Hey the nice thing about getting older and not being able to chew food is that ICE CREAM, MILKSHAKES and CHOCOLATE PUDDING with WHIPPED CREME will still be ok for you to consume right up to your death...and if you're really lucky, that's what kills you!! I could live off of 3 milkshakes a day with chocolate pudding as a snack...I'd have to be pushed around in an extra large wheelchair, but if I'm 90, who gives a hoot!! I almost gagged Judy, when you started talking about ground up sausage and meat...heck, I just gagged writing about it... I don't miss meat..except for bacon...I love BLT's with tons of mayo on toasted wheat bread with a huge glass of sweet ice tea!! When I get to KY, I may have to be vegetarian + bacon! Ok, I'm off to pick up the mound of wet towels by the stair in my basement and replace them with dry ones...it's raining here again (surprise surprise) and the exterior doors to my basement leak...I love it here!!:( Love you, Jamie