it reverts back to its original form in a most unappealling manner. The only accurate description I know of is, "It's like a mouth full of snot". I did try using some textured vegetable protein (TVP) > to try and get a better (read less disgusting) mouthfeel, I may die from heart disease, high cholesterol count or whatever my eating habits may bring, but I refuse to put anything in my mouth, knowingly, like the above descriptions, no matter how many seconds, minutes, hours or years it adds to my life. YYYEEECCCHHHHH!!!! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parkhurst, Scott Contractor" To: "'The NorthEast ChileMan'" <thenortheastchileman@attbi.com> Cc: "CH List (E-mail)" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Sunday, 17 November, 2002 10:00 PM Subject: RE: [CH] tofu> > > I shuld a red this afor I snt the last message. > > What is Tofu? > > Quote, "It's like a mouth full of snot". > > Now I know, > > Paul > > Tofu isn't exactly my "cup of tea", but it isn't > all bad either. The fact that it takes on the flavor > of what it's cooked with is what led me to try making > a vegetarian type of jerky. > If you use it in a recipe, one where the extended > chewing that a jerky needs is not required, the results > can be quite good. I just don't know any of the > recipes and was trying to keep other ChileHeads from > making the same mistake I made. > > but I never had any success and abandoned the project. > TVP, at least the varieties I tried, doesn't absorb the > chile flavors as well as the tofu did. > > Scott... KCK