tofu

[RobertN]

My wife made a veggie dish last night with tofu in it. We started thinking about it; how in the world do they turna soy bean into that semi firm mass called tofu?

Anyone have any idea's?

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>how in the world do they turna soy bean into that semi firm mass called tofu?
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No idea, Robert, but even more than HOW they do it, I've wondered WHY would they do it?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[woodmills1]

i think it is soy bean curd, the fermented mass of solids from soybeans, with the milk separated out. try this, wash a soybean cake the freeze it. it will become solid enough to make keat balls with it after you thaw. just squeeze out the water after thawing and it like a meat texture.

 

[PTRich]

I saw an interesting article in Popular Mechanics (perhaps the greatest publication in the world!). There is a company that has a process to make plastic with soy oil. So far only John Deere is using it (the said they use it on there combines) but they expect it to take off and make a big dent on our crude oil usage.

PTRich

(does that make the plastic edible?)

 

[PTRich]

Actualy it was Poplular Science (the second best publication)

PTRich

 

[GlueGuy]

Woodmills has got it.


We make a lasagna with tofu in it that is pretty darn good. We've noticed though that tofu itself has little or no flavor. The flavor comes from what you season it with and/or what you do to it.

IOW - Don't eat tofu alone. Seriously awful.

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>tofu itself has little or no flavor</font color=blue>

That's fer sure, GlueGuy. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif But one of the interesting properties of tofu, and soy in general, is that it readily takes on the flavor of whatever it is mixed with.

<font color=blue>more than HOW they do it, I've wondered WHY would they do it?</font color=blue>

You sound like a real fan of the stuff, Bird. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Fact is, it's an excellent source of protein and can be incorporated into a whole lot of dishes. Can't say I'm a huge fan myself, but we have it regularly here at our house. Did I mention my wife is Japanese?

 

[Jeff396]

A couple years ago I went to some sort of a womans work group event with my wife. It was catered. They had Tofu cooked on the grill. It was real good though I can't imagine what else they did to it to make it that way. I thought after the first bite it was chicken of some sort. Very good......for healthy crap/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Jeff

 

[Thomas]

Sorry Robert..but I'm a meat and potatoe boy,but my better half does enjoy dishes like that.
Keep an open for tofu bread..heard it was pretty good.

 

[Andyfr]

Jeff

It could have been marinated tofu, we have it quite often in stir-fry.

Regards