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In early 1972 I spent 5 weeks in BRI and I found the food pretty good and the only complaint I heard whilst I was in was by an old man who had been flat on his back for 3 weeks and therefore he had to be on a "soft diet" which seemed to be mainly mashed potato. He never complained all the time he was on his back but he did complain when, on the day he was allowed to sit up and the meal served that day was cottage pie "I've eaten nowt but that for the past 3 weeks" The rest of us in the ward couldn't help but laugh.