/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17449944]

Does anyone here unironically like soy? What soy foods do you like, soy milk, tofu, tempeh or other soy-based foods?

[Anonymous No.17449950]

>>17449944
Deport yourself back to r*ddit.

[Anonymous No.17449952]

>>17449944
No.

[Anonymous No.17449953]

>>17449944
Did you say soy my dude? Haha neato!

[Anonymous No.17450006]

I like soy sauce on rice. I've been thinking about incorporating tofu into my diet because I like its texture after being fried and tossed in sauce. Tofu in miso soup is nice too but more of a garnish.
Actually I've tried Soylent a couple of times and even though it has way too much sugar I wouldn't call it a bad product. In fact during long road trips I've noticed it shows up a lot at rest stops, and as a quick option on the road it's hard to find a fault with it.
Fuck soy milk though, really low tier milk alternative.

[Anonymous No.17450014]

edamame/mukimame as a snack, that's about it though. I don't really think about it I guess, but I mostly stick to soy-free shit nowadays just because of the meme burrowing deep into my brain. It's not like it's entirely memetic though, there are legitimate claims against the prevalence of soy in foods.
But yeah, Edamame is pretty much the only thing I still eat, in the soy family.
If you know of a cheaper snack to eat with no mess let me know, cause I can get fuckin hundreds of pods for a couple bucks.

[Anonymous No.17450022]

[Anonymous No.17450026]

>>17449944
I couldn't get passed unironically

[Anonymous No.17450032]

Edamame is good.

Reminder that the soy meme is a psyop to prevent men from eating enough protein. If you believe in it, you're an NPC and you got fooled by covert propaganda designed to neuter your gainz.

[Anonymous No.17450121]

>>17449944
well im asian so stuff like soy sauce, tofu and edamame were always a thing that made it into my meals. of course not all at once but every now and then.

[Anonymous No.17450138]

>>17449944
Roasted soybeans are pretty alright as a snack. Not really nutritionally complete, but I like 'em.

>>17450022
Say what you will about /qa/, but goddamn it had its moments.

[Anonymous No.17450156]

>>17450138
As opposed to the many nutritionally complete snacks that pervade the market. It's a wonder people eat meals at all.

[Anonymous No.17450166]

>>17450156
Eh, junk food is junk food. You can be fancy and picky about it or you can just eat what you like. I like roasted soybeans. What about you?

[Anonymous No.17450174]

>>17449944
Tofu is a pretty good base ingredient

[Anonymous No.17450181]

>>17449944
I'm thankfully sensitive to soy and my stomach doesn't like it unless it's processed or apparently if it's toasted. There's this stuff that tastes, smells, and has the exact texture of peanut butter, it's made from toasted soybeans and it's actually really good.

[Anonymous No.17450185]

>>17450032
it's literally packed with protein, it's literally packed with everything else too (including isaflavones, which is what people actually worry about)

[Anonymous No.17450205]

>>17449944
Recently switched to a whole food vegan diet, and so far been making crazy gains. Tempeh is good but I can't find it for very cheap. I've cooked regular soy beans and eaten them as a bean salad and they're pretty good. The phytoestrogens is a retarded meme because you'd need over 14 servings of soy for shit to have any effect on your hormone levels. That's like drinking a gallon of soymilk a day every day. Beer, more specifically hops has way more phytoestrogens and they're way more potent than the ones found in soy, and yet chuds will chug pints of the stuff without a worry.

[Anonymous No.17450212]

>>17450006
It's literally the best milk alternative, it has the most comparable protien and is fortified like all other plant milks. Also just by ecological impact it's as low as oat milk.

[Anonymous No.17450222]

>>17449944
Tofu's a solid protein-packed flavor sponge and soy sauce is the salt variant that forms the cornerstone of whole regions of cuisine so yeah they're pretty great. I prefer oat milk if I'm in the mood for plant milk but it's a decent enough choice.

[Anonymous No.17450224]

>>17450205
>Recently switched to a whole food vegan diet, and so far been making crazy gains. Tempeh is good but I can't find it for very cheap. I've cooked regular soy beans and eaten them as a bean salad and they're pretty good.
I mostly drink milk and eat the leftover okara, you should try it. Okara makes a really good hot dog/taco style chili when seasoned. You could make your own tempeh too.
>The phytoestrogens is a retarded meme because you'd need over 14 servings of soy for shit to have any effect on your hormone levels. That's like drinking a gallon of soymilk a day every day. Beer, more specifically hops has way more phytoestrogens and they're way more potent than the ones found in soy, and yet chuds will chug pints of the stuff without a worry.
Interesting. I've eaten the stuff for a long time and haven't noticed any effect at all

[Anonymous No.17450227]

>>17450222
>I prefer oat milk if I'm in the mood for plant milk but it's a decent enough choice.
you literally cannot beat >>17450185 picrel for nutrition tho

[Anonymous No.17450232]

>>17449944
I'm a heterosexual, so I don't go out of my way to eat soy.

