I was perusing vegan recipes as I always love to do at 1am and came across this. If you don’t care to visit the link let me describe what you will find there. It is a recipe for Tofu Turkey. Now I must precede my rant to come with the tidbit that I am not a huge fan of tofu, but have been known to eat it on occasion if prepared correctly. Correctly being the key word. What this video shows is the epitome of why so many people either thinking vegetarians/vegans are insane or simply have no taste buds.
The entire recipe for this “tofu turkey” consists of a few simple herbs, some boullion powder and poultry seasoning. Oh, and of course TOFU. I know that tofu absorbs flavors it is exposed to, but I dare say that 2 Tbsp of poultry seasoning and 1 Tbsp of boullion with some herbs will not overpower FIVE large containers of tofu! It should at least be allowed to “marinate” in the glaze they use overnight. Come on people! A website that is supposed to help people learn ABOUT things is not helping our case here. Even I was grossed out by the recipe and site of the “tofu turkey”!! All I have to say is thank god for Turte Mountain and their Tofurky….otherwise there may be no fake “turkey” to show omnivores at Thanksgiving that we vegans do have taste buds, good ones in fact!!
Okay, that was my rant for the day. Wait, one more comment…couldn’t they at least have used seitan? That would have had some hope of becoming edible in their not-so-reliable hands at least. *sigh*
P.S. If anyone reading this actually has tried this recipe and LIKED it (as hard as I find that) please let me know. I really really want to know if that thing they created has any salvation.
