salad?

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#1 Post by **akabraces** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:07 pm

I haven't been eating my veggies too much--

is salad out? Does it get stuck easily???

thanks for any advice!

*aka

#2 Post by **nahky** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:36 pm

Yea sometimes it can be hard. They get stuck in all the little bits. Impossible to get with your tongue. The long stringy vegies for me, make knots around the molar bands, they tie pretty little bow ties impossible to get without going for the finger expedition LOL. NOt the most charming thing to watch, it must be done though, because i cannot be bothered going to the restroom everytime. Just keep a bottle of water handle.

#3 Post by **jas_2008** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:40 pm

I've been living on pumpkin soup since the extraction... does this qualify for veggie? my problem is I can't bite well, the bands around the molars were very hard to put on because of the "wild shape" of my teeth, so that's the best my ortho could do. I feel biting on metal. don't know if this will change as treatment goes along...

Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:47 pm

nahky wrote:Yea sometimes it can be hard. They get stuck in all the little bits. Impossible to get with your tongue. The long stringy vegies for me, make knots around the molar bands, they tie pretty little bow ties impossible to get without going for the finger expedition LOL. NOt the most charming thing to watch, it must be done though, because i cannot be bothered going to the restroom everytime. Just keep a bottle of water handle.

I think the "finger expedition" remark is hilarious!

Yep, that lettuce sure is strong stuff! I eat it anyway. Even the waterpik has trouble getting it out though. The other day hubby stuffed celery with cream cheese and commented because I didn't eat any..... I looked at it and imagined that celery intertwined hopelessly around all my brackets, but, I thought what the heck. I cut it up pretty small....it was pretty yummy.

#5 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:58 pm

Oooo, salad's a bad one for getting tangled up in stuff. You can be picking lettuce out of your teeth for a couple of days. All the things that get stuck never bothered me much. If I wanted it, darnit I was having it!

#6 Post by **Leslie022** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:25 pm

Capsicum? What in the world is capsicum?

#7 Post by **Raspberry** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:37 pm

You can always have vegetable juice. Like v8...

No worries about things getting stuck there.

If you have clear ligs drink it with a straw so it doesn't stain them.

#8 Post by **Leslie022** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:45 pm

oh ok...I wonder why I've never heard of them before? Could be that I'm not a big pepper person...

#9 Post by **Flora2006** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:12 pm

It's funny because I was thinking about how much I wanted a salad the other day! I can't imagine trying to eat one though. I have a fear of choking (for good reasons) and I just can't see how I would be able to chew one, especially since my teeth aren't really touching...

Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:13 am

KK wrote:It's like a large pepper ... but not hot ... I grow green ones that turn red as they mature, and purple ones. They're great to eat raw or cooked like in a stirfry.

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgu ... D%26sa%3DN
Hope that helps ... it's a huge link ... just hope it goes to the pic I was looking at!

Ahh....we call those "Bell Peppers". I love them, they taste like summer.

#11 Post by **missing_tooth** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:09 am

Just head on over to the off topic forums and check out the offical food thread. I posted a pic of a beautiful salad. I eat them with out an problems.

- Missing Tooth -

#12 Post by **lionfish** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:50 am

I'm a big salad fan. My favourite is a mix of lettuces, sprouts, canned artichokes and smoked salmon chunks tossed together, and dressed with oil, vinegar and mustard.

Sure, it requires a little more application to remove remnants - particularly the sprouts - from the hardware, but it can be done.