Thanks Maria the shake is a good idea. I can usaully do canned fruits it is just fresh fruit that really is sour tasting to me. I do usually try and get soup when I go out to eat because it is much easier to eat and I like soup. Sometimes they don't have soup though so you have to have a salad or a sandwich and it is just a slow process for me. I usually end up taking most of it home which is ok. It is just I always feel like the people I"m eating with think I'm wasting it or don't like it. But Oh well. We do what we gotta do. Hope that your husband is doing great. Sounds like you take very good care of him.