Hello. I'm new to vegetarian cooking

[Guest guest]

I'm so new to vegetarian style cooking that I don't know what someingrediants

are. What is tempeh and where do I look for it? Also what is tamari and where

do I find that. I mean where in the store lol

Thank you.

[Guest guest]

Tempeh can be found in the cooler section near the tofu and other vegetarian

foods, tamari can be found next to the soy sauce in asian foods section.

Congratulations on your choice to go veggie.

Dave

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Joann <jomamabiker883

Hello. I'm new to vegetarian cooking

 

Saturday, September 13, 2008, 7:10 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm so new to vegetarian style cooking that I don't know what someingrediants

are. What is tempeh and where do I look for it? Also what is tamari and where do

I find that. I mean where in the store lol

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

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The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.(Oscar Wilde)

 

Hi there and welcome to the group! Also, please add my congratulations to those

received for deciding on becoming vegetarian. It's a whole new adventure and one

which gets more exciting as the years go one!

 

Tempeh - you ask? Okay, it's a fermented (mostly) soy product, originally of

Indonesian 'invention', which comes sealed in packs (check the use-by date) and

can either be in the cooler section of your supermarket or health food/organic

store OR in the freezer section. (I find it in the freezer section here, and

only in organic and health food stores, by hey this is Canada and we do stuff

cold LOL) It'll keep for ages in your freezer after you buy it btw and is quick

to thaw out if you place the whole sealed package in hot water before you wish

to use it. It has a stronger taste than tofu, is beige in colour and has a

slightly whitish 'finish' to parts of it. That's not mold. It can be used in

many many ways. I use it in some asian dishes. Being fermented, it is supposed

to have many more health qualities than 'ordinary' soy, but I use it for its

taste and versatility (you can marinate it, fry it, add it to various dishes

blah blah blah). Just ask and

we'll try to help. There are also recipes in the Files - probably under

Southeast Asia but could be almost anywhere else too. Crumbled, for eg., it

makes the basis of a great 'meet' for burgers.

 

Tamari? That's another fermented soy product and is always without wheat, which

pleases those who are allergic or have a gluten intolerance. It also tastes a

little different from ordinary soy sauce or shoyu. It's used in Japanese

cuisine, but as vegetarians we tend to ignore all that and use it when and where

we like. As Dave says, you should find it in the section of a store along with

the soy sauce.

 

Welcome again. Hope to chat to you again before long - nice to have you aboard.

 

Best, Pat (Co-owner with Piers and Marie)