[Anonymous No.17450237]

>>17450166
Nuts, Jello, pickles, corn chips, crackers with dip, licorice, yoghurt cups, Laughing Cow triangles etc. Lots of things. Not the point. I'm more concerned that you felt a need to mention that a snack wasn't nutritionally complete. It was defending against nothing.

[Anonymous No.17450250]

I mean I like chinese dishes that use it like obviously soy sauce and tofu but besides that, my issue with soy is it's rather flavorless and is more of a filler in cooking.

[Anonymous No.17450254]

If I could eat mapo tofu once a week I'd be a happy man.

[Anonymous No.17450259]

>>17450222
>I prefer oat milk if I'm in the mood for plant milk but it's a decent enough choice.
I prefer almond milk but that's more because people have used it in cooking for literally millenia.

[Anonymous No.17450334]

>>17450254
Blessed mapo tofu enjoyer

[Anonymous No.17450339]

Kitsune udon with fried tofu is unnaturally good

Despite having absolutely no tamarind in it, it reminds me of a really good pad thai

[Anonymous No.17450341]

>>17450254
>man
not with all that soy in your body

[Anonymous No.17450378]

>>17449944
There's a soft tofu dessert called tau foo fah (pic related). Its usually made fresh, the tofu is super soft and silken that it breaks as soon as you scoop it. The sauce in the pic is not soy, its usually sweet brown sugar. Sometimes it has ginger added. Just a very fresh, delicate dessert, great for hot weather.

[Anonymous No.17450418]

>>17449944
Tofu is a pretty good ingredient if you get the good stuff from asian supermarkets. Mapo tofu, stir fried, silken tofu with ginger, soy sauce and spring onions as a side are delicious. Fermented soy bean products like soy sauce, miso and gochujang too.
Sadly marketing in western country has tried to sell tofu as a meat substitute and failed. Tofu from western supermarkets tastes and looks like cardboard

[Anonymous No.17450426]

gimme that plant based shmeat boi

[Anonymous No.17450438]

>>17450341
>japs eat nothing but soy-based food for most of history
>rape their way across the country and others

[Anonymous No.17450446]

I remember really liking doy creamer in my coffee. Kind of a nutty taste that goes well with coffee.

[Anonymous No.17450467]

soy milk can be based when asians make it
Okara is shit
Tofu is only based when you freeze it
Silken tofu can be ok in soups like miso and sundubu but nothing else
Miso is alright for what it is, just not very versatile
soy sauce is overrated and every recipe I find that uses soy sauce tends to overpower the saltiness/savoriness of the soy with a sweetener
Overall it can be okay

[Anonymous No.17450525]

>>17450438
Until....?

[Anonymous No.17450530]

>>17450378
unf

[Anonymous No.17450548]

>>17449944
They taste good, I like them. But any non-Asian consuming them are definitely trannies

[Anonymous No.17450567]

>>17449944
I used to have to drink soy milk as a baby because I'm a mutant with reverse lactase production (didn't produce when babby, now produce when older)
The only reason it has any decent taste is because they add so much sweetener and flavoring shit into it
Wish more places would use mushrooms and pumpkin seeds if they are trying to be meat free

[Anonymous No.17450571]

>>17449944
Yeah absolutely. Im a chink so i grew up eating a lot of tofu, soy milk, and soy sauce.

[Anonymous No.17450573]

>>17450205
>hops has way more phytoestrogens
no one consumes raw unprocessed hops.

[Anonymous No.17450581]

>>17449944
just roasted soybeans is pretty good snack, liek eating any other type of nuts

i dont think ive eaten anything other soy based(aside for probably whatever proteins they put in supermarket meats and stuff) and I was never a fan of all those garbage "replacements" for dairy or meat

oh and soy sauce of course, shit is great

[Anonymous No.17450588]

>>17450467
okara isn't shit, i just had half a plate of it

[Anonymous No.17450621]

soy milk is pretty tasty when it's fresh. It's like drinking sweet, nutty bread. Of course it's terrible for you, but all in small amounts

[Anonymous No.17450879]

>>17450205
Try TVP

[Anonymous No.17450926]

Wowza!!

[Anonymous No.17451066]

>>17450573
Yeah that's right they dry it and press it into pellets to flavour beer, essentially keeping all phytoestrogens intact and then allowed to dissolve in the alchohol of the beer. It's okay excess estrogen can make people irrational like women.

