Mash?

[Wolf]

While I am posting this primarily to get Pajarita's evaluation of it, anyone else who desires to may comment on this. All input is greatly appreciated.
I found this article for a mash diet and would really like your evaluation of it, here is the link;
http://www.exoticpetvet.com/breeds/birdsmashdiet.htm

[Pajarita]

I've tried the mash but my birds don't like it. I don't know if it's the fact that everything is like put through a blender together or if it's the 'wateriness' of it but they don't like it. I don't know about anybody else's birds but although I have a couple that would eat anything you put in front of them and a couple that are pickier than the others, the greatest majority of them are in the middle and they all prefer the gloop texture to anything else. They like it dry and coarse so they can pick and choose what to eat first, what second and what last. They eat everything in it but not at the same time or together... most of them would pick the sweet corn first although there are a few that go straight for the hominy, then they do the grains followed by the peas and carrots, sometimes the sweet potatoes (they are in large chunks), etc. They have their own system and they don't like it when it's a mish-mash of things where you cannot separate one thing from the other. This is another off-the-wall theory of mine but I think it goes back to the way they eat in the wild and I think this way is closer to foraging than having a 'healthy watery paste' of 20 things mixed together (putting fresh fruit through a food processor would make a very watery end product)

On this particular recipe, I don't like that they use pearled barley, triticale (I used to use it and discontinued it), all those red beans, raw sweet potatoes and lightly steamed potatoes (I cook their potatoes the same way I do mine).

[Wolf]

Thank you for responding so patiently to my questioning in regards to this area of parrot keeping. I know that you have tried most of the different options for providing our birds with a healthier diet than that offered to us by commercial products and it gives me many of the answers that I am looking for without having to try out all of these alternatives myself. Personally I like your gloop recipe the best and it is what I use, or at least a variation of it, but I am trying to bring together a variety of healthier options for our other members to try if they are so inclined. My gloop is getting closer to yours all the time, with this last batch, I have reduced the beans to 25% of the whole grains amount instead of the previous 50% and then mix equal amounts of the whole grain/ bean mix with mixed vegetables.

[DanaandPod]

I don't like that they mix fruit and veggies together. I was going to do this food processing method after all is cooked...But, now after reading Pajorita's comment...maybe not. Too many choices! I want to get what's right for my bird though. And, to be honest...this morning...he didn't eat his fancy breakfast...instead, he picked the beans out and left the rest mainly. Which is why I though processing it would help.

[Pajarita]

You did not put enough 'seed-like' grains in it. Bulgur wheat is wheat that has been cracked and parboiled and pearled barley is barley that has been dehulled and parboiled so although it looks whole, it has no harder outer covering and most of the bran has been removed. Go to Whole Foods and get 'hulled barley', wheat kernels and, if you find them, oat groats and cook them al dente (so they are infused with water and the outside is a bit soft but the inside is still a bit hard and all the grains are separate one from another) and give him just those grains mixed with a sprinkle of chili powder, one of flax seed and a bit of the budgie mix and you'll see that he will start eating it on the second day. In the meantime and until he is eating his gloop with all the veggies, give him a measured portion of pellets for dinner.