# Recommend me some post-gum surgery soft foods **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080 "2008-12-20T16:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/1 "2008-12-20T16:52:54Z")
I had gum surgery a few days ago, and for the next 10 days I have to eat only soft foods. My periodontist has recommended scrambled eggs, macaroni and cheese, yogurt, and applesauce. I have added tuna salad some soups and the doctor says finely ground beef, as in chili, may be okay. But these things are already cloying, and I’d welcome your suggestions for non-sweet main course-type foods that require little or light chewing, before I go nuts. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/2 "2008-12-20T19:13:15Z")
Scrambled eggs. I had sinus surgery recently, and these were the most wonderful thing. Didn’t have to chew, just use my tongue to break them up and swallow. Mashed potatoes, chicken broth, anything that is smooth and requires no chewing. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/3 "2008-12-20T19:23:05Z")
How about pasta with meat sauce? Brown ground beef and/or bulk sausage, diced onions, bell pepper, and sliced mushrooms. Add chopped garlic when the meat is almost done. Drain off fat. Add a commercial spaghetti sauce (my husband and daughter love Ragu) and heat through. Serve over cooked pasta of any shape. Not at all chewy, and it’s flavorful. I really, REALLY like Walmart’s version of Slimfast, but that’s sweet, and probably not what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/4 "2008-12-20T19:31:49Z")
**Lunch or Dinner** Angel hair pasta with a smooth sauce of some kind (plain Ragu, butter and parmesan cheese, white sauce, etc.) Egg salad Fish - something soft and flakey, like white fish, salmon or sea bass, etc. Scallops are soft and mushy Ravioli Peanut butter & Jelly on soft white bread without the crust **Sides** Baked yams Avocados/guacamole Hummus Cauliflower, cooked soft **Breakfast** Cottage cheese Oatmeal/Cream of Wheat Pancakes ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/5 "2008-12-20T19:37:12Z")
Cookie dough! I jokingly suggested this for post-op recovery on my stomach. I was a very large man at the time. The doc said: This explains a lot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/6 "2008-12-20T20:51:21Z")
For non-sweet foods, I’ve been eating a lot of creamy or pureed soups lately–e.g., potato/leek, pea, curried lentil, black bean bisque, and sometimes just beef or chicken broth. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/7 "2008-12-20T20:54:24Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > How about pasta with meat sauce? Brown ground beef and/or bulk sausage I’d potentially be concerned about this scrubbing scabs a little too thoroughly. I’m still recovering from my tonsillectomy, and as of yesterday overcooked pasta was too much for me. I’d recommend **commasense** check with the doctor before trying this. Oh, another possibility would be Indian food such as saag paneer and the like. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/8 "2008-12-20T21:06:28Z")
Quiche. Pudding. Peanut Butter and jelly sandwiches. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Mashed potatoes. Soup. Jello. Popsicles. Ice cream. Vegetable juice. Fruit juice. Soft fruits (bananas, canned pears, etc). Google “soft food”. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/9 "2008-12-20T22:14:30Z")
When I had gum surgery last spring, I found pasta too gluey and hard to clean out of my mouth after eating; I couldn’t brush my teeth for about two weeks, since I had stitches in several places and a plastic retainer-like plate protecting the roof of my mouth. Things that a gentle swish could rinse out worked best. I lived on tomato soup, pea soup (the smooth, pureed kind without any lumpy split peas or bits of ham or bacon in it), mashed potatoes and gravy, chocolate pudding, applesauce, and after the first few days, bananas. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/10 "2008-12-20T22:16:07Z")
You could probably eat stuff like rice-a-roni. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/11 "2008-12-21T20:34:13Z")
[Jook?](http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/recipe-of-the-day-jook/) As long as you skip crunchy condiments like chopped peanuts, I don’t think it needs much in the way of chewing. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/12 "2008-12-21T21:29:40Z")
Do you guys have Ensure or Boost down there? I know it wouldn’t be thrilling to have only those, but they would keep your nutrition up if you couldn’t find anything appetizing that you could eat. They taste pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-gum-surgery-soft-foods/478080/13 "2008-12-26T01:59:14Z")
last oral surgery i had, i ate a lot of yogurt/ensure/instant breakfast and oatmeal. had a dang near liquod diet for about 3days. then moved up to breads.