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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:16 PM Original message |
Why do people have such hate for tofu? |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm eating tofu right now |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
64. Heh. Me, too! nt |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like okra, a bad preparation can ruin it for you |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. i've only had it fried |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well I tried tofu . . |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've tried it |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:23 PM Original message |
tofu in spaghetti sauce? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I never heard of putting tofu in tomato sauce. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
58. I've had tofu with spaghetti |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. No idea. I liked the idea of tofu even before I started eating it n/t |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. because no matter how you cook it |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Its probably a texture issue. The flavor is the same as whatever you |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. the texture thing is what i like about it |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Ugh! It is the texture! |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. it's all in the way it's prepared |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's just a food people like to pick on. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wrong. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Well, I wouldn't know... |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Admittedly, I was surmising and pontificating. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Ha, I was just teasing you. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I agree |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because it tastes like shit. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Well, yeah... |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. No. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Not in Asia |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Nor worldwide |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
59. Soybean sales does not equal tofu sales. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. that is true... |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. My tastebuds respectfully disagree with you. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. You're on a roll,baby! |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. It is way past cocktail hour. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bad perparation I think |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Hmmmm |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Nasoya? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yes, that's it. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Asian markets are always a good place. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I'll try them. Is it usually organic stuff? n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. It depends. They sell it in bulk though. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ok, thanks. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I don't know about that. |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. but even if you buy the firm supermaket ones |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Oh, I press the hell out of it |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. The pressed and smoked tofu is great. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. Its highly sauce-dependant |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. tofu is the ultimate food canvass |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. To me, it's a semi soft cheese really. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Cuz they're shitheads. And most likely, like you said, never tried it. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. ... |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Well ranted. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. It Feels Weird, Dude |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. OMG sea cucumber. You just made me revisit a horrible nightmare |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. I 8 it! |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've tried it many times - still don't like it |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. I love tofu in all it's forms! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. Texture, texture, texture! |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. That's how I used to feel about avocados n/t |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. I think it's a symbol of vegetarian pacifistic Birkenstockism. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I get kung pao tofu cravings all the time |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
66. i like it more than kung pao chicken/beef |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
49. 1. Texture 2. Taste Though I Adore in Hot & Sour Soup |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
52. I've changed my view of it. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
53. Because it is a tool of atheist liberals/satan to take over the world. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. Usually it's the texture |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's usually introduced to Westerners as a substitute for something else |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
56. I think because it gets passed off as a meat substitute |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I agree. Mix is WITH meat in a stir fry. Try looking at it as just |
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SoyCat (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. Simple. They don't know how to properly prepare it. When it is done well |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
65. They've only eaten it raw. And they fall prey to the corporate world's |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. FYI, beef industry did not get anti beef propagands laws passed |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Don't bet on it... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
68. A former roommate used to daily boil it plain. Still remember the smell. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
69. I don't hate it... |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. Tofu is not a meat substitute... message repeats... |
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