[Anonymous No.17451104]

>>17450621
it's actually not terrible for you

[Anonymous No.17451110]

>>17451066
>literally not even the alcohol
>just excess estrogen from hops

[Anonymous No.17451129]

>>17449944
I add steamed soy milk to my espresso. I make masala chai with soy milk (or other plant milks). I love fresh soy bean salads. I like quality tofu dishes (get the tofu from Asian stores).

There is nothing wrong with soy beans. It's just weak memes that are spread by people (Americans?) who eat processed fast foods and have no taste buds.

[Anonymous No.17451161]

>>17449944
Soy is for real men.

[Anonymous No.17451194]

>>17451066
the hops in beer is so processed that there are barely any traces of phytoestrogens left, and certainly not enough to have any physiological impact on humans. The raw hops is where the phytoestrogens are present in such high levels that even handling the stuff can fuck up your hormone levels.

[Anonymous No.17451198]

>>17451129
You are weak and fragile for not appreciating the memes while enjoying soy.

[Anonymous No.17451280]

>>17449944
Tempeh is pretty good, I chop it into chunks and add it to egg fried rice.

[Anonymous No.17451284]

>>17449944
>soijak
>unironically likes soy
Go the fuck back you absolute mouth-breathing shitstain.

[Anonymous No.17451302]

>>17451194
The only process that occurs is drying and maybe pressing the hops into pellets. There is no point in the processing in which any solvents wash away phytoestrogens as that would also strip flavour compounds. Unless your pea sized brain thinks that drying does magically remove these phytoestrogens in which case the same would occur for soy beans as they are almost always dried to extent shelf life. There are phytoestrogens found in beer, you can cope and pretend that there isn't but the truth is phytoestrogens don't effect the human body as much as retards on chinese dog farming boards like to think.

[Anonymous No.17451348]

what's an easy recipe to try tofu?

[Anonymous No.17451349]

soy sauce and tofu are aight
i have pea for bulk protein tho

[Anonymous No.17451366]

>>17450438
Have you been to Japan? Over there were more emaciated, growth-stunted noodle-armed male teenagers and men than I've seen anywhere else.

[Anonymous No.17451399]

>>17451348
Crumble it and cook it on a skillet until it's browned then add soy sauce and Chile paste. Get firm tofu

[Anonymous No.17451401]

>>17449944
I really like tofu and tempeh. Soijack me idgaf I like it

[Anonymous No.17451403]

Soy sauce and edamame are very nice, but soybean oil is unpleasant.
Soy milk is overrated, and tofu is somewhat bland on its own.

[Anonymous No.17451485]

>>17451198
It's true I'm a food snob and unapologetic. I would be indifferent to memes if they didn't lead others to develop bad taste and consumption patterns.

[Anonymous No.17451601]

soy meat is good enough and cheap as hell, tofu is fine for sauces, i guess soy milk is fine but i never drank milk anyway so there was no reason to replace it with plant based milk and i prefer oat milk

[Anonymous No.17451683]

>>17449944
>Does anyone here unironically like soy?
I do.
>What soy foods do you like, soy milk, tofu, tempeh or other soy-based foods?
I like soy sauce (naturally brewed, not the chemical shit you get with cheap sushi), tempeh, tofu (silken, extra firm, soft, marinated, fried, I like them all; not the biggest fan of smoked though) and edamame in that order.
I've tried soymilk and didn't like it, if you need a plant milk then oat is better in my opinion, especially for coffee, though none of them come close to real milk, which is why I went back to cow milk.
Never tried soybean oil and have no intention to do so in the future, I have all areas I want covered by other oils already.
I don't consume much soy through processed foods, simply because I try to avoid processed foods in general.
I think soy is a great ingredient, but using it only as a replacement (especially for meat) is a sad way to use it. It's just one ingredient among many to use (and flavoring tofu with real meat is actually amazing and often better than both ingredients individually).

