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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
But wait a second... You get tofu from a package? Not from the tofu store? No wonder you don't like the stuff! Tofu has to be fresh! After 2-3 days in a package Tofu tastes as bad as grits! But then, that's were I came in...
Stitchawl
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You don't live where I live. Unless I make it, I have to eat it from the package.
And I learned a LONG time ago that the easiest way for me to make tofu was to get every pot in the house dirty then go buy a package.
The nearest store is 23 miles away. The grocery selection is... Ok the closest I can get is imagine a discounted warehouse Aldi's with less selection than Aldi's carries that knows it is the only grocery store in 23 miles. And they know it. A can of their soup, not the brand name, is $1.20 for the cheapest they have.
They have two kinds of tofu. Waterpacked firm and mori nu both of which are kept in the produce section under the water sprinklers. Along with the tempeh, Vegan lunch meats and other plastic covered items. And they don't supply paper towels to wipe off the soaking wet packages. Mainly because they don't give a sh.t. You have to drive another 12 miles to get to any other store.
When I get to Harrisburg or State College, I buy fresh. That's quite a bit further.
I really do my grocery shopping at the discount food warehouse 7 miles down the road. [Fresh shrimp one week for 2 bucks a pound] Plus we have a discount food store about 5 miles away from the grocery store I was talking about. The selection changes but I can find such stuff as caviar for 20 bucks, Plum Pudding for 2 bucks. Marmite for 99 cents. Bob's Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten for my baking for 1 a bag. A very expensive brand of blue corn tortilla chips [organic] for 2 a bag. Can't complain.
The last thing I bought at the tofu watering store was a paper and some milk and only because I ran out of the milk before I thought I would. I had a craving for homemade custard and used all I had at the time.