umm, isn't soy an important cash crop?

And you might want to wonder what other beans it might want to nosh on...

SilentStrider

A little famine and economic distress is a small price to pay for ridding the world of tofu.

ZAZ: SilentStrider

A little famine and economic distress is a small price to pay for ridding the world of tofu.

But what about edamame?



You bastards!

Maybe we should import gorillas who will eat all the plataspids.

Soy milk gives you moobs. (new window)

That goodness soy sauce usually doesn't contain any soy...

It is pea-sized and brownish in color with a wide posterior

Sounds like Oprah.
Except for the pea-sized bit.

Intrigued.

Soy milk may give you moobs, but what about soy sauce, miso soup, edamame and artificial bacon bits? TVPFTW

jimmyschmidt: TVPFTW

They all taste awful on breakfast cereal, also give you moobs, even if you are a chick.

SilentStrider: umm, isn't soy an important cash crop?

Soy is a cash crop because it's used to replace the nitrogen that corn takes out of the soil. The health benefits of soy are directly related to price of corn. Continuing to subsidize corn and burning it as an inefficient "green" fuel will only further turn the nation... nay, the world... into a bunch of metrosexual effeminate pansies.

pea-sized and brownish in color with a wide posterior

I like big butt bugs, I cannot deny ...

Isn't soy feed to cattle?

Said to be inconsolable.

/had know idea what the fark kudzu was before now

Tofu can be edible if it is cooked by a very skilled cook in the Chinese style.

But really, is it worth the trouble? Hell, the first meat substitute, bread, is still the best.

BRB, making plataspid farm.

SilentStrider: umm, isn't soy an important cash crop?

Indeed.

This is good. It will only hurt the kulaks who are working counter to the interests of the peace-loving proletariat.

0Icky0: Tofu can be edible if it is cooked by a very skilled cook in the Chinese style.

But really, is it worth the trouble? Hell, the first meat substitute, bread, is still the best.

Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

I suppose none of you like sugar snap or snow peas, or some roasted peanuts at a sporting event either. Those are all legumes, which this critter also eats.

SilentStrider: umm, isn't soy an important cash crop? the importance of soy due to government subsidies of Big Agra^TM

FTFY

Taima: Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

Yeah, and enjoy the taste of the sauce.

(had tofu last night in my chicken laksa. All it did was provide texture and help to fill me. More chicken would have done the same)

0Icky0: Taima: Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

Yeah, and enjoy the taste of the sauce.

(had tofu last night in my chicken laksa. All it did was provide texture and help to fill me. More chicken would have done the same)

Yeah and skinless chicken breasts are almost the price of tofu now.

Try some Ma Po Tofu. You'll be converted. Chewy ground pork contrasting with silken tofu in a spicy sauce with tree ear fungus.
Yummy

austerity101: Said to be inconsolable.

/had know idea what the fark kudzu was before now

Sad. He was killed a few years ago in a car ceash.

Nice man but more than a little full of himself after the Puilitzer.

Created some nice stuff with the Red Clay Ramblers.

"Home" is worth a listen.

As a beaner this insect frightens me

El_Frijole_Blanco: As a beaner this insect frightens me

*golf clap*

If they ever manage to get rid of the kudzu, then they'll discover some valuable use for it.

ZAZ: A little famine and economic distress is a small price to pay for ridding the world of tofu.

speak for yourself. I'm an avowed omnivore who likes the occasional tofu marinated in soy and five spice and then fried in spicy oil.

Soy isn't all that good for you.

carnifex2005: Yeah and skinless chicken breasts are almost the price of tofu now.

Why buy skinless? Peeling the skin off a chicken breast is as easy as peeling a banana. Boning a chicken breast is a little trickier but once you figure out how that chicken is put together and a little practice one can skin and bone a breast in less than a minute.

Hongcouver: Boning a chicken breast

he he he

Dirty Hot Linker: Hongcouver: Boning a chicken breast

he he he

You might want to leave the skin on.

The skin has all the fat and flavour. Leave it on, cook the chicken then take it off if you don't want it. Boneless battery chicken breast has even less taste than tofu.

whatshisname: Try some Ma Po Tofu. You'll be converted. Chewy ground pork contrasting with silken tofu in a spicy sauce with tree ear fungus.
Yummy

OK, I love that dish. Especially the pork, sauce and fungus. But I doubt if I closed my eyes I would notice if they took out the tofu.

