Re: [Paddlewise] Food Dehydrators

You may want to dehydrate tofu into jerky as a size or weight issue,
but many stores carry aseptic packed tofu that does not require water  
change,
or refrigeration (and has a fairly long shelf life).  It's packed much  
like juice boxes.
You can cool it down in the water (if you paddle colder waters). It's  
packed in small bricks
and holds up well in this form.

Freezing will alter the texture of tofu and make it more 'meat like' to be
crumbled into stews, soups, chili. So...dehydrating may well accomplish the
same sort of transformation in texture. Still, I like the 'fresher'  
aseptic version.

-w

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 01:44  PM, Evan Dallas wrote:

> I really like the hot & spicy tofu jerky sold in the Seattle area (and
> probably elsewhere -- unfortunately the brand name escapes me at the
> moment), so I tried making my own.  Actually, I tried and tried again.
> Each time (except for the last) it came out a little _too_ chewy (like
> leather, and I don't mean 'fruit').  The best results (and easiest to
> prepare as well) came when I blended the tofu with the flavoring I used
> (stuff like teriyaki and hot sauce) instead of soaking slabs of sliced  
> tofu
> in sauce, then put spoonfuls of the stuff on the drier tray to  
> dehydrate.
> Still not what I would call great, but I'm determined to learn the  
> secret
> of the store-bought stuff (some day).
>
Will Jennings
Lecturer, Rhetoric Department
158 English-Philosophy Bldg.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa  52242
william-jennings_at_uiowa.edu

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to it. To deprive it of oxygen.
To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our  
stubbornness, our joy,
our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness - and our ability to tell our  
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from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe."   - Arundhati Roy,  
Porto Alegre, Brazil January 2003

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