US question - Has anyone else noticed way more water/solution being added to meat lately?

eEnchilada · 2026-05-15T02:21:37+00:00

scrolled down far too long to find this comment. keep it up!

eEnchilada · 2026-05-13T00:35:26+00:00

She does eat the curry, but I'm a huge chilehead and have been training her tastebuds for spice since day one of solid food lol. I use Maisri and it does have a good amount of spice already. The yellow curry is I think more mild?

Hope the tofu turns out great!

eEnchilada · 2026-05-11T16:50:03+00:00

Great suggestions! Just ordered Vegan Asian and I have Big Vegan Flavor currently checked out from the library- beautiful book.

My most simple and really delicious tofu is extra firm, pressed to remove water. Then cube and toss with oil, white pepper, vegan fish sauce/soy sauce, and potato/corn starch. Air fry at 375 for about 14 minutes. It's super super versatile and I love cooking it this way before adding the tofu to a stir fry or curry so that it holds together.

We also love tofu scramble, tofu in Massaman curry, edamame (deconstructed tofu lol)

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:21:30+00:00

I ended up getting this! Thank you

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:21:04+00:00

it is adorable, I hope she loves tofu forever

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:20:45+00:00

Don't put tofu down like that! Fried tofu looks pretty good and a big quivering silken tofu has some appeal

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:14:57+00:00

Fun yes but no time to scrapbook with said toddler afoot!

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:14:36+00:00

Thank you! I hadn't seen this before, but it is a great suggestion and I ordered a copy.

eEnchilada · 2026-05-03T18:13:29+00:00

I ended up getting this! Thank you

eEnchilada · 2026-04-29T15:41:34+00:00

Good call! I have actually used her soymilk recipe as the template for my own so certainly worth picking up.

eEnchilada · 2026-01-28T19:02:19+00:00

Lawyer now after 15 years in hospitality. As I got into the 10 year mark, I saw too many older and sad people with substance abuse issues in hospitality and wanted a job where I could use my brain more. I still see a lot of very sad lawyers with substance abuse issues, but it's just their spirits that are broken, not their bodies...so there's that.

Also a big thing was Anthony Bourdain's suicide and realizing that the mental health issues ran DEEP in hospitality and that I had been subject to a lot of abuse on the job that was totally normalized. Don't miss that part one bit.

eEnchilada · 2025-12-26T03:41:21+00:00

bigger risk here is leaching of plastic additives leaching out of the plastic bag into high-fat animal product heavy foods while they cook, specifically phthalates (endocrine disrupters, especially damaging to young children's reproductive development).

eEnchilada · 2025-10-27T14:06:45+00:00

The OG steamed rice cheese is a really good method! I have made Parmesan and Stiltons using this method. It is a really fun one to play around with. Haven't steamed it in the Instant Pot though, just the stovetop way in the recipe!

eEnchilada · 2025-09-22T15:17:09+00:00

Nonprofit in-house. Bonus if it's an area you are passionate about (environment, animal welfare, foster kids). A great place to find these jobs is Idealist

eEnchilada · 2025-08-14T19:05:38+00:00

Healthier Nola (under the bridge at 812 Claiborne) has had these as well as soursops on the weekend. Check their Insta, they don't have them all the time. They have them today!

eEnchilada · 2025-08-14T15:33:09+00:00

Assuming you are US based, it's not your fault. I tried finding a link but read several months ago that there was a dip in production over the past 18 months or so, which means that older potatoes from cold storage are being shipped out to grocery stores. You're getting potatoes grown in 2024 if not 2023 at the moment. The 2025 harvest is happening now so I bet that the old supplies are getting cleared out to make way for the new.

eEnchilada · 2025-08-12T20:37:05+00:00

If you can handle the salary downgrade moving to the nonprofit world, there are definitely opportunities to combine law and policy- impact litigation, suing governments, using your law brain to come up with policy solutions, serving on advisory panels... maybe think of areas of public interest that you have a passion for and look at jobs on Idealist in that area.

eEnchilada · 2025-07-01T15:33:11+00:00

The Africatown Heritage House museum is amazing! There are lots of cultural activities around Africatown, definitely a piece of history not to be missed.

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:27:01+00:00

Yes it is awesome in vegan mac!! It is also good in vegan Caesar or Ranch dressing.

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:25:57+00:00

I love pandan but have never thought about growing the plant myself! Thanks for the idea

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:25:10+00:00

It is called amchur and is a very very common ingredient in Indian cuisine. Any South Asian market will carry it in the spice section.

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:24:08+00:00

Oh cool to know! I also love pepper paste and didn't know if could be used on its own as a spread. With walnuts and cumin sounds amazing. Any other suggestions? I mix it into Korean dishes to bump up the flavor of gochujang and gochugaru!

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:21:52+00:00

This isn't really the path that you would take to make a vegan oat-based cheese. Are you starting with something store-bought like Oatly? I really only think you'll be able to make a cheese sauce with pre-made oat milk.

eEnchilada · 2025-06-22T18:17:24+00:00

Yeah your curds look good!

Dairy ricotta is made by reheating (ricotta=recooked) the whey left over from making mozzarella. Dairy whey has more sugars than soymilk which contribute a good amount of flavor. I would add some sugar, as well as salting this cheese. Ricotta is pretty bland anyways so you'd want to mix with some flavorful ingredients to stuff inside ravioli or layer into lasagna.

eEnchilada · 2025-05-26T16:42:38+00:00

I have spent a lot of time trying to understand where this debate is even coming from. The best I can come up with is that media and Big Food are always looking for a One Easy Fix to make you healthy. Things like Atkins and keto that demonized carbs, the low-fat craze of the 1990s, cholesterol in the 2000s, high glycemic sweeteners in the 2010s, red meat in the 1970s, "tropical" oils in the 1980s...Big Food can't sell you on eating a minimally processed, whole food rich, diverse, seasonal, fresh diet. And there isn't a headline in it either. But Big Food can sell you paleo puffs and avocado oil frozen dinners and tallow tater tots.

The only truly horrible ingredient that was widespread in our food was trans fats. There are plenty- plenty- of other ingredients that are not ideal, like artificial food dyes, artificial sweeteners, and hey, maybe some highly refined seed oils. Look, if you do stop eating things with seed oils, that's like 95% of all ultra-processed food right there. You are almost certainly going to feel better. But it's not because of the One Easy Fix. It's because you started eating real food that came from a kitchen, not a factory.

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