# Do you chew your pudding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289 "2010-10-06T20:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/1 "2010-10-06T20:09:18Z")
My wife was looking at me like I was an idiot the other night, because I was trying to chew my soup. There was nothing chunky in my soup, a toothless baby could have eaten it. But dog yarn it! I can’t seem to stop myself! It happens with pudding too. Super smooth stuff that most people just spoon in and swallow, I sit there _awkwardly_ chew-chew-chew-chew… and of course it’s not getting any better chewed than it’s near liquid state, so I keep chewing because, for whatever reason, it “doesn’t feel ready” to swallow. And I look like an idiot, because it doesn’t feel right. You know when someone asks you: “Do you chew on the left or right side of your mouth?” and suddenly you lose all ability to chew at all, so you sit there just slamming your teeth up and down like a ventriloquist’s dummy? That’s how I eat my applesauce. Tell me I’m not the only one who chews my pudding! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/2 "2010-10-06T20:12:22Z")
I do too, and if my wife notices, it drives her nuts. ‘What are you chewing!!’ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/3 "2010-10-06T20:13:06Z")
I do not chew pudding and apple sauce. I think this is an idiosynracy on your part, but I’m sure there are others out there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/4 "2010-10-06T20:15:03Z")
Not if it’s fresh. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/5 "2010-10-06T20:22:08Z")
I didn’t eat my meat, so no pudding for me. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/6 "2010-10-06T20:40:31Z")
I sort of do this with some mushy things. It’s not actual chewing per se, but I feel like I have to sort of go through the motion to . . .distribute the food evenly in my mouth or swallowing it won’t feel natural. Did that make sense? I “chew” applesauce, mashed potatoes, and yogurt but not ice cream or soup. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/7 "2010-10-06T20:46:56Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/8 "2010-10-06T20:50:01Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I “chew” applesauce, mashed potatoes, and yogurt but not ice cream or soup. Go figure. Hm. Come to think of it, I _don’t_ chew ice cream. I don’t chew watery soup, but the soup the other night was pretty thick, closer to pudding. I sometimes “chew” my morning smoothie, even though I’m drinking it out of a glass. > [@](#): > > I sort of do this with some mushy things. It’s not actual chewing per se, but I feel like I have to sort of go through the motion to ..distribute the food evenly in my mouth or swallowing it won’t feel natural Yeah, it’s like that. Like my primal brain thinks I’ll choke or something, so it wants 'chew before swallow" to be a rule. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/9 "2010-10-06T21:41:52Z")
Depends what I’m having for pudding, of course. I imagine there’s some kind of translation problem here… ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/10 "2010-10-06T21:59:55Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Depends what I’m having for pudding, of course. I imagine there’s some kind of translation problem here… Pudding as in [well-blended sweet stuff](http://pakistanifoodrecipies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/butterscotch-pudding-ck-1696608-l.jpg) of baby-food consistency. Not the UK “pudding” which is a broader term that in North America we’d be more likely to call “dessert”. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/11 "2010-10-06T22:20:10Z")
Geez, I barely chew solid food, much less pudding or broth or applesauce. I’m working on that, but I don’t think I’ll ever chew pudding. Sometimes I do knda swish it around in my mouth a bit, if it’s really yummy. Some kind of “spread the flavor EVERYWHERE” thing. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/12 "2010-10-06T22:35:56Z")
I feel like I should chew it, but I never do. Somehow I think that’s weirder. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/13 "2010-10-07T16:11:34Z")
I find this pretty fascinating…Do you chew your drinks at all? If not, if you had a cup of soup and drank it like a drink would you chew it? If you drank it from a straw? What if you were drinking an unusual drink someone served you from a glass, and not chewing, since it was a drink, but then you were informed it was in fact a soup, would that knowledge alone cause you to start chewing it? If so, what if they then said, “just kidding, it’s not soup, its a drink”, would you then revert back to not chewing? ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/14 "2010-10-07T16:35:07Z")
I smoosh it with my teeth/toungue (pudding, applesauce, non-chunky yogurt). I feel like I’m 5 doing that. Makes me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/15 "2010-10-07T16:35:57Z")
Don’t you think it’s about holding it in your mouth for a while to enjoy the taste of it? If you slurped it down like a glass of water you’d miss the effect you get by moving it around on your taste buds for a while. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/16 "2010-10-07T16:43:30Z")
[Fletcherize!!!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/17 "2010-10-07T16:52:05Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Fletcherize!!!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher) 😃 Yes! My grandmother was a practitioner. It was a real pain to eat at her house. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/18 "2010-10-07T17:03:31Z")
Nope, and before a few minutes ago I didn’t know anyone chewed pudding. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/19 "2010-10-07T17:36:38Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > i didn’t eat my meat, so no pudding for me. love it!!! Lmfao!!! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/20 "2010-10-07T18:46:46Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > I find this pretty fascinating…Do you chew your drinks at all? If not, if you had a cup of soup and drank it like a drink would you chew it? If you drank it from a straw? What if you were drinking an unusual drink someone served you from a glass, and not chewing, since it was a drink, but then you were informed it was in fact a soup, would that knowledge alone cause you to start chewing it? If so, what if they then said, “just kidding, it’s not soup, its a drink”, would you then revert back to not chewing? Nah, not _what_ I’m eating/drinking, it’s a texture-thickness thing. Like the soup I was instinctively “chewing” was pretty thick. It was like pancake batter consistency, not watery broth like you’d have in chicken noodle soup. If it was watery enough to sip through a straw, I’d just drink it. It’s like some puddings and soups are _just barely_ thick enough to trigger the “hey, you’d better chew this” part of my brain. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289.md?page=2)