# What to do with 10 lbs. of Bean Curd
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 1, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879 "2001-07-01T22:34:50Z")
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### Author:  [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/1 "2001-07-01T22:34:50Z")
I work at a chinese restaurant. My Boss knows that I am a vegetarian and thus makes me his guinea pig for various health food products that he plans to try in the restaurant. Last night I choked down my first glass of soy milk and it was very unpleasant. Anyways, when his plans don’t work out he usually ends up giving the left overs to me, since I am the only one who will eat them. Recently he gave me about 50 vegetarian pot stickers, which was okay because I can freeze them and all is good.
Last night he gave me ten pounds of tofu. I have no idea what to do with it. I can’t just say that I don’t want it because I don’t want to insult him and I can’t just leave it in my freezer, I simply don’t have enough room. If I leave it in my frigde then it will go bad in about two weeks. I would just eat it, but I get tired of eating raw tofu and I don’t know any good recipes. So I was wondering if any of you guys had any creatives way to deal with my ten pounds of Bean Curd. I would be willing to take anything from recipes to ways to make a giant tofu garden gnome to place on my front lawn. I don’t really care, just help me get rid of this tofu!
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### Author:  [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/2 "2001-07-01T22:46:48Z")
Cut some vegetables, dice part of the tofu, and sauteed them. With some oil and spices, it tastes good.
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### Author:  [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/3 "2001-07-01T22:51:44Z")
You didn’t like soy milk? Man! It must not have been chocolate flavored Rice Dream. That’s how vegetarians get their little ones to drink soy milk.
My recommendation to you is buy a cook book fast, because I am not sure whether tofu can be frozen. Mind you, most of the recipies will be asian, as if you don’t get your fair share already. There is a vegetarian asian restaurant near my house that is drop-dead yummy. They have the ability to whip the tofu into textures that so closely resembly meat it is almost impossible to tell the difference. I find it is best grilled with spices.
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### Author:  [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/4 "2001-07-01T22:59:38Z")
Chocolate flavored soy milk! Isn’t that defeating the whole fact that it is health food? That’s what my mother would have said anyways. There was no such thing in my house growing up. I wish there had been. Chocolate anything would have been nice.
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### Author:  [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/5 "2001-07-02T00:48:29Z")
soy bean milk is really good. You must have had some prepared poorly (and it’s can be pretty bad).
Baked tofu is nice too. Put a little soy sauce on top, maybe some herbs, and bake in an oven on low heat until it dries out and is pretty firm. Can make sandwiches and stuff with it or dice them up and mix with veggies. Alternatively, can do same on the stove top but the oven is easier.
What kind of tofu? There are literally hundreds of different types.
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### Author:  [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/6 "2001-07-02T01:05:32Z")
10 lbs. of tofu? Too bad Iron Chef bean curd battle happened already.
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### Author:  [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/7 "2001-07-02T01:31:59Z")
What _not_ to do!
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/8 "2001-07-02T02:07:34Z")
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> \*Originally posted by wishbone \*
> \*\*You didn’t like soy milk? Man! It must not have been chocolate flavored Rice Dream. That’s how vegetarians get their little ones to drink soy milk.
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> My recommendation to you is buy a cook book fast, because I am not sure whether tofu can be frozen. Mind you, most of the recipies will be asian, as if you don’t get your fair share already. There is a vegetarian asian restaurant near my house that is drop-dead yummy. They have the ability to whip the tofu into textures that so closely resembly meat it is almost impossible to tell the difference. I find it is best grilled with spices. \*\*
I tried soymilk a few months ago and liked it so I decided to try rice dream and I have never had a beverage with a more unpleasant aftertaste in my life. It’s not that bad going down but the aftertaste is **unbelievably** nasty.
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### Author:  [@Bgo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bgo1)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/9 "2001-07-02T02:28:03Z")
use it to spackle any holes you may have in your sheetrock.