0Icky0: OK, I love that dish. Especially the pork, sauce and fungus. But I doubt if I closed my eyes I would notice if they took out the tofu.

I tried making it with about triple the pork once. It just wasn't right. You need the tofu to act as the background for the rest of it, or it's just too rich and chewy.

Dirty Hot Linker: Hongcouver: Boning a chicken chicken breast

he he he

Even funnier and more disturbing the first way.

I like my tofu fried in some sesame ginger sauce until it is brown and has texture on the outside.

That's about the only way I know how to cook it, though I want to try making dango this weekend...

whatshisname: 0Icky0: OK, I love that dish. Especially the pork, sauce and fungus. But I doubt if I closed my eyes I would notice if they took out the tofu.

I tried making it with about triple the pork once. It just wasn't right. You need the tofu to act as the background for the rest of it, or it's just too rich and chewy.

I suppose. But you need to be careful you don't put too much or it just slides down without a chance to enjoy.

Heading out now. Will probably have tofu for dinner. Kind of hard to avoid here in Tofu Central.

God'll sort all this shiat out.

The other healthier ways of eating soy are tempeh and doenjang/miso. Fermentation reduces estrogen and other harmful anti-nutrition substance. Soy sauce is basically a fermented product, so it has no problems.

Not everything is tofu when it comes to soy.

FTA: Unfortunately, the bug also eats legume crops, especially soybeans.

The bug has tentatively been identified as the bean plataspid (Megacopta cribraria), a native to India and China.

Recalling locust side story in The Good Shepherd.

simpsonfan: If they ever manage to get rid of the kudzu, then they'll discover some valuable use for it.

Like biofuel? Chop the whole field down and have it back in a week.

The first time I ever laid eyes on tofu, it was a raw cube. It struck me as sinister, quivering. It looked about as edible as wallpaper. That moment was like being traumatized by wrinkled old-guy sack in the locker room at a public pool. Old guys will just stand there naked and talk, like they aren't violating every rule of common decency this side of a gorgor post. They don't give a shiat, and neither does tofu.

Kierkegaard's Pseudonym: God Man'll sort all this shiat out.

FTFY.

Remember, while tofu is frequently made to resemble various delicious meat products, meat is NEVER made to resemble tofu!

Taima: 0Icky0: Tofu can be edible if it is cooked by a very skilled cook in the Chinese style.

But really, is it worth the trouble? Hell, the first meat substitute, bread, is still the best.

Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

I suppose none of you like sugar snap or snow peas, or some roasted peanuts at a sporting event either. Those are all legumes, which this critter also eats.

Half the time I just dump it out of the tub, pour on some ponzu and a little sesame oil, and eat the whole brick. Obvious Trollmitter is obvious.

Taima: 0Icky0: Tofu can be edible if it is cooked by a very skilled cook in the Chinese style.

But really, is it worth the trouble? Hell, the first meat substitute, bread, is still the best.

Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

I suppose none of you like sugar snap or snow peas, or some roasted peanuts at a sporting event either. Those are all legumes, which this critter also eats.

Generally I don't have to DEhydrate my food before I eat it. Tofu is bland and vaguely crap tasting.

I stopped reading after "eats kudzu."

Bring the little sucker over, when it eats all the kudzu find something that eats it, and so on and so forth.

rocinante721: Big AgraTM

I'm rather certain "Big Agra" isn't trademarked.

Timdesuyo: Taima: 0Icky0: Tofu can be edible if it is cooked by a very skilled cook in the Chinese style.

But really, is it worth the trouble? Hell, the first meat substitute, bread, is still the best.

Doesn't even have to be a skilled Chinese chef, all ya have to do is squeeze the water out of some extra-firm tofu slice it and soak it in the sauce of your liking, and fry that sucker up.

I suppose none of you like sugar snap or snow peas, or some roasted peanuts at a sporting event either. Those are all legumes, which this critter also eats.

Half the time I just dump it out of the tub, pour on some ponzu and a little sesame oil, and eat the whole brick. Obvious Trollmitter is obvious.

^THIS

Just drain the water and nom nom nom.