The last time I was in the hospital (2022) the portions weren't terrible, the main problem was that the food was so damned bland. The first few days it doesn't

The last time I was in the hospital (2022) the portions weren't terrible, the main problem was that the food was so damned bland. The first few days it doesn't seem like it's that bad, but by the time you've been eating it a week you just lose your appetite because the food is so unappealing. Not to mention that if you have a test or procedure at the wrong time and miss placing your order (IIRC they stopped taking orders at like 4 PM) you're going to get whatever the cafeteria feels like sending you and it will have been sitting at the nurses station for hours. Yummy.