[Miztiki]

So far my list is quite small:

Ensure (the nutrition drinks)

Jello

smooth soups

ice cream

pudding

Any other ideas? I'll be pretty sore for a couple/few weeks I guess. Thanks so much!

[Rushmore Rocks]

Since I'm preparing it for our dinner tonight, may I suggest polenta. Very slowly cooked (about an hour) in a double boiler with chicken broth and cream, it will be filling, nutritious, and tasty. Most of the suggestions you've received have been sweet. This might satisfy your urge for salty. Let me know if you want a recipe.

I'm also cooking a beef, peppers, shallots, and tomatoes "thingy" to top the polenta. You wouldn't want that 'till your throat heals.

Good luck. Prayers for a successful surgery.

[muleskinner]

Nancy's non-fat blueberry yogurt. The blueberries come in their own separate container attached to the main yogurt container. Blueberries, blueberry juice and honey for sweetening. The most superior non-fat fruit yogurt in the history of the planet.

For vanilla yogurt - Strauss European Style non-fat vanilla - It pours like a thick cream. Superb on cereal with fresh fruit - blueberries of course.

[Doohickey]

Buffalo wing sauce? Habanero salsa?

[LonePalm]

Consult with your doctor and follow his advice.

From my culinary experience I can suggest the following:
1. Stay away from all acidic foods. This would include but not be limited to citrus anything(this goes farther than you might think), coffee, tea, colas, anything containing vinegar.
2. Avoid alcohol and not just because because it might interact with some drugs. It also tends to aggravate healing tissue.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Billthedrill]

Had a recent experience with this culinary challenge. Most of the stuff's already been covered, but -

1. Those little microwave instant potato cups. Use only water and just a little more than the directions call for so it's smooth and semi-liquid. Let it cool a little - no, a lot - first.

2. Yogurt. I never really liked the stuff before.

3. Chicken and stars soup. You don't chew the little stars, they just slide right down and they're egg noodles. Yum!

4. Beef and chicken broth. Not the little cubes, the stuff in the can.

5. Gatorade, and lots of water if you can bear it.

Just said a little prayer for your surgery. We'll be pulling for you!

[metmom]

I had my tonsils out as an adult and the only thing I found that went down well was chicken broth and cooked carrots (cooked really well). Anything else I tried stuck in my throat. Mashed potatoes tickled, applesauce (any fruit) burned, eggs were too crumbly and also tickled and made me cough and pieces got caught in my throat. Milk increases the mucous unless you can find a source for goat milk. My heart goes out to you.

[JockoManning]

Back in the 70s, we used a Happy Baby Food Grinder, and lo & behold, they still have them, now called KidCo Food Mill:

http://www.happybabyproducts.com/kidcofoodmill.html

This link shows it to cost $15.99 and it's excellent.

Blessings my dear,
jm

[Cogadh na Sith]

keilbasa.

[politicalwit]

Your diet will probably start with a clear diet (soups, jello, ice cream, etc and then progress to a mechanical soft diet. The progression should be similiar to those diets followed after GI surgery. Take a look at the link to get an idea of the mechanical soft diet. http://www.gicare.com/pated/edtgs35.htm

[Ladysmith]

(Future reference.)

[G Larry]

Ramen Noodles, low sodium soups (salt will iritate),scrambled eggs, ice water (citrus and tomato will iritate).
Sleep in an easy chair to avoid reflux. (better support than a hospital bed).
Feel free to write directly, as I've been going through this for months.