Mouthfuls

In this case, instead of following the steps with a small portion of the ‘problem’ food, you follow the process with the first five mouthfuls of your main meal.

As I reached the point where my shoulders became submerged, my chest started to convulse and I swallowed mouthfuls of bitter water, and very faintly, as if from a great distance, I sensed that I was about to give way.

Between mouthfuls of brie, I wanted to scream, “I see you, I am you!” but it felt wrong, and frankly, I wanted to pretend for just a little longer.

Between mouthfuls of popcorn and the occasional joke, students discuss that will help bring in money to fund construction of a preschool building at the Global Leaders Primary School in Uganda’s Amolatar District.

Modern customs creep in — in Delhi, someone given one spoon complained bitterly that he could not eat without two spoons, one for each hand (and a green chilli to nibble between mouthfuls).

These spicy mouthfuls have all the flavour of pumpkin pie but are shaped into muffins.

It was many years later, on holiday in Italy and eating bowl after bowl of sauce drenched pasta, that I learned how little mouthfuls of fizzy mineral water could wash those heavy carbs down just as efficiently as a nip of grappa.

They have a nice crispness, but taste cardboardy after a few mouthfuls.

It is sufficient for the son of Adam to have a few mouthfuls to give him the strength he needs.

The shark traps the plankton in these filaments and swallows from time to time in huge mouthfuls.