I know this is probably a stupid question, but why can I eat chicken salad on my soft food phase but not super moist chicken? No, I am not going to, and if I did I would ask my Nut first, I am just curious.

Just my guess, but - with chicken salad each piece is "lubricated" and probably passes more easily through your pouch. Additionally, the chunks in chicken salad are usually smaller than the size of a piece of chicken we would normally cut for ourselves, so this helps to get used to smaller bits of food before we move on to the "real" stuff. Because it's not a forkful of chicken salad, it's one little bit at a time!