Are you feeding the patient or the garbage can?

In a question and answer format, frequent clinical and food production problems that occur in long term care facilities are addressed. Subject matter includes the handling of food complaints, accommodating food preferences, maintaining safe food temperatures despite a wide variety of food consistencies, accommodating a resident's small appetite and maintaining the nutritional adequacy of the puree diet. The emphasis is on simplified food production which utilizes menu items that fit many diet consistencies. Various tested solutions to these problems are offered. The authors welcome additional questions.