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Posted 11/6/2012 12:17 PM (GMT -5)
Well there were these packages of fresh cranberries in the supermarket so I got one and plan on cooking a cranberry sauce. Then I remembered I have a jpouch and it may not go very well. Any experience here? I planned on a simple sauce, just cooking them down with some sugar.
Posted 11/6/2012 12:26 PM (GMT -5)
If you are concerned, try a small amount and see how you do. I eat fresh and dried berries, daily with no problems.

Sue
Posted 11/6/2012 12:34 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks. Maybe I should put it through a sieve before eating it. I was worried about the skins, as well as diarhea. They are different than other berries somehow.
Posted 11/6/2012 4:49 PM (GMT -5)
I have only tried dried cranberries so far, and haven't had any problems. I always try to chew things like that really well. They probably do cause my stool to be a bit looser, but I don't mind too much, and if it's going to be a problem I will eat a banana or something similar around the same time. I actually had some dried cranberries in a small salad with feta and walnuts today, yum.
Posted 11/7/2012 8:04 PM (GMT -5)
When I make cranberry sauce, the berries pop open and turn into a sort of jelly so there isn't much substance left to them. I've had that and also dried cranberries and cranberry juice with no problem. Try a small portion when you'll be at home and see how it goes. When I'm worried about a food like that, I tend to eat it with a piece of bread and that helps move things through.
Posted 11/7/2012 9:39 PM (GMT -5)
I eat them dried....no problems. I don't like cranberry sauce so I don't know how they would be for me fresh. I seem to be fine with berries in general.
Posted 11/8/2012 1:58 AM (GMT -5)
I'm testing things for Thkdgvng: I bought a small peice of turkey and one package of berries, just to practise... haven't done it in a long time.
I know what happens when I cook cranberries, I just couldn't remember what happens to the skins, and it is a very intense berry. Tonight will tell.
Posted 11/8/2012 10:02 AM (GMT -5)
If I recall I either read or was told to be careful of any foods that can increase in size with water once consumed. Not that you can't eat them but in moderation...like dried fruits etc. Mushrooms have given some people blockage problems. Hubby doesn't like them so that is not a problem for him.

He does like escargots and has not even attempted to try them since he had the surgery since the texture is similar to a mushroom. Even with the chew chew chew philosophy he just doesn't want to take the chance.
Posted 11/8/2012 12:05 PM (GMT -5)
Another UC, I think he could try the escargots. They are not fiber and cannot expand. And if they are done right they are not supposed to be tough. Chewing them enough should be easy. I remember when I had a stoma, I treated myself to a calamari salad - very hard, so hard to chew into mush that I worred very much if I had swallowed big pieces that would block my stoma and make me ill. Nothing happened. In fact, I "never saw the calamari again" on the way out of the bag.
Posted 11/8/2012 12:14 PM (GMT -5)
everyone's system, small intestine, adhestions, etc... are different. So what may work for one, may not work for another.

My philosophy is.. if I am concerned about something.. get out the immersion blender and blend it to the consistency of GI soft. Seems to work everytime for me!
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