# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/21 "2010-10-07T19:14:18Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > > [@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”. Broader in fact than that. We also have black pudding, steak and kidney pudding, Yorkshire Pudding, pease pudding… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/22 "2010-10-07T19:44:27Z")
You’re eating the wrong kind of pudding! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NoLAFIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@NoLAFIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoLAFIN)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/23 "2010-10-07T20:02:44Z")
I know _excatly_ what you mean! I do the same thing and my husband used to give me weird looks. He’s used to that quirk now. I also “chew” smoothies and shakes. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > 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:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/24 "2010-10-12T13:20:00Z")
I don’t chew well on any foods because of my jaw, but I do tend to bite ice cream from a cone. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/25 "2010-10-12T15:24:36Z")
I smoosh and swirl it around my mouth with my tongue. I have to add that your user name qualifies this as a highly rated user name to thread title combo. \*Did you chew your cell phone before you swallowed it? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/26 "2010-10-13T03:00:50Z")
How do you “chew” pudding? Wouldn’t you just be clicking your teeth? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/27 "2010-10-13T08:48:15Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > > [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > > > 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”. > > Broader in fact than that. We also have black pudding, steak and kidney pudding, Yorkshire Pudding, pease pudding… Then of course some of you also pull yer pudding… ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/28 "2010-10-13T19:56:25Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > 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. This. I never noticed I chew these things until this thread. I don’t, however, chew soup. More like drink it. ---
**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 13, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289/29 "2010-10-13T21:08:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How do you “chew” pudding? Wouldn’t you just be clicking your teeth? Sort of. It feels like I’m miming chewing or pretend eating. I feel like this dog [who’s “air swimming”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSiC7KLiBZI&feature=related) Mostly it’s like going through the motion while I mash the food around my mouth. My jaw goes up and down, but I’m mostly just pushing the pudding or applesauce around until my brain is satisfied that it is actually mooshy after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chew-your-pudding/556289.md?page=1)