Food ideas for dh with Man-Toothache

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Dh had root canal treatment last week, and you'd think he'd had something amputated, never mind filled. He can't eat (refuses to eat on the other side of his mouth, which doesn't help) and now claims not to be able to open his mouth wide enough to get food in. Breakfast this morning was a pint of banana smoothie, which took him half an hour to drink in between the wincing and the moaning and groaning.

Any ideas as to what I can give him that will be easy to eat yet nutritious and filling? I'm thinking of stewed fruit, but I don't think that'll fill him up very well. He's muttering about me going and getting him some Complan, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't eat it because it tastes like wallpaper paste.

Heeeeeeeelp!!

erm i would send him back to the dentist if he is in that much pain.
it's quite easy to get an abcess in a root canal

oh and if he wants complan then give it to him! if he doesn't like it tough luck! lol

He's been back to the dentist and has some antibiotics. What he needs now is some food!

ahh good... i'd go with the complan.
that way he can't blame you because HE asked for it...

otherwise... mashed potato?

Mashed potato? thick soup? Kick up the a**e? Sorry, not good with sick husbands

I tried mashed potato and beans yesterday and he reckons he couldn't manage it. The kick up the ar$e isn't far away, I assure you

I know it hurts him, but when I had an infected tooth, I just had to get on with it ... men, eh?

Scrambled egg? Cheese omelette?

I think he is heading for peanut brittle/big potato crisp territory quite fast WWB.
Or a really bracing chili con carne followed swiftly by the densest sorbet you can muster.

men are so infuriating aren't they.

i would just ask him what he wants to eat. if he says complan then complan it is! if it's anything else then make it and if he moans that he can;'t manage it then tell him where to stick it!

Ooh, Marina, don't tempt me

He came home from the dentist with a swiss roll(!) because he thought it would be nice and soft and easy to eat but he couldn't eat that either.

Porrige, luke warm, no sugar (or salt) made with water. Thats the nearest recipe I can come up with to match gruel.

Honestly, why can't he chew on the other side FGS!!!

Is he underweight? If not, watch out for the complan. if he uses it as meal replacement 3 times a day he'll gain pounds really fast.

pmsl at swiss roll!

actually, if dp turned down cake i would know he was seriously ill!

my brother and i used to LOVE complan!
he was a bit funny about food when we were little and would live on it for weeks on end!

Lentil soup, or any soup, pulverised.

He won't chew on the other side because he has a tooth missing on that side, and gets food stuck. I know - most of us would chew on that side and then clean our teeth, but this is a man we're talking about here.

He's definitely not underweight - I hadn't twigged with that about the Complan, Easy.

liquidise his swiss roll with a cup of tea and give it to him through a straw! lol

I did offer him pureed pizza last night; he wasn't amused.

And it gets better ...

He's on his way home from work, and when he gets here he's going to go to bed, because he just can't cope with it otherwise.

I wonder how I manage when I'm ill? Grrrrrrrr ...

How about some fish?, preferably wet and slapped around the face.

I know where I'd shove the wet fish if I had some ...

Alternate the Complan and Slimfast.

Whisky and water? Anything that makes him more cheerful wd be good.

To be fair I do think teeth and feet are really tough when they hurt.

I had root canal treatment last week, I definetly didnt feel like that, mmmm men. Give him some sleeping tablets and knock him out 4 3 days hahaha

I know teeth are really bad when they hurt. But I'm remembering how much help and sympathy I got from him when I had a tooth infection ...

Perhaps what I ought to be serving him up is sour grapes.

I had a liquid dinner when I had toothache a couple of weeks ago, Jack Daniels!