Wtf is happening?

  • PointAndClique [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    It's the new nutella almost a 1:1 substitute in every donut/cookie/milkshake ig people wanted sth new and it stepped up also it's kinda tasty

  • Krem [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    it's vegan-v and it's good. try it for a tofu cheesecake bottom

      • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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        1 month ago

        Tofu cheesecake sounds pretty normal to me. You'd want to use silken tofu, of course, but I bet a tofu cheesecake would be amazing. It's all in how you flavor it, just as it is for a cow titty juice cheesecake.

        • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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          1 month ago

          No no I just have my mind in the Mariana Trench, to me that sentence sounded like biscoff would somehow make your butt soft as tofu cheesecake or summon whatever a "tofu cheesecake bottom" is.

        • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 month ago

          You’d want to use silken tofu, of course,

          Ooooooh. I was thinking of firm tofu and was like "that sounds awful, the taste and texture would be all wrong." But that makes a lot more sense.

    • Procapra [comrade/them, she/her]
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      1 month ago

      Nothing against tofu, its a wonderful food, but I'm having trouble visualizing how tofu can ever replicate cheesecake. Do you have a recipe?

      • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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        1 month ago

        One quick google brings up this recipe: https://myquietkitchen.com/tofu-cheesecake/, which looks quite good. (I'm tempted to try it actually, it's been awhile since I had cheesecake!)

        The important thing is that it uses silken tofu, which is a totally different texture from the tofu you'd usually use in a stir fry or scramble. I've had silken tofu chocolate pudding and it was one of the best desserts I've ever experienced. I have no doubt it would make a great cheesecake.

        • AndJusticeForAll [none/use name]
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          1 month ago

          I made a tofu cheesecake and I think I remember just taking regular firm tofu and blending it in either soymilk or water until it got velvety but IDK, maybe it tasted awful and not like cheesecake.

          • 7bicycles [he/him]
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            1 month ago

            I assume there were other ingredients but I find the thought amusing you just blended and baked or cooled a slurry of watery soymilk tofu

      • mathemachristian [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        There are also vegan cream cheese variants or you can take vegan yoghurt and get the water out by wrapping it in a dishtowel. My wife is really crafty with this stuff, shoot me a DM if you have any baking related questions.

  • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    cookie butter blew up in the last few years and I noticed how Biscoff cookies were offered in a few US airlines as a snack even on domestic flights

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      legit only place I've seen them. I just assumed it was airlines trying to seem sophisticated by throwing something European at us hangry burgerlanders while we fart into our seats.

  • nothx [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Same reason there was a run on Sriracha a few years ago. People that normally find bell pepper spicy realized that Sriracha could be mixed with mayo to create a very tame spicy aioli.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      1 month ago

      i avoided it because it was trendy (and i assumed boring) but a few mos ago i tried it and it has become my favorite everyday hot sauce

      im just a sucker for sweet & spicy

      • nothx [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Not throwing shade at sriracha at all. I've been using it since before the trendsetters, its a great hot sauce and still a staple in my pantry.

        • Des [she/her, they/them]
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          1 month ago

          it's criminal how much they are charging for a bottle at my store since the original went out of business (i ran out need more)

  • mechwarrior2 [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    culinary trend that eventually gets hopped on by brands and combined into their own products on store shelves.

    For the trendsetting chefs etc upstream of that, I assume the humbleness of the biscuit and sort of related notions of 'authenticity' is/was part of the appeal. "Remember those grandma ass biscuits you thought were bad? Well actually they're good. I would know, because I'm the Real Deal." madeline-smug

    I'd guess this process of bougie 'elevation' of a humble (cheap) foodstuff is also profitable under the right circumstances

    They are good tho

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    I got one of those biscoff knock-off Mcflurries at hungry jacks and it was like 50% biscoff and was really nice, so I got another one and it just had a tiny layer of biscoff on top and on the bottom, I think the first one I got was a fluke.