Zen did you ever try a really thin sliced rib eye or new york strip? I bought them for Ron and cooked on the grill and he uses Steak Sauce on it to help slide it down, he has NO teeth so he pretty much has to cut it up good and than he sucks it down like a jello shot. You can't cook the steaks very long either or of course will be tough. And baked beans homemade is is MOST favorite thing, I swear he has eaten them everyday for over a month! But he claims he loves them and it works for him and yes I fry up bacon and chop it up and put it in AND it has to be a whole package, he knows if I skip a couple slices too...don't know how but he does. And no he will not eat in public ever. He sometimes will gag and have to spit the food back out and he will say to me "wanna go out to eat with me" and I told him it's OK it don't bother me at all as long as you are eating I don't care how you get it down. Other folks would think he was choking(as I did in the beginning) but he isn't. Now they are just normal sounds he makes when eating.