[CH] Re: Tofu
J.B Cattley (jbc@mpx.com.au)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:07:36 +1000
>> So go look it up! Dry lentils are about 3.4 calories per gram, so if you
>> have 100 grams of the things (about the least you could get away with as
>> the basis for a meal), you're already up for 350 calories! On the other
>I seem to be missing something here - if dry lentils are 3.4 calories
>a gram, 100 grams cooked would not be 340 calories, as quite a
>bit of the weight would be water ...
I meant the dry weight, 100 grams of cooked lentils is about two spoonfuls.
and I should of course have typed 350...
>Luke in Oz mailed me and told me that jbcattley is a young man about 23
>who weighs in at about 125 lbs wringing wet, the last time he saw him,
>so if he is on 1000 calories a day, then he will disappear!
More like 100 kilos at the moment...
>He did not
>get back to me about my recipe for tofu, so I guess that he will not try
>it under any circumstance...
The other thing is that Certain People won't have the stuff in the house.
jbc