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Default congee

this did have some texture, the broth/sauce was just a bit thinner than a
cream sauce, the meat mushrooms and diced vegetables were small but
definitely there, Lee

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:27:48 -0500, Dan Logcher wrote:
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>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:06:01 -0500, Dan Logcher wrote:
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>>>>Real easy to make at home. Use 1 cup of rice with 10 cups of water.
>>>>Boil that until it gets to the consistency you like.
>>>
>>> That's the problem - there is no consistency I like. For some
>>> reason I get the gag reflex when eating bananas, oatmeal, Jell-O,
>>> most puddings, and anything with that texture/consistency.
>>>
>>> I just can't get into congee. I'll eat pickled fish eyes, 100 yeear
>>> eggs, fermented fish guts, balut, and everything else. But not
>>> congee.

>>
>> Weird! How do you do with other soups and stews?

>
> Just fine. It's just the mushy stuff with no other textures. Is
> not anything mental, as I've proven over and over again that I'll
> eat anything. I just can't swallow stuff like that comfortably. It
> may have something to do with the lack of required chewing. I can
> drink milkshakes, FWIW. And ice cream no problem. Those don't
> require chewing <shrug>, but they do trun into a liquid in the
> mouth.
>
> -sw