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Did you know this about Tofu?
Miscellaneous- Tofu is so highly esteemed in Korean culture that the menus of many Korean restaurants are based almost entirely on tofu, including some which feature only tofu and red chili paste soup.
- The book Tofu Hyakuchin (豆腐百珍), published in the Edo period, lists 100 recipes for cooking tofu.
- Tofu can be easily spoiled if not refrigerated properly during transportation; any trace of sour odor or taste is a tell-tale sign of staleness or spoilage.
- Once purchased, unpackaged tofu should be kept in the refrigerator. The water in which the tofu is kept should be changed on a daily basis and the tofu should be consumed or cooked within several days. Tofu in sealed packages can be kept from one to several weeks in the refrigerator. Tofu packaged in aseptic Tetra Brik containers has a shelf life of one year if unopened.
- Smaller supermarkets tend to sell sour tofu because some do not use refrigerated trucks for delivery.
- In Chinese, the term "to eat tofu" (吃豆腐) is a commonly used euphemism for implying the unsolicited groping of a woman's breast or other body parts.
- Also in Cantonese Chinese language, the term "mash tofu" is slang term for calling lesbian sex.
- In Chinese culture, tofu is traditionally used as a food offering when visiting the graves of deceased relatives. It is claimed that the spirits (or ghosts) have long lost their chins and jaws, and that only tofu is soft enough for them to eat.
- Buddhist monks use tofu as a substitute for meat, since tofu can be made to resemble the texture of meat if cooked properly. In Chinese cuisine there are numerous tofu dishes cooked to imitate the texture and flavours of meat.
- In the popular Japanese boy racer anime Initial D, the lead character, Takumi (a late night tofu delivery driver) learns, over a period of years, how to drive very fast in his car on a winding mountainous road without spoiling and destroying his father's tofu.
- Tofu is loved by people everywhere and its popularity can be seen in the popular Japanese girl group the Tofoos, consisting of members Stefoo and Queenfoo.
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Someone help ME on this one>>>>
Have have been told that the ONLY two ways that a TRADITIONAL Asian person injests SOY....is fermented.....MISU...and Soy Sause. Is the rest of it in the Moderen way of transition? Help!
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