vegetarian tidbits

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Discoveries this week:

Mochi! Thanks to saracura for turning me on to mochi. I always saw it in its little package sitting blithely by the miso, never knowing quite what it did, what it was for, or what it tasted like. I can now say that I have tried it and I like it. Also, if yaaren and thaadd do not know about mochi, they should, as it has no poisonous gluteny or wheaty anything, and it is good.

Also found out that Smart Deli turkey-style slices now have a "great new taste". They are still not as tasty as industry leader Tofurky brand, but they are close, and much better than they used to be.

Further bullitens as events warrant.

Comments

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Hooray! I love mock duck, and I love quick! I make homemade tofurky, but it's kind of a long process, so quick homemade wheatgluteny goodness would be awesome. Then I'd probably tend to keep the stuff stocked more when I was in a mood for the long haul, too. Sometimes it takes overcoming a lot of inertia to go to the store. Especially when going to the store involves getting on the highway.

What's your timeline like for coming back? You going to skip the fabulous winter?

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When I was cheffing it up at Melt, I had to find a quick mock duck recipe, as buying it canned was prohibitively expensive, and you couldn't get that batch of monkeys to do anything more involved than turning on a Robo-Coup.

My entire previous experience with gluten-making was the whole "pounding a giant lump of flour-dough under freezing running water for 100 years" type. If I remember, this one involves gluten flour and a little boiling in stock. Less than 30 minutes, I think. Plus, it balloons up while you boil it and makes a crazy-huge batch.

Yep. Skipping the winter, saving up money, and probably coming back in very early spring. Maybe March or something.