Complaining about tofu being bland is the equivalent of saying that a blank canvas is boring.

Saying you hate tofu is such a self own. It is one of and maybe the most versatile food of all time. It is cheap. It’s macros are at parity with chicken breast. It keeps well AND is much safer (food safety and healthwise) than meat.

I can confirm as someone going from eating meat with every meal to vegan, basic ass fried tofu tastes better than most restaurant meat these days.

What is even wilder is that the US grows a lot of soybeans, and the ideal target for MAGA would probably be a soybean farmer.

  • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The act of adding tofu to salted hot water for a time and then removing it to drain and dry firms up the texture. The process counterintuitively draws moisture from the outer layers because heat brings some of the innermost liquid to the surface of the curd, which you can either blot off with kitchen roll (or a tea towel) or leave to steam dry.

    Furthermore, the use of salt adds seasoning that improves the flavour. After draining the salt water treated tofu, the surface firms up. Of particular importance if you intend to fry the tofu is ensuring the surface is dry, which occurs naturally if you leave the hot strained tofu on a tea towel to dry out.