Q&A
Quality of food in senior programs: Scratch cooking and plant-based options
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Council Member Brewer expresses strong concerns about the quality of food in senior programs, particularly criticizing plant-based options and processed foods. She emphasizes the importance of scratch cooking and fresh ingredients.
- The Department for the Aging representative mentions Lenox Hill as an example of high-quality food service
- Brewer requests information on how many senior programs use scratch cooking
- The discussion touches on the department's policy on processed meats and plant-based options
Gale A. Brewer
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Number 2 is scratch cooking.
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You know, I am not a fan of plant based because it's it's it's processed food at the time.
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I can't stand it.
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So do you know in your senior where you have your senior programs, how many of them are scratch cooking?
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Plant based is horrible, but it's even worse.
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It's not scratch cooked.
UNKNOWN
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We I I don't have an exact number.
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We do, we really value that and actually we have, one of the programs, Lenox Hill, actually.
Gale A. Brewer
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That's the only one that's high quality.
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That's it.
UNKNOWN
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I think there's more, but they do training actually.
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And so we wanted them to get training for
Gale A. Brewer
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other I know.
UNKNOWN
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Other programs.
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But, our our Could you
Gale A. Brewer
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get us could you get that information to us?
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How many of the senior programs?
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Lending still is the gold seal, but it's it kinda goes downhill from there.
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I've been to all the meetings.
UNKNOWN
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I do wanna share, we don't allow processed meats because that is a concern with plant based.
Gale A. Brewer
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Not just meats.
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Other current stuff coming out of cans.
UNKNOWN
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I mean, for plant based, it's not it cannot be processed.
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Like, I feel horrible.
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Can't be like a veggie burger.
Ryan Murray
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So if
Renee Keitt
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that We need,
Gale A. Brewer
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fresh fruits and vegetables if we're gonna do plant based.
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Okay.
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Let's I'm not gonna get into that.
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They know I hate it.