Sorry, your absolutely right. The correct quote was " The only accurate description I know of is, "It's like a mouth full of snot"." Now I have eaten cottage cheese & do not mind it's texture, can tofu's texture be compared to it? I've led a sheltered life & have never eaten okra & would not know of it's texture (oops, another thread opened). Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Drum" <xrated@ameritech.net> Sent: Monday, 18 November, 2002 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [CH] tofu > At 12:45 AM 11/18/2002 -0500, The NorthEast ChileMan wrote: > >has a reputation of "tasting like snot" to taste like something else I'm > >cooking. I 'm up late putting the final touches on some chicken soup > > I don't recall the "tasting like snot" line. I do recall the implication > that the TEXTURE was like snot... or okra which is much the same thing..... > > Tofu is ,after all is said and done, bean curd. Making jerky of it (which > is how this thread got started IIRC) makes about as much sense as making > jerky of cottage cheese... large or small curd. > > ENJOY!!! > > Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen > Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!! >