Seven months ago the city debuted Senior Options, the Orwellian name for a program that we now know gives seniors the “option” of eating inedible food or not eating at all. In pushing Senior Options, which drastically transformed the universally popular Meals on Wheels program, the city said seniors would have the choice of getting one weekly shipment of frozen meals that they could reheat themselves or getting daily delivery of hot meals. But when the food is this bad — we tried it ourselves — it doesn’t matter whether the food is frozen or reheated.

Program supporters, including Borough President Adolfo Carrión, who originally opposed the program, assert that the program must be working because complaints are minimal. But, as Council Member Oliver Koppell said, “How often can you complain?”

The perpetuation of this program is an example of politics at its worst — of local politicians offering their support for a program they know is wrong. We don’t fault the officials for accepting campaign contributions from one of the program’s main beneficiaries. For better or worse, that’s simply how our political system works. We do condemn them, however, for doing the bidding of political supporters when a policy is not in the best interest of their constituents.

Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer’s close supporters in the Bronx should follow his lead. The Ferrer campaign has received $2,000 from Louis Vazquez, the executive director of RAIN, the agency that got most of the Senior Options contracts. But the former borough president has called the changes to the program “shameful” and “just this side of immoral.”

We suggest Bronx elected officials take the same taste-test we took. Would they be able to honestly say that they would allow an elderly relative to eat these “meals” on a daily basis?

We doubt it, and if they can’t, then they should withdraw their support for the program and urge the Bloomberg administration to change course.