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or possibly hog rectum

Tastes like roasted bubble gum to me...

cid wrote:Tastes like roasted bubble gum to me...

Same here.... only it's easers...

If it tastes like rubber bands or erasers it's over cooked. Good calamari when deep fried properly is very similar to deep fried clams. Which are also over cooked if you have to work them like bubble gum to chew them.

So many assholes and not enough calamari.

Yuck. that and Tofu - remind me of pink erasers.

It's a textural issue

FZR1KG wrote:So many assholes and not enough calamari.

My scintillating IQ of 33 1/3 just picked this up. you're not a PIA, you're a Bastard

Loresinger wrote:Yuck. that and Tofu - remind me of pink erasers.

It's a textural issue

pink tofu? i've never seen that. get your daughter to show you how to work with tofu - it's wonderful!

Tofu can be nice depending on the dish, but it has to be used right.

e.g. with meat it's "ginger steak with mushrooms and vegetables" or such. With tofu it's more like "mushrooms and vegetables with ginger sauce and tofu." It's a source of protein, but not a meat substitute; if the other flavors and textures can't carry the meal, the tofu is not going to help.

IMO failed attempts to replace meat are behind 90% of the bad reputation of vegetarian cooking. You can't replace meat; nothing vegetarian has the same qualities. OTOH a good vegetarian dish can stand on its own without meat flavors/textures.

Honestly, I think tofu gets its bad reputation from crappy 90s stand-up comedians cashing in on macho, "Ew! Health food?! Real men eat BEEF!" bullshit.

Which is why SFC hates tofu and I love it.