Puppy Love
I was just in an elevator with two paralegals who were talking about their home cooking. The wiry, suspiciously vegetarian-looking he-para was explaining how easy it is to add a little soft tofu (for protein) to his homemade spinach with garlic. The blushing, blonde, obviously carnivorous she-para, carrying a cafeteria tray loaded with an unidentifiable stuffed breaded meat (and with a straight face), excitedly declared how much she loves cooking tofu.
I don't think they saw me shaking my head.
Comments
Tofu is just vile.
Posted by: Franziska | March 29, 2004 12:15 AM
NOBODY loves tofu.
Posted by: IA | March 29, 2004 12:17 AM
I do, in that really spicy Korean soft tofu stew. And I am a very happy meat eater.
Posted by: emily b. hunt | March 29, 2004 12:18 AM
Tofu is not that bad, especially if you treat it like tofu and don't try to pretend it is something else. Stuffed and deep fried, it is wonderful. OK, deep fried sneakers are pretty good too. How about cooking it up in a stir fry with scallions, broccoli and whatever else is ready to go in your fridge? Just start with sesame oil, garlic and ginger and finish it off with soy sauce for generic Chinese. Adjust seasonings to taste for something really good. Just remember to add your tofu right towards the end so it doesn't crumble or burn.
Of course, there is good tofu and mediocre tofu. Some of those vats in Chinatown are full of floating white gold. If you are stuck with the supermarket stuff, you can perk it up with a few minutes in the microwave to cook out some of the water.
As long as you don't do the Thanksgiving Tofurkey trip tofu can be good food.
Posted by: A Kaleberg | April 20, 2004 10:11 PM