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Initech

(100,102 posts)
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 11:41 PM Jun 2013

Want To Know What Prison Food Tastes Like?

PHILADELPHIA, June 7 (UPI) -- A former prison in Philadelphia said visitors during the weekend will be able to sample meals from three periods in the facility's 142-year history.

Eastern State Penitentiary officials said the menu for the weekend includes "Indian Mush" from the 1830s, hamburger steak with brown gravy and Harvard beets from the 1950s, and Nutraloaf, a product still used in many prisons to this day, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Friday.

"It's one thing to talk about how the food changed over time. It's another to sample it," said Sean Kelley, senior vice president and director of public programming and public relations at Eastern State Penitentiary.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/06/07/Former-prison-serving-historical-prison-food-to-visitors/UPI-38951370645901/


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Want To Know What Prison Food Tastes Like? (Original Post) Initech Jun 2013 OP
What makes you think I don't already? bluedigger Jun 2013 #1
I've never eaten prison food. rrneck Jun 2013 #2
Eastern State Penitentiary is a fascinating place. Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #3

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
2. I've never eaten prison food.
Tue Jun 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Jun 2013

I've eaten city jail food. It was good stuff. No, I wasn't a guest there. I was doing some work on the office furniture.

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