medical question

[the_siobhan]

What would you eat if you were told to stick to "soft" foods?

All I can think of is soup and yogurt.

Comments

[kat1031.livejournal.com]

Pasta and mashed potatoes?

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

meatloaf.

[emzebel.livejournal.com]

Kinda depends on what the problem is, but if it's an issue where anything too solid is going to cause pain, my go tos would be mashed potatoes, ice cream, pudding, jello, mashed potatoes, overcooked pasta, mushy peas, milk shakes, mashed potatoes...

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I had a tooth pulled today. I'm also supposed to stay away from anything too hot or too cold, so that eliminates ice cream.

I get the distinct impression you like mashed potatoes...

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Jelly. Through a straw.

[emzebel.livejournal.com]

Whatever gave you that idea?

I suddenly have a barely represable urge to try to find an icon of the mashed potato Devil's Tower from Close Encounters...

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Milkshakes.
Smoothies with blended fruit and vegetables.
Mashed potatoes.
Ice cream and sorbet.
Slow-cooked lentils or split peas.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

Ice cream, porridge, puddings, mashed potato

[ravensee.livejournal.com]

Potatoes, soft breads, pudding, jello, quinoa, tofu, fish sticks, avocados, CAKE!...

I think I'm hungry.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, avacados...

[ravensee.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm FOOOOD!!

[elixxir.livejournal.com]

What they said plus eggs.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Risotto...?

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

Guinness.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

For the win!

[xthlcm.livejournal.com]

Lentils and eggs will give you a good source of protein. Why not try mujaddara (http://www.habeeb.com/mujaddara.recipe.html)? It's soft, delicious, reasonably healthy if you don't drown it in oil and can be made even when all fucked up on really good painkillers.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

ice cream!

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

beer.

[snogwise.livejournal.com]

does sushi fall into the category of soft foods?

[spacekadt.livejournal.com]

I'd avoid rice or risotto or anything that's small like that. I had issues with things getting stuck in the new void when I had my tooth pulled and I don't wish that on anyone.

I went with lots of those "soup at hand" containers. Mashed potatoes are good along with puddings and jellos. Lots of good suggestions above, too. Just keep textures in mind with the fact that you have a new hole for things to settle into - small lumpy things aren't so good.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was wondering a bit about things getting stuck in the hole.

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

Melt a beeswax candle and use the softened wax to plug the hole so food doesn't get into it. That's what I did when my temporary crown fell out until I could get to the dentist the next day.

As for unmentioned food, do you have an aversion to cottage cheese?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

That is seriously bad-ass.

I think mine is too tender, but I haven't actually had any problems with food migrating into it so far. (And it seems to be clotting pretty well.)

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

I get to go tomorrow to have a cavity filled in that's underneath an old crown. So bye-bye silver tooth, (yes, they'll have to take off the crown that's been in place since 1988) and install a new one.

Thank the goddess I get to pay for this in parts.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

macaroni+cheese, and beer.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I ended up having for dinner.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Mashed potatoes.

[jeliza]

mashed potatoes
roasted acorn squash, with butter and smooshing.
cream of wheat/oatmeal
milkshakes
eggs
pudding
rice
fudgy brownies
hummus



Actually, this is totally making me hungry.

[mscissorhands.livejournal.com]

mashed potatoes or yams...if you do the yams on the BBQ they are awesome ( in the skin then scrape them out, season and add butter or hemp oil or flax oil!

BBQ in skin squash

pureed roasted red peppers on olive oil and garlic

make a lovely borscht

[mscissorhands.livejournal.com]

that should be roasted red peppers with olive oil not on!

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Pureed and/or mashed vegetables - any root vegetable will do, and combining them can be very tasty
Shakes with protein powder
Smooth dips - hummus, babaganouj
Oatmeal

[mercy-sands.livejournal.com]

roasted butternut squash with butter
squash soup
mild curry of all kinds
baked sweet potato with chili on top
dates in all their incarnations
chicken croquettes with applesauce
corned beef hash & eggs
Amy's soups are all really yum.
falafel
matzoh ball soup

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Fried rice with peas and diced carrots.

Feta omlettes with minced onion.

Sushi.

Lasagna minus the sausage

Achai Paneer.

[shara.livejournal.com]

When I had my wisdom teeth out I lived on mashed potatoes & gravy because I got VERY sick of sweet foods very quickly. And cottage cheese.

[miss_squiddy]

Soft cheese, pate, jelly, cheesy mash, scrambled egg.

Not together, obviously.

[threemilechild.livejournal.com]

Hummus and related pureed-vegetable and legume type spreads are really great, though you should avoid crackers/bread; even soft bread is horrible for getting stuck, and pulling bloody gooey wads of bread out of your gums is less than fun. (Oatmeal is bad, too, but nobody but me likes oatmeal anyhow.)

Eggs are really good. Boiled potatoes and carrots can be cooked until they're soft and are still good, especially with parsley. Some white fish can be extremely tender if you don't overcook it. Peanut butter.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

mashed potatoes
applesauce
pudding
ice cream
mashed carrots or other veggies
mashed beans
pureed fruit
soft pasta-like dishes

[ladyclayton.livejournal.com]

mashed potatoes
overcooked pasta
creamed spinach
tuna (the kind in the packet is pretty mushable)

:)

[dethinwntr.livejournal.com]

Resounding...HUMMOUS! It's not just for dippin'!

[redbird]

Tofu in black bean sauce. That was a great blessing years ago when I had a wisdom tooth out. (Or, soft tofu in other sauces--basically, just the stir-fried bean curd and sauce.)

Applesauce (no, really, I ate a lot of applesauce a few weeks back). Canned pears (maybe other canned fruits). Sorbet and/or ice cream.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Soup.
Anything you want blended.

And, more seriously, dhal.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Um, cottage cheese, ice cream, pudding, oatmeal or other porridges, ice cream, finely chopped up tender meats, ice cream, mashed potatoes, rice, gravy, ice cream- or, if you put it in a blender set on high, damn near anything.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Look at the babyfood aisle for inspiration (and even to eat, perhaps). There's a lot of things that can be made soft enough if you try.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Dal? Any other kind of long-cooked lentils?

Pasta with sauce?

Curried black beans?

I mean, how soft are we talking here?

Pudding?

[notmostppl.livejournal.com]

mango smoothies!!!