Snacks - savoury, salty & soft

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Last year DH underwent some medical treatment that has left him with permanent issues with his mouth and throat. He has dry mouth and swallowing is often more difficult than it was pre-treatment due to scar tissue. His treatment also affected his taste buds and so for the last 18m food has held little joy and a lot of pain, discomfort and unpleasantness - in short: eating has become a chore.

Anyway - things have improved to an extent and he can now say he actually enjoys some foods again. In terms of taste; savoury foods are better than sweet, but most snacks which are suitable in terms of swallowing are sweet.

So - can anyone suggest any snacks which are savoury, preferably salty, and soft? He says he would love to snack on crisps/crackers/nuts like he used to, but it’s such an effort. He manages to snack on desserts etc if they are drowned in custard etc but he just wants to eat something savoury because then he actually might enjoy it, rather than just tolerate it.

Any ideas?

Does he like cheese?

Soft 🥨. Pretzels.

French toast with ketchup soft enough?

Sushi with soy sauce?

Olives? You could cut them in half to prevent choking if he struggles swallowing

Sonething like skips, quavers or prawn crackers which dissolve. Or toast/crosp breads dipped in soup

I can't stand them but hot dog sausage too?

Noodles, love instant noodles for a salt hit!

Watsits and quavers and those baby crisps

Boursin type cheese? Maybe spread on soft bread.

Marmite and butter on soft bread

Smoked salmon, savoury pancakes maybe with some butter, avocado, soft cheese, full fat natural Greek yogurt?

Hummus and falafel?

Dips like hummus or taramasalata?

Soft cheeses, eg mozzarella.
Avocado.
Melt-in mouth type pastry, eg cheese twists
Skips and other crisps that melt in mouth.

Scrambled egg and avocado

What about edamame beans like you get in waga's? Covered in garlic salt?

Tortilla wraps spread with some smooth peanut butter and I sprinkle of sea salt?

Nice bread with salty butter?

Baked Camembert?

Olives? I hate them, but they might work.
Pate or cream cheese ( maybe with chives) on blinis?
Chunks of frittata? Or would that not be soft enough?
He certainly has my sympathy

Cut soft tortilla wraps into little triangles and use to dip into olive tapenade, hummus, taramasalta, soft cheeses (you can add other flavours into them - sweet chilli sauce and cream cheese is fab). I've got a bacon jam which sounds vile, but lovely with cheese.

Iceland mozzarella sticks are amazing.

My Granny has lost most of her sense of taste but something she does enjoy are Wotsits, she says she can taste them fairly well - I guess they would be quite soft to eat as they're quite melty.

Potato waffles? They are my weak spot, especially since I discovered you can just bung them in the toaster.

Boiled eggs? Um, cocktail sausages soft enough?

Prawn cocktail skips
Tofu
Taramasalta
Basil and tomato sorbet
Melt in the mouth cheese straws
Longely farm amazing cottage cheese

Sliced gherkins? Anchovies (the ones in oil like Little sardines).

Cheese gougeres, you can buy a 30 pack frozen from Picard (on Ocado) and bake for 5 mins. Or make with choux pastry if you're good at that kind of thing.

Smoked salmon mousse rounds.

Devilled crab on rounds of cucumber.

I came on to say - smoked salmon It was the first thing that occurred to me. You could spread (!) it with boursin, roll it up like a swiss roll, and then slice it ...

Anything spread with marmite becomes incredibly salty tasty