Brad tofu

[Guest guest]

Hi Brad,

So, do you have any ideas about the tofu if you don't like any of

the Asian foods at all.. I like the veggies but none of their

sauces. I've tried tufo at Wild Oates & said a big YUCK! and had it

at the Raisin Rack and liked it, bought it and tried it at home and

got sick, another big YUCK! I didn't like the texture or too much

about it at all. Of course, I don't know what they used for sauce

but I just used a tropical sauce & BBQ sauce, it didn't work for me.

thanks

Bev

 

 

 

> Hey, Stacee, and congrats on making it as a vegetarian. I am back

at it

> myself (and 95+% vegan to boot!) and loving it. I have a couple of

> suggestions and comments for you, some of which have been

suggested by

> others (but maybe there will be strength in numbers). First, I

cannot

> imagine how you do this without tofu! I know people do it, but

I'd be

> lost. Can I just make one suggestion about it? Most people come

to

> vegetarianism with a really bad idea of tofu. It is the easiest

thing

> to make fun of, and all of us are susceptible to those things.

And it

> does taste horrible (or at the very least bland and worthless) if

it is

> not done right. Try this: Go to a really really good Asian

> restaurant-Thai, Chinese, Asian, Vietnamese are some cuisines I

like.

> Then get something that looks good to you, but get it with tofu

(or bean

> curd, as the Chinese say). Those cuisines KNOW how to do tofu! I

still

> can't do it like my fav restaurants, but I get close, and now I

dearly

> love love love tofu. I hope you can come to do so as well-it is

really

> easy to panfry some tofu with various sauces and seasonings.

>

>

>

> Second, if you feel like eating all day, by all means DO. I am

often

> hungry, too, so just eat. But eat good things. I sometimes have

6 or

> more 'meals' a day, and lots of snacks, and I still lose weight.

> Someone suggested nuts if you don't have a weight problem, but eat

them

> anyway and take care of the weight problem some other way! Weight

> training will increase your metabolism quite a bit, and you'll eat

twice

> what you eat now (ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration) and still

not

> gain weight. Throw in some running, walking, biking, and you will

shed

> it very quickly. (That's something you might be able to do with

your

> boys.)

>

>

>

> I forget who commented on drinking more water, but that 'research'

was

> bogus. I mixture of some results that were promising but DID NOT

turn

> out to be verifiable, and the news media getting hold of an idea

and

> promoting it wildly and irresponsibly. (NPR took back their early

> reports on it, for one.) I wish I had some good sources for you,

but

> don' t have them at hand right now. Just at the very least be a

bit

> skeptical and do some research on it. Bogus.

>

>

>

> Do you have a Trader Joe's handy? I for one like most of the meat

> substitutes (I don't think I would eat real bacon again if you

could

> grow it in a lab), but I was just turned on to the Masala burgers

that

> Trader Joe's puts out. Mmmmm....

>

>

>

> So-go out to dinner, EAT a LOT, do some research, and try Trader

Joe's.

>

>

>

> Oh, and vote tomorrow, if you don't get this too late.

>

>

>

> Brad

[Guest guest]

Gee, now, that IS a problem! When you say, 'any Asian foods at all,' do you

really mean all? Thai food is quite different from Chinese (which is what many

people think of when they think of Asian cuisine), and quite varied in its own

right. The different curries they have differ quite a bit from something like

Pad Thai or Drunken Noodles. Have you tried these different types of Thai? And

Vietnamese food (my favorite, at least for now) is different from all the

others. They have such great, simple, elegant noodle/soup dishes, and they

might do tofu best of all. I can't imagine EVER wanting meat in one of those

places!

 

 

 

Maybe you DO mean all, but thought I would try one more time. Too bad you can't

go with me and we'd just order some of everything on the menu and I bet I could

get you out of there craving tofu! I don't know what the Raisin Rack is, but

there's a good start. You like it at at least one place, and then found you

made something presumably similar and hated it. Very common. Let's focus on

the first part-you liked it at the one place. Go get it there again.

 

 

 

Try this. Buy GOOD tofu from the asian market or Trader Joes or Whole Foods,

somewhere that gets it in fresh on certain days. (I don't have a Trader Joes or

Whole Foods, but presume they do. My little dinky version of 'whole foods' gets

it in weekly.) Find out when they get it in, and get it and use it that day.

(BUY ONLY FIRM OR EXTRA FIRM TOFU FOR THIS!) Cut it into slabs (ugh, sounds like

bacon) and drain it on kitchen towels, pressing it down with something heavy (I

use my big cast iron pan). Let it drain 30 min or so. It shouldn't be very wet

feeling when it is ready. Now cut it into cubes. Dredge it in some salted and

peppered flour, and sauté it over med to med high heat until nice and brown on

all sides. In the meantime, make a pot of brown rice. I put chopped onion in

the rice, but if you don't do that, sauté some onion and garlic with the tofu.

