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The thought of eating edible, and appetizing food is only a pipe dream for me. For you to get my drift, you must understand that I was raised in a city with so many different cultures and culinary talents that to be away from such an array of food for too long is cruel and unusual punishment in and of self. In a given week a food fanatic can taste cuisines from every corner of the planet in Miami.
From what I’m hearing now there are apps like that allows you to order the food and have them come to your door steps, How can you blame me for wanting my freedom? Have you ever accidentally eaten rat droppings? I have several times. Have your found rocks, roaches, hair, acorn, finger nails in your food? I have and sometimes it was long after it was in my mouth and chewed on. In all fairness, the prison where I’m currently housed has a much cleaner kitchen than the one I was at previously, (Ware State). I worked in that place for 8 months and was confronted by rats that cats were afraid to chase. Too often an entire shipment of rice, oatmeal, or grits have to be dumped out because of rat infestation. And prior to noticing the infestation some unlucky inmate might end up with something extra on his tray.I can’t count the amount of times I’ve grabbed some cereal from the kitchen along with a pint of milk to eat only to open the milk, pour it in the cereal, take 3 or 4 bites, and then find several pieces of rat dropping on the spoon, and resting on pieces of bran flakes. And for your information, rat droppings aren’t crunchy after soaking in milk, they take on the consistency of the bran flakes, and they have no taste that I can tell. The fact that both of them are brown makes it hard to spot, and add to the fact that I’m hungry, my eagerness to stave of hunger leaves me less alert to the hazards. 
I often used to wonder why so many inmates didn’t eat in the chow hall. They would only eat from the commissary. Unlike these men, I didn’t leave a fortune out there, I have no business interest, stocks, or other means to supplement my financial needs. I don’t like to inconvenience family and friends for money to eat. For me to have gone from some of the best tasting food in the world, to rat booboo is more than enough reason to want to eat better, be it Cuban, Jamaican, Italian, Bahamian, or Haitian. It’s like having a wet dream about Paula Patton, and Charlize Theron, and waking up next to Jaba the hut.