[Anonymous No.17451718]

>>17451348
Depends, why do you want to give it a try?
Think of tofu as a category rather than an ingredient, it's like asking "Recipe to try fish" or "to try meat" - the variance among different ones is rather big. The biggest hurdles I think most people have to try it are the texture and the grassy taste that some tofu tends to have, both can be reduced/changed with proper preparation (or overshadowed by other aspects of the dish).
You should remain open to different uses, from authentic mapo tofu, over westernized general tso's tofu, to red braised tofu or silken raw tofu (which is not for everyone and I don't like it much personally). There's a lot of variance.
You can check out https://youtu.be/8vWIenK4p60 for a basic overview.
A very basic and lazy way to eat it that I sometimes make when I have no energy for something more involved (other than red braising) is westernized pan fried tofu:
Use firm or extra firm tofu. Drain. You don't have to press it, but pat it dry a bit. Cube it, toss in a bowl with cornstarch (easier crust, starch helps sauce thicken later, harder to fuck up). Fry in oil until golden. If you want veggies with it, prepare those on the side, as well as a source of carbs if desired (potato, bread or rice). Chop up aromatics (ginger, garlic, whites of spring onion or normal onion, diced) and add to pan. Fry until fragrant.
Now add the sauce, one option is a black pepper sauce: Soysauce (light mostly, add some dark if you want more color), honey/sugar/maple sirup for sweetness (you can sub these for each other in each sauce), a bunch of freshly ground black pepper. Add stock (veggie stock or chicken stock). Mix and wait a bit for sauce to thicken to desired thickness.
Or low effort general tso's: Same as before, same aromatics too, but use veggie stock, ketchup, siracha, maple sirup.
Or a more korean sauce: Same aromatics, but for the sauce: Gochujang, peanut butter, soysauce, sugar, sesame oil, water/stock. Garnish with sesame seeds.

[Anonymous No.17451753]

>>17451194
well regardless drinking beer boosts your estrogen and eating/drinking soy based foods does not

[Anonymous No.17451772]

I like soy sauce and tempeh. Anything else I've tried was repulsive or bland. Sometimes both.

[Anonymous No.17451773]

Soy sauce and tofu foro me, quite good. Havent tried anything else, it's not very popular in my country

[Anonymous No.17451786]

>>17450006
>I've noticed it shows up a lot at rest stops
Lol what part of the country

[Anonymous No.17451793]

>>17449944
Tofu is pretty nice as long as it isn't used as a meat replacement

[Anonymous No.17451825]

>>17451104
estrogen

[Anonymous No.17452388]

>>17451786
Going from east coast into central US I see it pretty often.

[Anonymous No.17452417]

>>17449944
Isn't the whole "soy is bad" a meme? Does it actually produce female hormones?

[Anonymous No.17452423]

no, i don’t. but i prefer almond milk to real milk

[Anonymous No.17452424]

>>17449944
>unironically

[Anonymous No.17452468]

soy sauce
hoisin sauce

[Anonymous No.17452473]

I like tofu

[Anonymous No.17452624]

>>17449944
Honestly none of the soy products really appeal to me. I like to keep a vegetarian diet. I have been unable to find a use for tofu. To me it just kind of sucks and usually turns out gross no matter how you prepare it (unless you slather it in sauce which defeats the purpose).
Soy milk is probably preferable to real dairy health wise, but now there are so many non-soy alternatives to milk/protein shakes, there's really no reason to get soy specifically.
Soy beans suck ass too. And a lot of the fake meat bean products are full of complex carbs which are hard to digest and cause gas/ gross burps which make me want to puke.

[Anonymous No.17452628]

>>17449944
>unironically
No, I only eat soy ironically.

[Anonymous No.17452644]

I like soy sauce but it's really nothing special. There are very similar sauces like maggi, but soy sauce is more popular, it's not like you actually taste the soy much.
I also like tofu. I am not vegan, it's just an additional protein. When I cook a big Asian meal I like to have one plate of meat and one of egg, and one tofu dish and then several vegetables. It's just cool to have different flavours and textures.

[Anonymous No.17452676]

>>17449944
Soy sauce and its derivatives is about it, haven't tried tofu yet but I want to try making mapo tofu sometime.

[Anonymous No.17453385]

>unironically

>Mmmmm hey guys lookee I'm eating SOY! Haha aren't I funny? Keep watching, damnit!

[Anonymous No.17453387]

>>17449950
painfully unoringinal stock reply + image.
lurk more

[Anonymous No.17453393]

For the most part no. I hate the taste of soy milk and tofu. Soy sauce is good though.

[Anonymous No.17454476]

Bump

[Anonymous No.17454510]

>>17449944
I like steamed soybeans aka edamame. I don't really think about soy otherwise, though I try to avoid it when it's used as an additive.

[Anonymous No.17454615]

Soy milk tastes off but I love oat milk.
Tofu is alright when cut small and fried in a good marinade. Buffalo tempeh is enjoyable.
Although the best option is edamame, salted.

[Anonymous No.17454683]

>>17449944
soy sauce.
Also, mutts have bigger problems than soy. Their tap water contains lead and literal frog HRT pesticides. Nobody talks about that, weirdly enough.

