Re: Eating ideas...

[Guest guest]

You know, few people here have posted about egg custards, flans or

even puddings. Rice pudding, corn pudding, bread pudding... But most

of those are, I think, greatly satisfying comfort foods that are

really soft, and can be warm or cold. Not all are terribly sweet,

eather. Polenta, too?

They're pretty easy to do with mixes, but they're wonderful when

someone will make them from scratch. And can be full of calories, if

your cholesterol conscience will allow, but are good without, too.

And chocolate pudding, of course.

I just wonder if we're missing a boat. Pastes, too. Shrimp paste.

Liver paste (OK. I admit it. I like liver, especially in a paste

made with sherry.) Other meat pastes.

With blenders and food processers these pates, pastes are easier

than ever to do.

C.

You cannot imagine, Jane, how much I would adore to be told to gain

weight. I'm with Rosie O'Donnell, who, on the Martha show,

was preparing homemade potato chips. Martha, encouraging her to

slice the potatoes a bit thicker, said, " You're getting a too thin

there. " Rosie replied, " Martha... That's the first time anyone has

ever said to me that I'm getting a little too thin. "

Moi aussi. Helas.

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> Jo,

>

> Thanks, I appreciate your response. When I was wired the first 5-

6

> weeks I tried the blending thing. I lost 21 pounds and was soooo

> malnurished. However, I am really starting to enjoy some really

> great " soft " things. I jumped into chewing and that was a

mistake.

> Now I am enjoying a lot of healthy and softer foods like oatmeal,

> chicken salad, I even had soft tacos with lots of sour cream last

> night. I have become addicted to tapioca pudding. I am still

> drinking whole milk. It has been 1 week since my splint has been

> off. I have gained a pound which makes me happy. After going from

> 124 to 103 I was worried I would gain it all back much quicker

than I

> lost it being wired and be unhealthy. But I am finding it is

still a

> gradual process and mostly I feel healthy. I feel like my old

self

> again. I have so much energy and am upbeat! I'm not starving

> anymore!! Also the numbness in my palate gets better each day.

So..

> I finally feel the process winding down.

>

> Jane

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