The food supply is breaking!!!!!!!

C'est Moi said:
I've never purchased tofu and have only eaten it in restaurants. Is it possible to freeze it?
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I wouldn't. According to most reports, yes you can (after draining and squeezing it), but it alters the texture and makes it crumbly. Given that packaged, refrigerated tofu lasts quite a while and is readily available, and some stores also carry shelf-stable tofu, there doesn't seem to be much benefit to freezing it.

@treeguy64, have you ever frozen tofu, and if so, would you please share your experience?
 

Trying to think if I have ever eaten tofu...I think I have, maybe once or twice. It's essentially a tasteless substance, correct?

My wife is a "meat and potatoes" person. She only likes about five different vegetables. So my shot at a meatless diet is pretty unlikely.
 
StarSong said:
I wouldn't. According to most reports, yes you can (after draining and squeezing it), but it alters the texture and makes it crumbly. Given that packaged, refrigerated tofu lasts quite a while and is readily available, and some stores also carry shelf-stable tofu, there doesn't seem to be much benefit to freezing it.

@treeguy64, have you ever frozen tofu, and if so, would you please share your experience?
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As I type this, I have frozen tofu chunks in the freezer, in baggies. As I need them, for cooking, I simply zap them in the microwave for a bit, and use the exact same as fresh. In all honesty, I eat so much fresh tofu that I rarely keep much frozen in the freezer. That being the case, I can't really tell you about any flavor/texture degradation over a great length of time. I'd say the longest I've kept tofu frozen, and then eaten it, has been sixty days. At that point, I detected no noticeable quality change. I will dig out some older tofu, from the fridge, and report back, in here, if anything is "off."
 

treeguy64 said:
As I type this, I have frozen tofu chunks in the freezer, in baggies. As I need them, for cooking, I simply zap them in the microwave for a bit, and use the exact same as fresh. In all honesty, I eat so much fresh tofu that I rarely keep much frozen in the freezer. That being the case, I can't really tell you about any flavor/texture degradation over a great length of time. I'd say the longest I've kept tofu frozen, and then eaten it, has been sixty days. At that point, I detected no noticeable quality change. I will dig out some older tofu, from the fridge, and report back, in here, if anything is "off."
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Very good to know. Had you already cooked these in any way, or merely drained and squeezed them?
 
JimBob1952 said:
Trying to think if I have ever eaten tofu...I think I have, maybe once or twice. It's essentially a tasteless substance, correct?

My wife is a "meat and potatoes" person. She only likes about five different vegetables. So my shot at a meatless diet is pretty unlikely.
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I think most people are turned off by the blandness of fresh tofu. A good introduction to tofu would be to buy extra-firm, drain well on paper towels, cube & marinade them for at least a couple of hours, then brown them. Add to stir-fried veggies. There are a lot of tips on YouTube.
 
Pinky said:
I think most people are turned off by the blandness of fresh tofu. A good introduction to tofu would be to buy extra-firm, drain well on paper towels, cube & marinade them for at least a couple of hours, then brown them. Add to stir-fried veggies. There are a lot of tips on YouTube.
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I will try that some time when my wife is away. Not going to happen if she's home.
 
fmdog44 said:
Seven major meat processors are closing parts of their operations until they can restructure and reorganize the physical placing of their workers. (don't forget Chinese have been eating dogs for centuries)šŸ¶?
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This makes a person wonder just what all does go into the processed meat products that come back here from China. There have been stories about meat/hamburger/sausage being tested and coming back with other things besides beef or pork, or what ever was supposed to be in the food.
This is one of the reasons that I have almost stopped eating meat, and am working my way into becoming completely vegetarian.

Even more gross (in my opinion) was learning that China actually has cockroach farms, where they grow those huge bugs which we call water bugs here in the south, and are a giant sized cockroach.
The video I watched shows that they harvest the bugs, and not only sell them as food (cockroach stir fry ), but also make protein powder and ā€œmilkā€ from the processed ones.

Screenshot from the video I was watching.

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Happyflowerlady said:
This makes a person wonder just what all does go into the processed meat products that come back here from China. There have been stories about meat/hamburger/sausage being tested and coming back with other things besides beef or pork, or what ever was supposed to be in the food.
This is one of the reasons that I have almost stopped eating meat, and am working my way into becoming completely vegetarian.

Even more gross (in my opinion) was learning that China actually has cockroach farms, where they grow those huge bugs which we call water bugs here in the south, and are a giant sized cockroach.
The video I watched shows that they harvest the bugs, and not only sell them as food (cockroach stir fry ), but also make protein powder and ā€œmilkā€ from the processed ones.

Screenshot from the video I was watching.

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So, what's in the bowl? I can't tell.
 
Checked out another video about cockroach farming. Apparently, it is a huge industry in China, and they are used in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. That probably means that any of those items which we buy here and are made in China, could have cockroaches as part of the product we are using.

 
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