Monday, November 26, 2007
Tofurkey
Isn’t that a fun word to say? Tofurkey! TOFURKEY! If I were 7 I’m sure I’d say it over and over and over. Or if I was a blogger. Heh. Tofurkey!
I had some over the Thanksgiving weekend because my sweety and I have given up meat. Multiple videos about how animals are processed like non-living factory parts really turned us off. We were apalled at how inhumane people can be, so we’re not going to contribute money to those atrocities anymore. Ideally we should become vegan since egg-laying chickens and milking cows are also horrifically abused, but I don’t think I could go that far that fast. I don’t think I could give up eggs, cheese and *gasp* ice cream. Besides, without that stuff, I’d be stuck eating nothing but beans and tofu for protein. I have nothing against beans or tofu, but every day? No thank you.
Back to tofurkey. (TOFURKEY!) So we tried this stuff while everyone else had turkey. It was all right. It comes as a prepackaged rounded ball, kind of like unsliced deli turkey, but with the stuffing already inside. The stuffing itself tastes very much like your standard Thanksgiving stuffing. But the “meat” itself wasn’t that great. It was mostly the consistency. Have you ever had extra firm tofu? It was like that, except even harder. Instead of making the consistency like tender turkey, it was more like overcooked chicken. What a disappointment. It could have been a fantastic product if only they would not press it so hard. Such a shame. I was so looking forward to calling it Tofurkey Day instead of Turkey Day.