I have another idea for Crusher - Nutraloaf.
from Boing Boing
The authorities at Cook County Jail have a new way to punish unruly inmates: Nutraloaf, a dense block of food-like stuff that meets the requirements of providing prisoners with daily calorie intake and nutrients, but deprives them of enjoyment. Chicago magazine sent food critic Jeff Ruby out to try it. He reports:
Nutraloaf
An employee from Aramark Correctional Services–a branch of the Philadelphia-based company that also provides fare for college dorms and NFL stadiums–presented me a Styrofoam container sagging with a blunt ginger-toned mass roughly the size of a calzone and with the appearance of a neglected fruitcake. It had nothing else in common with either.
The mushy, disturbingly uniform innards recalled the thick, pulpy aftermath of something you dissected in biology class: so intrinsically disagreeable that my throat nearly closed up reflexively. But the funny thing about Nutraloaf is the taste. It’s not awful, nor is it especially good. I kept trying to detect any individual element–carrot? egg?–and failing. Nutraloaf tastes blank, as though someone physically removed all hints of flavor.
Turns out, there’s a pretty interesting debate going on right now as to whether Nutraloaf—and similar dishes at other correctional facilities—falls under “cruel and unusual punishment”. So far, Ruby writes, all the lawsuits brought against excessively bland food have failed.
I’m thinking that this should be standard fair not a punishment. Nutritional, yet bland. Maybe at Christmas they can have gravy with it…..nah!
