When did you start "real" food? What were you first foods to try?

I started solids at just this past Thursday, and really, I've not changed much from the "soft food" stage.  I will second the "chew chew chew" advice the others gave...it is so important.  I had some shrimp last night...and it was a bit rubbery...so much so that i was chewing for so long that i decided that it wasn't going to break down enough and i was scared to swallow it.  So I spit it out and ate the veggies...then had another protein shake.  Ha!  I have no problem with chicken as long as i chew, and make sure i have some sort of sauce, or liquid with it.  I've been using lemon juice quite a bit lately because it adds flavor, and moisture!  Fish is REALLY good to eat at this stage too.

Hum, as for me I just am year out. You would think this would stand out to me,  but really I kinda moved from things like scrambled eggs to baked fish, and finally to chicken.  At six months out I tried some actual beef steak and I just ate really slowly and chewed the heck out of it. Not a problem at all. The only real surprise to me was I had a small blueberry muffin with a salad and unknown to me that thing was loaded with sugar. I learned that day that it takes very little sugar to make me dump. I am more tolerant now but really the dumping gives me strong motivation to not even be tempted by bad foods. On my birthday I did have three small bites of birthday cake and that was plenty.