. There is no salt available, all bread is Wheat(even the damn pizza), and they are given no other options. As a side note, they don't allow plastic knives either, as they could be used s weapons. (they are forced to use forks for cutting their food) I went and asked one of the cafeteria employees for some salt/pepper, Rolls made from White bread, and a plastic knife. She said they had no plastic knives because of the government, and she couldn't give me any salt or White bread because Michelle 0bama thinks it will make us fat. We both had a good laugh. Even though the lady worked there, she thought it was all stupid as I did.
That plastic fork with it’s tines will do much more damage than a plastic knife with a round point. You want to see damage, try a sharpened pencil, a heavy textbook, a fist or a desk.
You know the food is bad, when a career Ret SCPO won’t even eat it. Now I don’t mind turkey on a sandwich of wheat bread, but not the supper dry pita bread which is all they used. I have swallowing issues with dry foods. And they provided only those little cups of fruit juice. There was actually salt and pepper on the tray. Of course plastic silverware, yes I noticed no knife, just fork and spoon, which can also be used as weapons in the right hands, libs are stupid and don’t know that. LOL. Wheat bread does not bother me as I like it and white equally. The lack of the artificial thing they use for butter which is good for you, and syrup for soggy french toast did not make for good eating. They just threw it on the plate and let it thaw.
What got me the most was all the GAS producing veggies, NOT good for a person in the hospital with a colon infection.
Last visit to a different hospital and they had NO PILLOWS if you wanted one you had to bring it from home. Not even 1 of those throwaway $5 pillows was available. Since I was on a liquid only the broth had 2 ins of fat, a shaker of salt in it. The jello and popcycle tasted of nothing but chems so the only thing I had for 3 days was coffee, juice and ice tea. The broth stuck so bad it smelled to old to be save to consume besides the fact I have Meniere’s and have to be low sodium or it causes big problems with balance and falls. I’ve lived with it long enough to know how much I can get away with, and that is no more than 4,000 mg per day and some days half that.
And once the full 0care goes into effect it will get worse. All the drugs they are now using are Generics, and not all people can take some generics! Me being 1 of them, my Synthroid has to be name brand, I am allergic to something in the generic.