Famer's Sausage

Everyone gets pretty excited when farmer's sausage is served at lunch. It's a pretty tough meal to screw up...Even burnt, it still tastes good. So I had the sausage, potato lyonaise (fried potatoes) and when I asked if there was a vegetable, I was told that I had a choice of fried onions or saurkraut. Hmmm...nice options. Whatever...it was pretty good. Not much in the way of a colour palette but oh well. One can't expect miracles.

On a separate note...I hate it when a new troop starts. They tend to be all twitchy and nervous like little lap dogs. They don't know how to form a line, they try to cut in line and tend to drop and break stuff...a lot. Every few minutes I would hear a crash and then applause. Very relaxing, I must say.

Burgers

Coming from the prairies, where cows are abundant, it seems odd to me that the main entree would be processed beef-type food in lieu of actual beef. Last time I had one of these things, I was sick for 3 days. I don't know if I had the flu or if my illness was directly related to my meal, but I wasn't taking any chances. Besides, there's something oddly frightening about the perfectly symmetrical and evenly levelled patties passing a beef burgers.

Spinach salad and chicken noodle soup did the trick to ease the old hunger pains.

Seafood on the Prairies?

Well you know that salmon filets are going to be an experience when you're in the middle of the prairies with no sea in sight. I am pretty sure that salmon is a pink fish. However, the stuff that was served was a sickly shade of pasty gray. Very sad to do that to a perfectly good fish. Along with this was a choice of mushy white rice or mushy brown rice and either mixed veggies or beef and broccoli stirfry...naturally, beef broccoli stirfry goes with salmon. I should have known! Fortunately, a collegue warned me off the beefy concoction before I was "tempted". Oye!

Once again, the ice water was pretty good. Too bad one of the ice/water machines is broken.

Quesadillas

Well, the quesadillas were pretty good. Maybe a 5 out of 10. However, I was infomed by several at the table that they used to be much better with lots of fresh veggies and real cheese...not processed cheese food (mmmmmmm...processed cheese food).

Then again, maybe it wasn't a 5/10 as I could only eat 1/2. Whatever.

Once again, the ice water was stellar.

The Cow Pea Lives!

I've dubbed them Cow Peas because I think they're actually animal feed grade peas. It's almost like some farmer took a wrong turn on the way to the elevator and ended up at the kitchen's back door. Maybe they got a really good deal on the peas or something...I mean, how can you screw up peas?

Anyhow, the main entree was baked ham with pineapple, potato wedges and cow peas. I don't generally eat pork or cooked pineapple so I opted for the salad. However, the reviews of the daily feature were less than stellar. The salad was okay...except that some people whined, so now the dressing is served on the side (this is a specialty salad, you realize, with only one real dressing option). On a scale of 1 to 10, it was about a 4.

The ice water was good.