America doesn't know tofu

Post by 13_channel_ctf » Tue, Jan 02, 2024, 11:14 PM UTC

m0llusk wrote: post #141

lupusreal wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Earliest archived use of the term on 4chan was from 2017, several years after soylent meal replacement shakes hit the market. Soy was also being used in various other vegan and/or processed foods at the time, but soylent was particularly conspicuous due to it having soy right in the name. Regardless of which particularly product prompted this, the point is the meme is new but westerners not eating soy is not new and…

Yikes, 4chan as culture? I expect there is much truth in what you are saying, but I remember quite clearly an incident in 2014 where a fellow fitness enthusiast and bodybuilder chastised me for offering him food with tofu in it because of the estrogen content of soy. He was already injecting testosterone, so ingesting soy would be, as he put it, "going the wrong way". In my experience hardcore competitive bodybuildin…

Post by throwaway2037 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 4:09 PM UTC

ac29 wrote: post #128

throwaway2037 wrote: post #111

The article failed to mention tempeh. Yes, not exactly tofu, but belongs in the same category. I would describe it as a cross between "block of classic tofu" and Japanese natto. It is probably much harder to find in the US. Probably, you can find it in Los Angeles where there is a biggish overseas Indo community.

Tempeh is widely available in the US, at least in California. I cant think of a grocery store that doesnt have it.