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) on earlier Cud releases) although none were commercially released and he did not feature in any live performances at that time. He would however occasionally join the band for live performances throughout 2015-2017. On 21 November 2001 Puttnam returned to the music scene with the mail order only release "Donkey With a Fez On", an album of previously unreleased demo material originally intended for release after the "Showbiz" album. This was followed by a live performance at the 12 Bar Club in London. Puttnam was accompanied by Alaric Neville and David Lazenby on guitars, and Michael Hurst on melodeon and