Deep-fried tofu? They may have something there.
Posted on 08/02/2005 12:57:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58
The food police really have it in for the fast-food industry. If they had their way, they'd have it taxed, litigated, regulated or legislated out of existence. While they await the day when mainstream America adopts their loopy agenda, however, the food police will have to be content with being the shrill shills of the vegan and animal-rights movements.
But it's not like the food police haven't had an effect on the industry. In response to the incessant carping of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and others, most national fast-food chains introduced menus boasting "healthy" foods. Taco Bell offered Border Lights, Pizza Hut its Lite Bites and Burger King its Lighter Alternatives. McDonald's added breakfast foods lower in fat and calories, as well as a line of "health foods" and salads for lunch and dinner.
Not surprisingly, those menus absolutely bombed with consumers. The chief nutritional officer for Yum! Brands, parent of Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, said trying to meet the mercurial demands of the food police has been "a disaster." McDonald's stopped using the word "healthy" because it turned off customers, a spokeswoman said. "If Americans wanted tofu, McDonald's could provide the best-tasting, most convenient, most affordable, freshest tofu there is. The problem is, Americans don't want tofu." Meanwhile, Pizza Hut's double-stuffed-crust pizza has been a bigger hit than anyone predicted.
Based on their dining habits, consumers who eat at fast-food joints aren't interested in healthy foods and don't expect to find them there. They consume mass quantities of Quarter Pounders with Cheese, Whoppers and extra-large fries because they are served quickly, they're filling, and as perverse at it may seem to the nags at the CSPI, they make taste buds happy.
So the national referendum on healthy food at fast-food restaurants is over. Voting with their wallets, consumers have overwhelmingly endorsed burgers and fries, and all the salt, fat and calories that come with them. The food police and the trial lawyers should accept the results and move on.
Lard Deep Fried Tofu battered in egg and grated cheese and dipped in Hollandaise sauce! Healthy!..........
Good tofu things
Tofu corn dogs. You cannot tell the difference
Hot and Sour Soup or Szechuan Tofu
Any Indian dish that uses tofu.
Deep-fried tofu? They may have something there.
The "food police" should start a chain of vegan fast food restaraunts if they really believe that is what people want. The children can slide down healthy internal organs & vegan banana oatmeal cookies. I think people would flock to it in droves. ;-)
The dem/repub smoke nazis should leave smokers alone. The overweight are next in line for second-class citizenship.
Hippy.
Ever drive by Whole Foods and see those pasty white, sickly looking folk out front. Ewww! Pass the oreos, quick!
Military intelligence, jumbo shrimp, honest Democrat, etc...
I use tofu in lasagne. And like you, I LOVE it in hot and sour soup!
Does any else remember that Bloom County cartoon where C. Evrett Koop lectures Opus on how he shouldn't smoke, drink, eat fatty foods, snort dandelions, etc...only to get crushed by a giant wad of tofu?
And tofu fried up in cornstarch and a little dark olive oil is tasty, too.
PF Chang's tofu is fantastic. My husband hates tofu, but likes theirs. (Lettuce wraps)
I enjoy trying to scoop the little tofu bits out of miso soup. Some sushi rolls also add tofu.
www.westonaprice.org
For the so-called skinny/goodie go to the above. Ya might re-think that soybean thing. After you read up on soy products its no wonder the food/vegan/vegitarian nazis are so militant.
You should hear people chastise me for trying to sell raw unpasturized, ungraded goat milk! Geez!!
Tacos with a Twist Litelife Smart Ground Original (at Walmart of all places) is the BEST taco filling out there.
I don't know why, but that pic really makes me smile :)
Heck yeah! Bears repeating, and I could hardly agree more with this statement.
Trouble is, food police and trial lawyers are persistent, first-rate busybodies who must mind everyone else's business in order to be happy. Their "need" to enlarge the Nanny State dwarfs any growth in America's girth as a result of McDonald's menu.
They absolutely should move on, but I'm guessing they won't.
This article is making me hungry for a cheeseburger and french fries.
LOL, where did you find that??
