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Meals

Interview with Tom, Sonja, Kurt and Marshall

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Tom: 3 a day except Sunday when you only got 2
Sonja: we got 3 meals a day
Kurt: three breakfast lunch and dinner
Marshall: 3 "meals" if you could consider their appetizer of Alpo left-overs a "meal"

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Tom: On a scale of 1-10 I'd give it a 2 1/2
Sonja: I thought that the food in Hennepin county was disgusting. Out of 10 i would give a 2 maybe. I'm really not a picky eater but anything that would have a chance to be remotely good, would be ruined by them poring beans all over it for example. When you picture a lunch lady making like a meatloaf surprise, that's what the meals are like. And every breakfast was just a fruit pastry thing, every single day though and that's not enough food nor was it okay because i can't eat those so i never had breakfast there.
Kurt: in the workhouse i would give it a 3, i think 1 meal made me sick and their were feathers in the chicken, but most of it was decent and it filled me up, in detention the food was was awfull and everyone complained some people didnt eat some of thier meals
Marshall: 3/10. Its horribly bland especially when you first arrive and especially if your a smoker. Surprisingly and strangely enough though after a long enough period eating the same slop week in and week out you almost grow to enjoy it and most people actually develop a "favorite" meal for the week...

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Tom: They used to serve mash potatoes but now they give you some kind of oatmeal thing that's not very good. They had a hamburger dish that I didn't mind as much.
Sonja: I don't really remember having a favorite meal.. I think the food was disgusting and to drink they give you this kool-aid like drink that's gross.
Kurt: in the workhouse i likes breakfast , they gave you cereal and a fruit and they had coffee, least favorite was the asian meal that made me sick
Marshall: At first I gave all my meals away, that lasted for about the first 4 days until I went to court and found out that that was going to be my new place of residence for the next couple months, after that you just kind of dig in and bear it.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Tom: Only what you could buy at the commissary.
Sonja: No there really wasn't any snacks available or given to you. You had the three meals a day and you're not allowed to save any of your food for later so if you're not hungry at the time, then you don't eat.
Kurt: you could buy candy bars,ramen noodles, coffee, hi c, snack cakes , ramen noodles were around 50 cents snack cakes were around a dollar 50 candy bars came in small packs of funsize for around 2 dollars
Marshall: Commissary was a joke in Hennepin county. You could get 4 of each candy bar (snickers, 3 musketeers, milkyways) 4 of each kind of chip (plain, Doritos or pretzels) and other than that all you could get would be hard candies and Kool-Aid mix...

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