Now take a great barbecue sauce-either make your own (best option) or take a

standard one and doctor it up with a) hot pepper, b) a flavored or good vinegar,

and c) brown sugar/maple syrup (to balance the vinegar). Pour the sauce over

the tofu cubes, serve over the brown rice. Steamed broccoli and homemade whole

wheat bread on the side would be perfect, wouldn't it?

 

 

 

Hey, I just realized I'm a tofu-crusader! Cool! And you're my first crusade!

Thanks, Bev.

 

 

 

Brad

 

 

 

Hi Brad,

So, do you have any ideas about the tofu if you don't like any of

the Asian foods at all.. I like the veggies but none of their

sauces. I've tried tufo at Wild Oates & said a big YUCK! and had it

at the Raisin Rack and liked it, bought it and tried it at home and

got sick, another big YUCK! I didn't like the texture or too much

about it at all. Of course, I don't know what they used for sauce

but I just used a tropical sauce & BBQ sauce, it didn't work for me.

thanks

Bev

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

LOL,

I'm a crusade HUH?.lol...

Oh, I live so far out in th boonies.....we don't have those places

around here... The Raisin Rack is a Health Food Grocer in Columbus

Ohio and that's about 65 or so miles from me and I don't get up

there but about every 6 weeks or so.

I've not eaten many of these thing at all, but what I have eaten I

didn't like, the sauces on the veggies . Don't like rice, the noodles things or

very much of

this food at all....no kind of rice. I wouldn't mind going to one

of the places you have suggested & ordered one of everything to,,,,

buttttt, that takes funds...which I don't have so I can't do hardly

any experimenting, that's a big reason I'm asking all of

you...before I buy.

Brad, thanks , you've been fun & a big help..

take care

Bev

 

 

> Gee, now, that IS a problem! When you say, 'any Asian foods at

all,' do you really mean all? Thai food is quite different from

Chinese (which is what many people think of when they think of Asian

cuisine), and quite varied in its own right. The different curries

they have differ quite a bit from something like Pad Thai or Drunken

Noodles. Have you tried these different types of Thai? And

Vietnamese food (my favorite, at least for now) is different from

all the others. They have such great, simple, elegant noodle/soup

dishes, and they might do tofu best of all. I can't imagine EVER

wanting meat in one of those places!

>

>

>

> Maybe you DO mean all, but thought I would try one more time. Too

bad you can't go with me and we'd just order some of everything on

the menu and I bet I could get you out of there craving tofu! I

don't know what the Raisin Rack is, but there's a good start. You

like it at at least one place, and then found you made something

presumably similar and hated it. Very common. Let's focus on the

first part-you liked it at the one place. Go get it there again.

>

>

>

> Try this. Buy GOOD tofu from the asian market or Trader Joes or

Whole Foods, somewhere that gets it in fresh on certain days. (I

don't have a Trader Joes or Whole Foods, but presume they do. My

little dinky version of 'whole foods' gets it in weekly.) Find out

when they get it in, and get it and use it that day. (BUY ONLY FIRM

OR EXTRA FIRM TOFU FOR THIS!) Cut it into slabs (ugh, sounds like

bacon) and drain it on kitchen towels, pressing it down with

something heavy (I use my big cast iron pan). Let it drain 30 min

or so. It shouldn't be very wet feeling when it is ready. Now cut

it into cubes. Dredge it in some salted and peppered flour, and

sauté it over med to med high heat until nice and brown on all

sides. In the meantime, make a pot of brown rice. I put chopped

onion in the rice, but if you don't do that, sauté some onion and

garlic with the tofu. Now take a great barbecue sauce-either make

your own (best option) or take a standard one and doctor it up with

a) hot pepper, b) a flavored or good vinegar, and c) brown

sugar/maple syrup (to balance the vinegar). Pour the sauce over the

tofu cubes, serve over the brown rice. Steamed broccoli and

homemade whole wheat bread on the side would be perfect, wouldn't

it?

>

>

>

> Hey, I just realized I'm a tofu-crusader! Cool! And you're my

first crusade! Thanks, Bev.

>

>

>

> Brad

>

>

>

> Hi Brad,

> So, do you have any ideas about the tofu if you don't like any of

> the Asian foods at all.. I like the veggies but none of their

> sauces. I've tried tufo at Wild Oates & said a big YUCK! and had

it

> at the Raisin Rack and liked it, bought it and tried it at home

and

> got sick, another big YUCK! I didn't like the texture or too much

> about it at all. Of course, I don't know what they used for sauce

> but I just used a tropical sauce & BBQ sauce, it didn't work for

me.

> thanks

> Bev

>

>

>

>