A few weeks ago, I had a wisdom tooth removed. Luckily, it was a simple extraction, but they still wanted me to stick with pretty soft foods for a week. And the dentist told me it was one of the only times a doctor would tell me I should eat ice cream (and I took the advice). I had planned for this, at least, so in addition to ice cream, I made sure to have plenty of other soft foods on hand: yogurt, bananas, applesauce, Jello, soup, cornbread, ratatouille, roasted broccoli,