Cud Cud Cud is a portion of food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth to be chewed for the second time. More accurately, it is a bolus of semi-degraded food regurgitated from the reticulorumen of a ruminant. Cud is produced during the physical digestive process of rumination. The idiomatic expression "chewing one's cud" means "meditating" or "pondering"; similar expressions such as "he chewed that over for a bit", or "chew on that!" likely have the same derivation. The alimentary canal of ruminants, such as cattle, goats, sheep, alpacas, and antelope, are unable to produce the enzymes required to
Cud (band) Cud (band) Cud are a British indie rock band formed in Leeds, England in 1987. The original line up included vocalist Carl Puttnam, guitarist/keyboardist Mike Dunphy, bassist William Potter, and drummer Steve Goodwin. In June 1987 they recorded a Peel Session and the band signed with Reception Records who released their fist single "Mind the Gap". Two further 12" EPs followed in 1988 on Nightshift and Ediesta Records. Following extensive touring and positive press the band signed to Imaginary Records in 1989. Following three albums (one of which "Elvis Belt" was a compilation of previously released singles) on Imaginary the