Just googled "tofu" and that showed up. I have no idea what it means, but it's pretty funny anyway.
I shop at Whole Foods weekly, and will be trying out for my black belt in Isshinryu karate in a few months, and fence three three times a week.
I can only imagine what kind of shape you're in.
I can't get firm enough texture in tofu to use it in lasagna. Since I'm dairy intolerant, this is a problem.
ADM and other globalists composing the Big Soy cartel will continue to purchase FDA rulings and media opinions in their quest to foist these questionable substances on an unsuspecting public.
American independence and vitality are not served by ingesting processed soy products.
I use the softer, ricotta like tofu. You can mix the herbs, garlic etc right into it.
I think (Can't swear to it) there is an extra firm tofu that holds up pretty well to handling. :)
I buy Nasoya, which is pretty good for general cooking. I usually compensate for a lack of good innards in my lasagna by adding more and more and more garlic. (I've never received complaints about that yet!)
Scraggly, emaciated lion: "Aaaack!"-Futurama
Atsu age - fried tofu, often stuffed w/stuff - is a delight.
Sliced tofu in miso soup (so that the tofu looks like noodles) is wonderful.
Small fried tofu cubes in stir fry is also a taste delight.
But, the fast food places should stick to what they do best. Nothing wrong with a Big Mac (sans buns) once in a great while.
American independence and vitality are not served by ingesting processed soy products
Ah, Thank you!!
The American Soybean Assoc. definitely knows how to market and lobby. (But I don't have to like them. hehe)
" Some sushi rolls also add tofu. "
Tofu doesn't belong in sushi , and you won't find it in sushi in Japan .
We used to patronize a Szechuan restaurant that made the best hot and sour soup I've ever eaten. Tiny black peppers, tofu, mushrooms, some veggies, no eggs in it, just the soup--I'd eat that every day if I could still get it like they made it.
Very very spicy, had to be eaten fresh and hot...no good re-heated. Wish I could make it at home...
Not in Japan, maybe, but a couple of sushi places here in the Twin Cities add it to their house rolls.
Or what about Philly Rolls? Does cream cheese go over well in Japan?
Hey, food nazis, go #### yourselves!
That being said, I'm off to get me some fried ice cream.
Tofu, the Natural Fool
"Tofu brings his considerable skills as an idiot to the entertainment field, specializing in non-verbal humor and mime conversations with a stuffed duck. "
I'll have to try that stuff; I've seen it in the stores but I've never bought it...
I shop at Whole Foods weekly, and will be trying out for my black belt in Isshinryu karate in a few months, and fence three three times a week.
I can only imagine what kind of shape you're in.
I shop at Whole Foods weekly, and will be trying out for my black belt in Isshinryu karate in a few months, and fence three three times a week.
I can only imagine what kind of shape you're in.
Little known facts about tofu -
- tofu is used as a shark repellant by pearl divers on the Fiji Islands
- 24% of women in Japan who committed murder in 1999 ate tofu the day before.
- 10 lbs. of tofu soaked in sea water can substitute as a lifevest.
- tofu placed on the head acts as a mosquito deterent.
- Andy the Panda prefers tofu over vegamite.
- eating 1 lb. of tofu before bedtime will help you communicate with your dead relatives, say the animists
- tofu was used by the Japanese Imperial Navy to plug holes in ships struck by American torpedoes.
- tofu can neither be created or destroyed; but only changed in shape.
- 3 Japanese boyscouts got lost with only tofu to eat. Search crews found them on the third night because they glowed in the dark.
- tofu in Japanese means "cute blob," and is used as a term of endearment by Japanese women toward small babies, as in "Tofu, ne?"
- tofu can be used for emergency spot welding
Mmmmmmmm...tofu!
/sarcasm so thick a trowel was used in the typing of this post
In men, soy causes brain shrinkage (no kidding), thyroid problems and permanent loss of testicular cells. So let the SNAGs (sensitive New Age guys) enjoy!
Yes, with veal on top.
Couple of searches:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thyroid+soy+danger&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=testosterone+soy+danger&btnG=Google+Search
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