Yes, agreed, except in every tofu thread I read here, there's a few people who say "just heat it in a pan with a little oil and drizzle with soy sauce" as if they're describing a delicacy and not the equivalent of a hot couch vegetarian's Tuesday dinner. Or the people who say they eat crumbles right off the block. I swear I've seen it here, I'm not crazy, stop ripping my shirt :eric-andre:
Half of us do that, half of us don't, mostly because half of you are more interested in traditional vegan options, and the other half (at least in America) won't consider it if they can't have something that looks like a sausage on the side of their plate.
I'm a soups and curries kinda loser, so I don't relate that much, but lots of people - both meat-eaters and vegans - like that fake stuff.
as a vegan i feel like this is a uniquely American thing since “American food” is entirely meat based dishes like burgers, hot dogs, etc., and vegans/vegetarians try to replicate that even though there are plenty of naturally vegan dishes in mediterranean, asian, latino, and african cultures
Thank you. People say tofu bad and then go to the ends of the earth to marinade and season and fry and bake and rest and ensauce a slice of beef - if it doesn't taste good, just put the same amount of effort and culinary knowledge into making it taste good as you would most other things???
Plain tofu isn't good
This is like saying raw pasta isn't good.
Yes, agreed, except in every tofu thread I read here, there's a few people who say "just heat it in a pan with a little oil and drizzle with soy sauce" as if they're describing a delicacy and not the equivalent of a hot couch vegetarian's Tuesday dinner. Or the people who say they eat crumbles right off the block. I swear I've seen it here, I'm not crazy, stop ripping my shirt :eric-andre:
Simple is good too though, i really enjoy white rice and some soy sauce.
Vegetarians biggest L is that they always try to compare their food to already existing meat foods rather than letting them be their own things.
Half of us do that, half of us don't, mostly because half of you are more interested in traditional vegan options, and the other half (at least in America) won't consider it if they can't have something that looks like a sausage on the side of their plate.
I'm a soups and curries kinda loser, so I don't relate that much, but lots of people - both meat-eaters and vegans - like that fake stuff.
as a vegan i feel like this is a uniquely American thing since “American food” is entirely meat based dishes like burgers, hot dogs, etc., and vegans/vegetarians try to replicate that even though there are plenty of naturally vegan dishes in mediterranean, asian, latino, and african cultures
Yeah im absolutely speaking from that perspective and i completely agree
Me. I do that. You get a taste for it after a while. Still much better properly spiced and cooked though.
i mean obviously you're supposed to put seasoning on it
Thank you. People say tofu bad and then go to the ends of the earth to marinade and season and fry and bake and rest and ensauce a slice of beef - if it doesn't taste good, just put the same amount of effort and culinary knowledge into making it taste good as you would most other things???
This is why Allah (blessed be his name) gave us mapo tofu.
:vegan-tofu: