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minus-squareCubitOomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day ago Western cooking educators are hellbent on the view that tofu is unmanageable without the firmest, chewiest possible texture. Hmm, I didn’t know China was the west.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoWhat do you mean? China traditionally uses all kinds of tofu, from hard to jelly.
minus-squareCubitOomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYes, china has many kinds of tofu. Pressing for firm tofu is very common in most of China. So to say that firm tofu if somehow only a western thing seems odd to me.
minus-squareMirror Giraffe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThis quote you posted says westerners only want firm tofu and no other types of tofu, not that they’re the only ones who want firm tofu.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s not a western thing, but in the west we are more o obcesed with it, and virtually only eat extra firm tofu.
Hmm, I didn’t know China was the west.
What do you mean? China traditionally uses all kinds of tofu, from hard to jelly.
Yes, china has many kinds of tofu. Pressing for firm tofu is very common in most of China. So to say that firm tofu if somehow only a western thing seems odd to me.
This quote you posted says westerners only want firm tofu and no other types of tofu, not that they’re the only ones who want firm tofu.
It’s not a western thing, but in the west we are more o obcesed with it, and virtually only eat extra firm tofu.