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CUTTING REMARKS
these items are about as
delectable as fusel oil.
Come on: After a busy
morning of 4 cases, do you
really want to sink your
teeth into a tofu burger?
Bring on the cheese
BETTER TO BROWN BAG IT? Does your facility serve tasty and nutritious lunches, or are surgeons and staff better off bringing their lunches
from home?
steaks! After all, what is Lipitor for anyway?
4. The automat. Sadly, some surgical centers have been reduced to
nothing but machines for food. Vending machines housing everything from junk snacks to prefab sandwiches are the only choices
available. The nutritional values of the ready-made meals approximate cardboard. A compositional analysis of a typical freeze-dried
sandwich may frighten a rat. And taste! These space-age sandwiches have the taste appeal of Alpo. Somebody in management must
be
getting a cut of the action.
Bring my own
After more than 2 decades of practice and numerous culinary misadventures, I've learned to bring a few snacks to work. It's hard to mess
up a bag of peanuts. OSM
Dr. Kelly (johndk ellyiv@aol.com) is an orthopedic surgeon/ sports-shoulder
specialist who practices in Philadelphia, Pa.
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