Using TVP

[Guest guest]

Do you have a kitchen scale? I bought one after I became vegetarian,

better to keep track of nutritional inputs. With textured soy protein,

I rehydrate it in hot water, then squeeze out the water, and use

approximately the same weight of rehydrated soy as a recipe would use of

ground meat. It's always a matter of experimentation, of course.

 

Good luck experimenting.

 

 

 

Slaney ingen Laighen wrote:

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> When using TVP, how much of it (dehydrated) should be used in a meat recipe

(1:1, etc?)

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[Guest guest]

On Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at 04:48 PM, Slaney ingen Laighen wrote:

 

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> When using TVP, how much of it (dehydrated) should be used in a meat

> recipe (1:1, etc?)

> ~Slaney~

 

 

I usually use about a cup, rehydrated, for each pound of ground beef

the recipe would have called for. That means that I need about 1/2 cup

to 3/4 cup of dry TVP and about the same or a little less of water.

IT's hard to be exact, as it depends upon the TVP you get, your local

humidity, etc. Start with less water than you think you'll need, and

then wait about 10 minutes. If it still looks a bit dry, add a wee bit

more water and so on, until it looks mealy and dampish, but not soggy.

 

Really, if you use too much or too little, it won't matter in most

recipes, just like some places serve meatier or less meaty spaghetti

sauce.

 

It's to taste!

 

Have fun,

 

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[Guest guest]

I don't buy much of the meat substitutes because the price is ridiculous, but I

do use TVP and have for years. Don't tell my kids, ok? I came across this

section at Walton Feeds and it is the best how-to on TVP that I've found.

http://waltonfeed.com/self/tvp.html

 

There are even some recipes. Trust me, if my grandson, Mr. Picky I Won't Touch

Vegetables will eat chili and tacos made of this stuff, it can't be all that

bad. Did I mention it is cheap?

 

Really cheap. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap. Hugs, Jeanne

[Guest guest]

That is a super website. I will be sure to put

it in our links section for future reference.

Do you buy all of those different flavors

of TVP? Some sound pretty interesting.

 

~ PT ~

 

, Jeanne B <treazured wrote:

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> I don't buy much of the meat substitutes because the price is ridiculous, but

I do use

TVP and have for years. Don't tell my kids, ok? I came across this section at

Walton Feeds

and it is the best how-to on TVP that I've found.

http://waltonfeed.com/self/tvp.html

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> There are even some recipes. Trust me, if my grandson, Mr. Picky I Won't Touch

Vegetables will eat chili and tacos made of this stuff, it can't be all that

bad. Did I mention

it is cheap?

>

> Really cheap. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap. Hugs, Jeanne

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[Guest guest]

Yup, use them all. I like Harmony House for flavored TVP as well, especially the

Italian sausage. It is rather like tofu in that it absorbs the flavors you are

cooking with, but more like me@t to the mouth. & nbsp; School systems have been

using it for years to stretch out meat portions.

& nbsp;

The animals will eat it too, but they won't touch tofu. & nbsp; Discriminating

palates, lol. Jeanne

 

--- On Mon, 6/16/08, ~ PT ~ & lt;patchouli_troll & gt; wrote:

 

~ PT ~ & lt;patchouli_troll & gt;

Re: Using TVP

 

Monday, June 16, 2008, 12:54 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is a super website. I will be sure to put

it in our links section for future reference.

Do you buy all of those different flavors

of TVP? Some sound pretty interesting.

 

~ PT ~

 

, Jeanne B & lt;treazured@. .. & gt;

wrote:

& gt;

& gt; I don't buy much of the meat substitutes because the price is ridiculous,

but I do use

TVP and have for years. Don't tell my kids, ok? I came across this section at

Walton Feeds

and it is the best how-to on TVP that I've found. http://waltonfeed. com/self/

tvp.html

& gt;

& gt; There are even some recipes. Trust me, if my grandson, Mr. Picky I Won't

Touch

Vegetables will eat chili and tacos made of this stuff, it can't be all that

bad. Did I mention

it is cheap?

& gt;

& gt; Really cheap. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap . Hugs, Jeanne

& gt;