/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12879700
>great source of protein or is it soy?
Yes.

>>12879700
both?

It's cheap, easy to work with, and a good source of protein. It is also made from soy.

If you buy into dietary phytoestrogens translating to serum estrogen levels, then by all means use something else. I'm a burly, hairy bastard by nature, so maybe a boost of estrogen would do me some good.

decreases your testosterone level

>>12879732
Proof?

>>12879719
/thread

Even people who actually like tofu says it's bland and should be used as filler

Yes. It is 100% soy, in fact. It's also a great source of protein. As is spinach, broccoli, Cauliflower and watercress and a few others. Tofu is versatile and comes in any shape or texture you prefer in any dish you can think of. It's a great additive to a meat dish or serves as a satisfying substitute in vegetarian dishes. Your imagination is the limit with this stuff.

My favorite ways to have it is either fried or in a spicy korean seafood tofu stew called, "soon dubu jjigae". I learned about it from youtube and found a restaurant that serves it and fell in love. Soft tofu is amazing if prepared properly. Like a delicate spicy marshmallow.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

>>12879700
Great as an additional ingredient, or as a side while drinking (tofu steak).

>>12879700
Mapo tofu is my favorite, the sauce is very strongly flavored and it soaks into the tofu, it also has ground beef in it. I'm gonna make it tonight soy products messing with your hormones is facebook mom tier.

>>12879822
>soy products messing with your hormones is facebook mom tier.
It's only true if you don't eat real meat, and only consume soy for extended periods.

>>12879741
Just check out infowars or breitbart, lol!

>>12879822
Hai I'm Francis. The host of dis shou, Cooking with dogu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhwPQL9dFYc

>>12879841
based

>>12879834
Millions of people eat tofu regularly.

>>12879841
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsZwwrTFD4

>>12879866

Have you seen chinks and their micro penises and hairless twink bodies?

>>12879880
Take your boner pills, Mr. Jones.

>>12879866
Yes they are part of the example.

>>12879880
Hear me, and hear me well: I don't know what insignificant shithole you hail from, but I must lament the fact that it hasn't been carpetbombed enough to eradicate every trace of your verminous folk. You are a testament to the low character of your people, a blazing sign in this modern hellscape that advertises the absolutely deplorable nature of your backwoods no-name land. You aren't worthy of the bullets that would send you and your kind back to the abyss from whence you spawned. As for my political leanings, you are far from the mark. You have missed me by such a large margin, and it speaks volumes about how sorely you lack intuition of any sort. You will be forgotten at the moment of your passing. You have died.

>>12879891
>>12879880
>>12879834
>>12879732
How much are you going to cry when the carbon taxes hit red meat? It causes cancer anyway, you really should only eat one or two servings a week. Chicken and fish are better but not every meal needs meat.

>>12879971
Enjoy your manboobs, and ass cancer anon.

>>12879700
shit texture and literally no flavor

guys, what's better, frying tofu and then freezing it for later OR freezing fresh tofu to fry it later?

>>12879978
Red meat causes ass cancer.

>>12879741
It is proven you just need to eat tons of it like eat it daily, so the conspiracy theory is actually over soy lecithin which is in everything.

>>12879995
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/142427.php
>they found a higher rate of colorectal cancer among the vegetarians than among the meat eaters
Now show me dem tidies.

>>12880014
That's a fat though, it doesn't contain any phytoestrogen.

>>12880025
>UK researchers found that vegetarians had a lower overall cancer rate than meat eaters,
You should get a job at infowars.

>>12880025
>For the study they examined EPIC data on 63,550 men and women aged 20 to 89 recruited throughout the UK during the 1990s. They got the cancer incidence figures from national cancer registries.

>The results showed that:

>The standardized incidence ratio for all cancers for all participants was 72 per cent (that is lower than the overall population).

>Compared with meat eaters in the cohort, and after adjusting for age, sex and smoking status, the vegetarians in the cohort showed an 11 per cent lower incidence rate of all cancers.

>However, for colorectal cancer, vegetarians showed a 39 per cent higher incidence rate compared with meat eaters.
The authors concluded that:

>"The overall cancer incidence rates of both the vegetarians and the nonvegetarians in this study are low compared with national rates."

>"Within the study, the incidence of all cancers combined was lower among vegetarians than among meat eaters, but the incidence of colorectal cancer was higher in vegetarians than in meat eaters," they added.

>The researchers said their findings pointed to the need for more research in this area, especially given the rather surprising finding about higher colorectal cancer rates among the non meat eaters.

>Red meat has been associated with higher rates of colorectal cancer.

>Key told the press that the results were interesting and suggest there "might be some reduction in cancers in vegetarians and fish-eaters and we need to look carefully at that," according to a BBC report.

>>12880040
>>12880057
Lul your cancer is better than other cancer.

>>12880057
>Key said there was a need to look more carefully at how meat fits in, because their findings didn't support the view that vegetarians ought to have lower rates of colorectal cancer.

>He explained that it was very difficult to do studies on the links between diet and cancer.

>It is possible that the people in this study were not necessarily representative of the population as a whole (as suggested by the first finding), for instance most of them were eating only moderate amounts of meat every day, and most of them were only just meeting the daily recommendation of 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a leading nutritionist commented to the BBC.
>many studies show red meat causes an incress in cancer overall
>one study shows red meat eaters have a lower rate of one cancer
>still shows they have a higher rate of all cancers
>I'm gonna cherry pick the one thing I can use and ignore everything else in the article.
Destroyed.

