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Default Foods that seem *dry* without added sauce or gravy

On 5/16/2011 12:54 PM, Landon wrote:
> It's always puzzled me how anyone can eat plain white meat from fowl
> and some fish that has been broiled or baked and then served without
> anything but seasonings on it.
>
> It must be that my saliva glands don't produce enough. When I eat a
> bite of plain salmon or chicken white meat, even if the meat is
> obviously juicy, it seems dry as sawdust in my mouth and actually is
> difficult for me to chew and swallow.
>
> I put sauces and gravy on almost everything I eat for this reason.
>
> Is anyone else like this? I often wondered if others had the same
> problem with some foods.


There are surely some exceptions. A chicken, roast beef or ham sandwich
might qualify tho' I might sometimes prefer mustard on the ham or,
sometimes. steak sauce on the chicken.

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