[Anonymous No.17454689]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-xQHLhHQJ0

[Anonymous No.17455164]

>>17449944
I like soycurls
I like tofu
I like edamame
I like tempeh
I use TVP as well

basically that's about it
I keep a masculine mindset while eating it tho, so this nullifies any of the effects it may or may not have

[Anonymous No.17455171]

tofu is fine, I like it in miso soup

[Anonymous No.17455384]

>>17449944
it's kinda hard to like both tofu & tempeh when you eat it almost everyday. Maybe gado-gado is the only exception
t. SEAnig

[Anonymous No.17455685]

my rankings are pork>beef>fish>tofu everything else dont really care about. obviously fish is very specifically used tho

[Anonymous No.17456274]

Im not against it, but I really have no reason to eat it. Soy sauce is good with rice, but stuff like soy milk is useless since oat milk exists nowadays.

>>17452417
There's no proof, its just people misunderstanding what phytoestrogens are.

[Anonymous No.17456281]

>>17449944
Edamame is a godly snack.
Tempeh is awesome, at least the way they cook it in indonesian cuisine.
Tofu is a great way to add a wide range of texture to dishes.

Soybeans are cash.

[Anonymous No.17456283]

I would be vegetarian and only eating soy but it turns you gay, is full of chemicals and does not give you the right proteins source. To be frank I hate meat except bacon but we gotta do what we gotta do to keep healthy.

[Anonymous No.17456844]

>>17456283
From what I've found, pumpkin seeds offer comparable nutrition to soybeans with out the estrogens

[Anonymous No.17457167]

>>17450438
based
the red meat jew fears the edamame samurai

[Anonymous No.17458011]

>>17449944
soy milk is probably the best milk replacement. i remember trying it years ago before milk replacement because a meme. it tastes really good mixed 50/50 with milk
it also makes a the best ground meat stuffing replacement. season it up and it's just as meaty
soy burgers are decent too

basically soy is the perfect meat replacement and I'm not sure why it never caught on
if rather a soul burger than synthetic meat

[Anonymous No.17458023]

>>17449944
edamame is good and i use a decent amount of soy sauce in cooking. not a fan of soy milk or tofu though.

[Anonymous No.17458033]

>>17449944
Soy sauce or fried tofu on ocassion. Soy sauce is kino, and tofu is nothing special it just fills a niche as a light on the stomche meat substitute.

[Anonymous No.17458038]

>>17458011
I prefer oat milk or almond as a milk replacement. Im lactose intolerant, but usually i just buy skim milk which does the trick for me.

[Anonymous No.17458047]

>>17449944
Maangchi's recipe for mapa dubu (Korean-style ma po tofu) is quite good with rice.

[Anonymous No.17458083]

>>17450185
You have more actual estrogens in beef than isoflavones in the equivalent amount of soy.

[Anonymous No.17458103]

>>17449944
I used to love eating roasted soybeans but I will never eat faggot food ever again.

[Anonymous No.17458560]

>>17450022
>my dudes
should be put in a labor camp desu

[Anonymous No.17458572]

>>17449953
WHAT IS THIS PHENOMENON? WHY CANT THESE PEOPLE FUCKING SHUT THEIR FUCKING COCK GOBLING SLACK-JAWS?

[Anonymous No.17458632]

>>17450438
They only raped the chinese, another soy group. Their main strategy against meat eaters was/is suicide.

[Anonymous No.17459200]

>>17458038
I like oat milk a lot too
soy milk just has this really nice flavor for me though
I'd unironically buy a 50/50 premix tho

[Anonymous No.17459216]

>>17449944
I like to eat tofu on occasion if flavored tasty enough but other than that I really don't care for the stuff.

[Anonymous No.17459529]

>>17449944
I love fresh soy milk. I used to have a shop that made their own tofu and soy milk. It all was amazing. Brainlets don't like soy for some reason.

[Anonymous No.17459571]

>>17449944
I've only ever had soy sauce, though I have been looking to switch to a vegan diet and I'm interesred if soy products are actually as good as people make them out to be.

[Anonymous No.17459706]

>>17449944
Did you know that regular milk and red meat in general is more estrogenic than all the soy combined?

[Anonymous No.17459734]

>>17451366
As opposed to what? All the fat fuck teens in America and other western countries?

[Anonymous No.17459750]

I can't believe this many people are this easily swayed by a miserably unhappy cunt like Paul Joseph Watson, you've let him make you all act as miserable as him. Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.17459753]

>>17459734
Fat can be lost. Arms you can put your thumb and first finger around won't get much bigger once you're 16.

[Anonymous No.17459757]

>>17459753
So you were/are a fat teen and you're jealous and resentful. Got it.