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Meals

Interview with Fred, Alfred and Darryl

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Fred: 3.
Alfred: 3 meals a day. If you didn't get the supplied meals, or you missed it because of another thing going on, you where out of luck.
Darryl: we got three meals per day

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Fred: Sorry to say, it wasn't too good.
Alfred: It was fair. The coffee was lousy and very weak, I really like my coffee. We saved evreything. I didn't like the way the chicken came ou and alwys gave mine away. Vetagbles had no seasoning, and rather over cooked. The meat wasn't bad, small portions, but adiqit enough to hold off hunger. If you were a big eater, you had try for seconds,. Juice was the mainstay for liquid refresment. Weak juice
Darryl: The food was absolutely terrible. The jail would use the cheapest things that they could find. Their only objective was to meet the minimum daily calorie count that they had to by law. The only time we got real food was on thanksgiving and Christmas we got real turkey dinner.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Fred: I guess the worst was the rice and beans. The chicken wasn't half bad.
Alfred: As above the chicken wasn't very good, very moist and a bit underdone. . They had hamberger patties one night and that was the best.Everyone tried to get more of that.
Darryl: All of the meals were my least favorite. A lot of guys just would not eat the food because it was so bad

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Fred: We has commissary once a week where you could order up snacks if you wanted to.
Alfred: There was a commassary, it was a little expensive, and it was hard to get to. You can order on line at certain times of the day nd they, trustees would come around and deliver it for you.
Darryl: There were no extra snacks. If you were lucky you could grab an extra piece of fruit from your meal and save it for a snack later. The commissary was very expensive with a small selection

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