Julie,

I never had a tube, so I basically resigned myself to the fact that everything would taste bad for awhile, and the most important thing was to eat things that would go down easily and pack on calories. They included many of the things listed above -- anything that involved minimal chewing, sauces to help with swallowing, and avoiding acidic foods entirely. Eventually the taste buds do come back after a good many months, but you can't wait for that to happen in order to eat.

Cathy