Cud stretched, forming a vacuum in the gullet that sucks the semi-liquid stomach content into the esophagus. From the esophagus it is taken back to the mouth with retro peristaltic movements. When the stomach content, or the cud, arrives in the mouth of the ruminant, it is pushed against the palate with the tongue to remove excess liquid, the latter is swallowed and the solid material is chewed thoroughly so the cattle can extract the minerals present in the cud brought to the surface during rumination. The function of rumination is that food is physically refined to expose more surface area
Cud (band) to follow shortly afterwards. To date the songs have not been forthcoming. Cud reformed again (with Puttnam, Goodwin, Potter & Frey once again) for two gigs during March, 2010, held at the Hootananny Club in London. In 2012 the band did their "Jubilee tour" in support of their album "The Complete BBC Sessions" released by 3Loop Music. This tour was their first since 2010, and the first to include original guitarist Mike Dunphy in almost 17 years. However, original drummer Steve Goodwin declined to participate so Gogs Byrn completed the lineup. During the tour the band performed live on Marc