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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: tofu
Message-ID: <133@harvard.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 23:35:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 23:35:24 1985
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A recent posting reminded me about a few misconceptions that I've heard
voiced about tofu. I've been privately flaming at friends about this, I
guess it is time to flame at the net.

"Tofu doesn't have any taste." This is patently ridiculous. Tofu varies
in taste and really fresh tofu is very good. The vacuum packed versions
are bad tasting even when washed properly. Most of the tofu that you buy
in the little plastic containers is too old and too rubbery for my
taste.

"Tofu often tastes sour." If you don't rinse the tofu after it has been
sitting in the little plastic container it is going to taste sour. You
should rinse it in slowly running water until the sour taste is gone.
This sometimes takes an hour.

I agree with the recent poster (sorry, I've forgotten your name) that
tofu is seldom (never is too strong) served alone. One way that I often
eat tofu is to dip it into a soy sauce and mayonaise mix. I learned this
from my grandfather, what can I say?
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