Has anyone eaten Tofurky before?

[whm1974]

I didn't say it was doing a good job.

Oh really? I'm sure most people if they haven't seen a cooked Tofurky before, would be fooled if this was presented to them.

 

[sdifox]

Favourite way to prepare seitan is to stir fry (sliced up) with ginger, scallions, soy sauce and rice wine.

 

[BoomerD]

Now come on...does anyone really actually eat tofurkey? (No, the silly idiots who are vegans/vegetarians don't count...they're sub-human)

 

[whm1974]

Favourite way to prepare seitan is to stir fry (sliced up) with ginger, scallions, soy sauce and rice wine.

Along with some Tofu?

 

[sdifox]

Along with some Tofu?

Nope. By itself.


There is a lot of Taiwanese vegetarian food due to the whole Budhist/Taoist thing.

I like this as well
http://foodmayhem.com/2010/08/soy-beans-snow-cabbage-tofu-skin-ribbons.html

 

[whm1974]

Now come on...does anyone really actually eat tofurkey? (No, the silly idiots who are vegans/vegetarians don't count...they're sub-human)

Well the company that makes them sure does sell a lot of them.

 

[Crono]

I didn't say it was doing a good job.

I find it funny that people take an issue with turkey being substituted by Tofurky or any other option. You do realize that the methods of roasting, stuffing, and preparing turkey wasn't invented for turkey, right?

Even for Thanksgiving turkey probably wasn't the original main dish, if there was one. Europeans used other birds, as turkeys were native to the Americas. The first time someone brought turkey some stuck up settler was like, "what the **** is this, Bill? Where's my pheasant?" (Okay, I'm using my imagination there, but you get the point).

You go back a few millennia, some cook for Babylonian royalty gets his hands on some chicken, decides it might taste good roasted like goat, and serves it instead of goat. The king is like, "what in the name of Ishtar is this ****, Bill?" (apparently Bill has been around a while).

My point is that food isn't some static thing you can declare can only be done a certain way. If you prefer something to something else, fine. That's your choice.

 

[sdifox]

I find it funny that people take an issue with turkey being substituted by Tofurky or any other option. You do realize that the methods of roasting, stuffing, and preparing turkey wasn't invented for turkey, right?

Even for Thanksgiving turkey probably wasn't the original main dish, if there was one. Europeans used other birds, as turkeys were native to the Americas. The first time someone brought turkey some stuck up settler was like, "what the **** is this, Bill? Where's my pheasant?" (Okay, I'm using my imagination there, but you get the point).

You go back a few millennia, some cook for Babylonian royalty gets his hands on some chicken, decides it might taste good roasted like goat, and serves it instead of goat. The king is like, "what in the name of Ishtar is this ****, Bill?" (apparently Bill has been around a while).

My point is that food isn't some static thing you can declare can only be done a certain way. If you prefer something to something else, fine. That's your choice.

 

[Crono]

 

[Chaotic42]

I don't know if I've ever eaten imitation turkey, but I was a vegan as a teenager back in 2000 and 2001. There were a lot of good imitation products out there, including rice ice cream and those soy burgers. I can't eat poultry, so maybe I'll check one of these out to see how they taste. I keep trying to go back to being vegan, but it's much more difficult this time around.

 

[CountZero]

I've had it. Wife was vegetarian for a couple years back closer to college. One year for Thanksgiving we had tofurky, the next year we just had sides. Really wasn't for us. I worked at Whole Foods at the time so I tried many fake meats, tofurky was one of the best at the time, not sure if it has been surpassed by now.

Generally speaking, as a meat eater, I don't care for meat substitutes. For me they are pointless. Wife used to eat some of them but we mostly ate veggies, eggs, cheese and pasta. This was before carbs were found to be the devil.

 

[whm1974]

I've had it. Wife was vegetarian for a couple years back closer to college. One year for Thanksgiving we had tofurky, the next year we just had sides. Really wasn't for us. I worked at Whole Foods at the time so I tried many fake meats, tofurky was one of the best at the time, not sure if it has been surpassed by now.

Generally speaking, as a meat eater, I don't care for meat substitutes. For me they are pointless. Wife used to eat some of them but we mostly ate veggies, eggs, cheese and pasta. This was before carbs were found to be the devil.

Personally I think that the anti-carbs things is just a fad and way overblown. Much like the anti-fat was back in the 80's and 90's.

We eat should a balanced diet which includes protein, fats, carbs, and fiber, we need all four.

 

[BudAshes]

I've tried it and I was prepared for it to be bad, but it is really really bad. It was prepared by a vegetarian I consider a pretty good cook as well.

 

[Ferrari355]

I have never eaten tofu or anything made with it and don't ever plan to.

 

[PeterScott]

I had some at a thanksgiving pot luck, and it was surprisingly good. This was after already eating a half pound of real turkey.

Much better than other veggie "meat" I have tried.

 

[Thebobo]

I just saw this add?

 

[pcgeek11]

I just saw this add?

That just looks so very wrong.