>>12879971
>Not every meal needs meat.
This. It's best to opt out of meat a few days a week, Usually at night, it helps me sleep.

Wake up people, everything kills you.
The human body is a pathetic mess that's not built for any kind of longevity.

>>12880025
Apparently vegetarians also have higher rates of heart failure.

https://www.humanewatch.org/new-evidence-suggests-link-between-vegetarianism-and-depression/
Vegetarians are depressed.

>>12880520
Higher IQ is correlated with emotional stress and depression, which is the causation of your study. That's not new nor news.

It's cheap for a reason
They cut prisoners' meals with soy to lower costs

>>12879746
Not filler really, you just need to marinate it or cook it with a strong sauce; it really absorbs the flavor and is quite good. You should try it sometime.

>>12879754
Kek

I like tofu when its done right.

>>12879700
Yes, as long as someone else fucking cooks it. What a fucking pain in the ass.

>>12880843
How is it a pain in the ass? The only thing to that is somewhat annoying is it's fragility.

>>12879841
>>12879876
>not posting the superior WANG GANG
https://youtu.be/USoC8AqirVA

>>12879746
>bland

>>12880014
I take soy lecithin supplements to give me bigger loads, does it really contain a lot of estrogen? It /has/ been working well for me so far but I'm now worried it's hurting my cummies in the long run

i buy it in fried cubes from a local shop that does them fresh daily
no prep required, just slice and add to stir fries
it's kind of chewy and aerated
really good and cheap

i don't like soft tofu
even mapo tofu can suck my dick

>>12881261
You don't necessarily have to take SOY lecithin for that, you can also take flour lecithin granulate which in my experience works even better.

>>12879822
>Beef mince
Pork mince is better, Fatty mince is the preferable kind

>>12881536
I can't find "flour lecithin" anywhere

>>12879700
Don't go crazy
Moderate use only

>>12880025
The link is that vegans/vegetarians are much more likely to engage in anal sex or homosexual anal intercourse. Unsafe sex causes ass cancer at a much, much higher rate than eating cured meat products. It makes sense that if you aren't willing to stop taking HPV infected penises up your butt, you would really need to crack down on all the other minor causes of butt cancers.

Tofu and eggs are great cheap sources of protein. People say tofu is flavorless, but a little soy sauce and some green onions gives it plenty of flavor.

>>12879700
i dont like normal tofu, but smoked tofu is really tasty

>>12882045
Based vegetals showing once again that putting meat into your body causes cancer

>>12880677
>veggies are cheaper than meat

WOAH REALLY? I DIDNT KNOW THAT

THANK YOU, EINSTEIN

>>12879700
Toxic for humans. Nothing can replace meat

>>12880137
Eating raw meat will make you live up to 150 years. Of course only if you weren't poisoned with grains

>>12880014
>It is proven
Nigger where? If someone asks for proof, you don't just say that it's been proven, dipshit

>>12880025
>contrary to suggestions from other studies
learn how to science buddy

>>12882385
it's not supposed to replace meat. Most tofu dishes, like mapo tofu, have meat and tofu

>>12879754
based dubuposter

>>12882385
Meat is toxic and factory farming is unsustainable, nothing wrong with tofu.

>>12883009
Tofu is toxic and soy farming is unsustainable, nothing wrong with meat.

>>12883061
>>12879885

>>12879700

I mean it's basically just a texture but with the right accompaniments it can be fucking delicious. Pic related it's sichuan tofu rice.

>>12879700
I usually only like it fried because I like it when it has firmness to it. I hate when it is practically mush in my mouth.

I hate the meme that tofu has no flavor, just texture. You just have never had good, fresh tofu

>>12879754
>broccoli
>spinach
>cauliflower
>Great sources of protein

You stupid little shit for brains whoreson broken condom of a forgotten accidental parkinglot misfire child

The rest is true though, tofu can be great for cooking, just takes some effort

>>12879700
My favorite food. Mapo tofu, and doenjang jjigae with lots of tofu are probably two of my favorite foods.

>>12879700
for some reason I'm immensely interested in the process of making tofu
it's basically just making cheese except with plants

I'm super interested if you can come up with a similar product from other sources, such as oat, almond, or rice.

>>12884721
lentil could work

>>12885598
neat

I'll definitely try a few different grains/beans to see what works

>>12879700

FRY IT HARD

>>12879732
>t. no idea how hormones work

Reminder that this is /ck/, not /fit/.

"Does it taste good or not?" is the question.

>>12879700
Calling someone a tofu eater is an insult in China

>>12886256
It tastes good when you cook it correctly, my favorite dish period is mapo tofu.

>>12879700
Why would it be soy?

>>12885624
if you do end up trying lentils, pls make a thread about it
the more i think about it the more i like the idea, could result in something very earthy tasting

>>12879822
Did someone say mapo tofu?! Can you make make me some?!

>>12879700
It's great, huge fan of tofu curries. Pretty easy, fast to make and tastes great. Also for the retards here tofu is healthy and if you're worried about your hormones or some shit you should fix your mental problems first.

>>12880014
>proof?
>it's been proven
Go fuck yourself, post a source or don't post at all.

>>12880663
>higher iq
>vegetarianism
This is as stretched as your asshole.