Forums: April 2011 Kickstart Forum: Tofu?
Created on: 04/16/11 12:04 PM Views: 854 Replies: 3
3LittleMonkeys Joined: 04/12/11 Location: St. Louis Posts: 26	Tofu? Posted Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 12:04 PM Does Tofu always have to be drained and pressed? Or sometimes like scrambled tofu, can you just rinse?
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Nyssa23 Joined: 04/03/11 Location: Athens, Ohio Posts: 35	RE: Tofu? Posted Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 12:37 PM If you buy the kind in the shelf-stable boxes, I don't think you need to press it. A lot of the refrigerated Nigari tofu brands that I have tried (when they were out of the kind I usually buy) have needed to be pressed. I often forget to do so because the kind I usually get (Spring Creek Organic Tofu) is pre-pressed. It doesn't turn out too bad when it's still kind of wet, but you will probably enjoy the texture more if you press it first. And if you're using it as a ground meat substitute for chili or whatnot you might want to freeze it first because it changes the texture into a more ground beefy texture. I don't do that myself because I don't really like ground beef texture. But at the restaurant I work at, they crumble it up and put it in freezer bags and freeze it before putting it in the vegetarian chili. I've been toying with the idea of trying to make my own tofu. I don't think it would be too hard. They sell tofu-making kits on Amazon.com. And there are plenty of resources on the web for how to make your own without the kits. Maybe someday I'll get around to it.
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3LittleMonkeys Joined: 04/12/11 Location: St. Louis Posts: 26	RE: Tofu? Posted Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM The one I am pressing right now is firm. This is my first attempt at working with tofu.
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LaniMuelrath Joined: 12/30/09 Location: California Posts: 557	RE: Tofu? Posted Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 1:18 PM 3LittleMonkeys wrote: The one I am pressing right now is firm. This is my first attempt at working with tofu. Definitely, all tofu is not created equal! The tubs you may find in regular grocery stores give tofu a bad name. Kind of like white paste! If you can find local made, you've got it made! Actually white wave does a pretty good job, as does Trader Joe's with their firm blocks. Still not quite local made. But tofu takes the taste of things around it - part of its charm! Freezing and squeezing it changes its texture and it really soaks up marinades like crazy. Enjoy your tofu adventure! It is low fiber and high fat, however, so more in the condiment category that center of plate. Lani Facebook Celebrity Tips Page Lani Muelrath, M.A. CGFI, CPBN the Plant-Based Fitness Expert McDougall Health & Medical Center 5 Minute Fitness & Plant-based Blueprint www
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