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What snacks remind you of the hospital?

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Whatinthedoopla · 19/10/2026 18:07

Just this really. What snacks remind you of a hospital stay?

For me it's Lucozade, smarties and grapes.

What about everyone else?

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HappyViewer · 19/10/2026 18:11

Packs of three biscuits.

Gazelda · 19/10/2026 18:12

Jaffa cakes. I packed them in my maternity bag, but when it came to it, I couldn’t face them. They turned my stomach. Very odd.

MrsMoastyToasty · 19/10/2026 18:15

Vanilla ice cream. It's always been a dessert option when I've had to stay in hospital.

Whatinthedoopla · 19/10/2026 18:26

HappyViewer · 19/10/2026 18:11

Packs of three biscuits.

Which three biscuits?

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WendyHoused · 19/10/2026 18:28

Cold, too pale, white bread toast with margarine.

maryberryslayers · 19/10/2026 18:29

Lucozade sport orange and bourbon creams (3 pack!)

HappyViewer · 19/10/2026 18:30

Whatinthedoopla · 19/10/2026 18:26

Which three biscuits?

Packs of three biscuits you are given in hospital after surgery. It’s always a choice of sandwich and three biscuits in a packet.

Sunshineandrainbow · 19/10/2026 18:33

Crawfords pack of 3 biscuits

BackStabbeth · 19/10/2026 18:41

Packet of 3 biscuits - from best worst:
fruit shorties
fake bourbons
custard creams
shorties
ginger nuts
digestives

Bikergran · 19/10/2026 18:46

I have never ever bought white sliced bread, can't bear the stuff...BUT when I was exhausted and starving after a long and risky labour, and baby only arrived way after the kitchens shut, a big plate of buttered toast was absolutely fabulous.

Sirzy · 19/10/2026 18:48

Lilt and salt and vinegar French fries. Feel like I lived on them when DS was in hospital

GymBergerac · 19/10/2026 19:00

Little three packs of bourbon biscuits, and also cheese sandwiches (cheap rubber cheese, squashy white bread) with salt and vinegar crisps. My staple diet from the hospital shop for ages earlier this year when DH was in after surgery. Meanwhile the patient was getting three huge fancy meals a day with pudding after each one.... 😂 🤣

Middlemarch123 · 19/10/2026 19:13

Packs of biscuits
Warm watery yoghurt
Apples
White bread sandwiches with margarine and plastic cheese
Yuk

mamaof4losingmymind · 19/10/2026 19:29

Sunshineandrainbow · 19/10/2026 18:33

Crawfords pack of 3 biscuits

This is exactly what I was going to say i like the pink pack I think its sugared shortbread

TeaandHobnobs · 19/10/2026 19:30

Percy pigs and chocolate mini rolls. I was in for 3 weeks before DC1 was born, and M&S saved my sanity.
(these snacks definitely do not taste as good now as they did then)

Gertlushthatis · 19/10/2026 19:30

Wine gums because the midwife said after 12 hours of intense labour on the drip I couldn't eat anything because I'd be prepped for surgery. So while she popped out I shoved so many wine gums into my mouth I nearly died and that gave me the energy to get through it.

SnapAndTap · 19/10/2026 19:44

Corned beef sandwich.
God, I hate the stuff. But I was so, so, so hungry sat that point it tasted like heaven. Not eaten the stuff since (19 years ago)

CocoPops39616 · 19/10/2026 19:46

Jam roly poly and custard

Apocalyptichorsewoman · 19/10/2026 19:47

Cheese and onion crisp sandwiches. I have them for breakfast when I'm in with asthma- I blame the steroids... 😳

Redheadedstepchild · 19/10/2026 20:26

Blackpool Vic used to do a surprisingly good porridge back in the 90's when I was in there as a kid but since then I've become a connaisseur of French hospital slop.

St Mamet coloured sugar water individual portioned jam. I used to kid myself that if I got the apricot on my tray that this was truly a good day and finding plum instead was enough to put things wrong with me for at least an hour until I'd flicked through a copy of Closer celebrity gossip magazine as best I could with a drip in the crook of my elbow.

Biscottes in individual packets of two to go with the jam. Again, broken or unbroken were seen as an omen. To their credit, I've never been given margerine instead of butter to go with this combo.

Pots of natural unflavoured yoghurt wirh a sachet of granulated sugar to sprinkle.

A highly refridgerated banana.

Apple compote.

A bowl of hot water to put a sachet of chicory coffee in. Or maybe instant hot chocolate. If you're lucky.

Tabbouleh salad with the really hard chickpeas.

Danette. A sort of ready made Angel Delight style pudding. Again, flavours on a sliding scale from chocolate (best) through caramel (OK) to coffee. (An harbinger of doom.)

The little sweaty cheeses. With ranking system from top to bottom:

Brie
Camembert
Emmanthal.
Laughing Cow.
Anything blue because I didn't have a cracker unless I'd saved a biscotte from breakfast. Likewise Laughing Cow because eating a cheesy triangle just as it comes is a skill that leaves you at about three years old.

outerspacepotato · 19/10/2026 20:28

Jello. Ick.

mondaytosunday · 19/10/2026 20:41

Snacks? What snacks? When k was in hospital after my sections they couldn’t even come up with a piece of fruit. My DH would stop in the M&S on the ground floor and get me a sandwich and the carrots with dip thing so I guess that reminds me of hospital. I spent 24 hours in hospital a couple months ago but was nil by mouth most of the time. At the end while waiting to be discharged M&S to the rescue again!

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