Fletcherizing is a technique in which you chew every bite of food until it disintegrates. Even soup and water had to be chewed before swallowing. - Sarah Lohman: Read more at http://www.amnh.org/news/2012/01/jan-adventures-in-the-global-kitchen-speaker-sarah-lohman-on-historical-diet-trends/ (via fourpoundsflour)