Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:15:55 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> > wrote:
>
>
>> I love tofu, but I only made one recipe from that book, and didn't like
>> it, so I didn't return to the book (not that it's not worth a second
>> chance; I just have -- or, rather, had -- so many cookbooks that it's
>> not like I couldn't go to another book instead).
>>
>> Serene
>
> I have made several recipes from that book and loved them. But the
> ones I love are more traditional tofu recipes...not the ones that seem
> to have more incongruent ingredients in them. The ones that seem to
> have more *odd* or unusual ingredients in them, as far as cusines go,
> don't seem as good to me.

I'm a total tofu slut. I like it every which way. (I can hear my first
wife saying "Tofu slut my ass -- SLUT slut." But she said it with
affection. I think. ANyway...)

> I don't think tofu does well as a fusion ingredient...it does well in
> traditional dishes... Those dishes from that book, I really enjoy.
> Does that make sense to you?

Makes sense, even though it's not the way I roll.

> For instance, I know tofu does well in fried rice. But the braised
> dishes that call for peppers and roma tomatoes, or mushrooms..just
> don't seem to jive as well... It's not the tofu's fault..but it
> seems to go well in the more traditional southeast asian and Chinese
> dishes.

The dish I tried from that book was the peanut-sauce tofu. I *hated* it.
I have yet to find a homemade peanut sauce that I really love, which is
frustrating, since I adore peanut sauce in restaurants.

Serene
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