You can never have enough...

[Lilith7]

Because they actually aren't cooks. No decent cook would work for that pay in the real world, I don't know what their qualifications actually are but it aint culinary! And the result is almost universal fear of ending up in a resthome because the food is so poor. Quality and quantity.

Bit of a sore point for me. I have watched too many women I loved go into those places as well fed women only to almost starve to death. And be helpless to do anything about it.

A sore point for me too Hunni.   My greatest dread as I get old is that one day I won't be able to cook for myself.   I'm really careful about what I eat, I enjoy cooking and make almost everything from scratch.   If I still have my marbles but have to eat bulk catering rubbish I think I will fade away very quickly.

I read a few years ago about a small chain of rest homes somewhere in the UK that made a point of serving fresh high quality food, and the health of their inmates was measurably better than that of their contemporaries who had to eat the  ultra-processed junk that serves as food in most institutions.   The extra cost wasn't huge and I imagine the reduced medical costs would easily cancel out the expense.

Perhaps we need a new law - all those who own rest homes or work in the food preparation for rest homes should be required to eat exactly the same diet as is served in their homes..