I’m definitely gonna have to give this a try, sounds really interesting
Edit: works great, no need to think ahead and press tofu in advance for most of my recipes now. Wouldn’t use this for everything but it’s great to have as an option, thanks!
Relative to pressing it, sure. Relative to the rest of the cooking you do, it's not that much. Relative to the rest of the power you use every day, it's basically nothing
Yes, china has many kinds of tofu. Pressing for firm tofu is very common in most of China. So to say that firm tofu if somehow only a western thing seems odd to me.
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felsiq@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 179d
I’m definitely gonna have to give this a try, sounds really interesting
Edit: works great, no need to think ahead and press tofu in advance for most of my recipes now. Wouldn’t use this for everything but it’s great to have as an option, thanks!
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
With boiling you can stir fry with soft tofu without tearing it apart. Otherwise you have to use firmer tofu which has a different texture.
swicano@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 179d
That was a lot of words to not actually provide any evidence to their point about efficiency nor effectiveness
violentfart@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 179d
Ironic, given how relatively energy-intensive it is.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 179d
Boiling?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 177d
Relative to pressing it, sure. Relative to the rest of the cooking you do, it's not that much. Relative to the rest of the power you use every day, it's basically nothing
CubitOom@infosec.pub · -1 pts · 179d
Hmm, I didn't know China was the west.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 179d
What do you mean? China traditionally uses all kinds of tofu, from hard to jelly.
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 178d
Yes, china has many kinds of tofu. Pressing for firm tofu is very common in most of China. So to say that firm tofu if somehow only a western thing seems odd to me.
MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social · 4 pts · 178d
This quote you posted says westerners only want firm tofu and no other types of tofu, not that they're the only ones who want firm tofu.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 178d
It's not a western thing, but in the west we are more o obcesed with it, and virtually only eat extra firm tofu.