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### Author:  [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/10 "2001-07-02T02:41:32Z")
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> \*Originally posted by wishbone \*
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> My recommendation to you is buy a cook book fast, because I am not sure whether tofu can be frozen. \*\*
You can freeze tofu just fine, but it does give it a firmer more spongy/chewy texture when it’s thawed that some folks don’t care for.
Shera, I would just start throwing chunked tofu into just about every hot dish I prepare. It certainly won’t overpower anything. KarlGrenze’s suggestion is a good one.
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### Author:  [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/11 "2001-07-02T03:04:24Z")
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> Chocolate flavored soy milk! Isn’t that defeating the whole fact that it is health food?
Maybe, but that probably wouldn’t stop people who are lactose intolerant or morally opposed to dairy farming from drinking it.
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### Author:  [@Hooteewho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooteewho)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/12 "2001-07-02T03:38:03Z")
I thought your title was what to do with 10 lbs. of bean turds? Flush em!
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### Author:  [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/13 "2001-07-02T09:24:55Z")
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[li] Soymilk rocks. I started working at a smoothie bar and now I can’t get enough of it. Vanilla VitaSoy is my personal favorite, but I love it all. Even the fat-free stuff tastes good to me now.[/li][li] **KarlGrenze** took mine. I love tofu stir-fry. **amati** is right, too. Tofu is excellent. One thing that is very easy to do is to dice some of it and throw it in a pot of ramen or on top of a Cup’O’Noodles. That’s what this college-student-budget poster would do with a bunch of tofu, anyway. Not all of us can always afford the fresh veggies that you’d need to do a nice stir-fry. The baked tofu is a good idea, too.[/li][/ul]
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### Author:  [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/14 "2001-07-02T17:34:58Z")
Form some for trap shooting.
YEESH, 10 lbs of tofu?
Oh and if you didn’t like the soy milk, try the EdenSoy brand. They have a vanilla soy milk that is mighty tasty. Their regular soy milk isn’t that bad either. I never tried the chocolate as I am not a big chocolate fan.
\< this coming from an omnivore – yes I do partake in vegetarian dishes and foods too. In fact I love Red Robin’s veggie burger. \>
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### Author:  [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/15 "2001-07-02T18:28:04Z")
## I don’ know what kind of soy milk I had, but it tasted like liquid tofu. I don’t usually mind the taste of tofu, but I think that it needs to be mixed with the texture.
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Originally posted by wishbone
## My recommendation to you is buy a cook book fast, because I am not sure whether tofu can be frozen.
You can freeze tofu just fine, but it does give it a firmer more spongy/chewy texture when it’s thawed that some folks don’t care for.
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I actually don’t mind the songy texture tht tofu gets when its frozen. I really it. My mom used to put it in speghetti sauce instead of meatballs when I was little. I really liked it. I wish I knew how she did it. I could really use some of that right now. It soaks it up like a sponge and it gets all yummy. I wish that I had frozen some of that tofu now. Maybe if I put it in the freezer now, it will be ready to eat tonight.
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### Author:  [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/16 "2001-07-02T21:57:58Z")
… to make a sexual suggestion.
I’ve always found the texture of tofu to be vaguely erotic. Unfortunately, I don’t think 10 lbs is enough to _really_ get down and dirty with.
But anyway, try just layering all 10 lbs of it in the bottom of a small wading pool. Add a quart or two of olive oil. Get naked and dive in.
And, oh yea, it’s important to bring a friend.
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/17 "2001-07-02T22:04:24Z")
I’m thinking catapult, ala Malcolm in the Middle.
10 lbs of tofu flying through the air!
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### Author:  [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-10-lbs-of-bean-curd/70879/18 "2001-07-03T01:07:48Z")
Buy the book “Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant” and make 10 Shepherd’s Pies. It’s the best.
You can also crumble it up and fry it in some garlic, onion, and tomato paste for the base of a chili recipe.
I’ve just started eating bean curd deep-fried. Very good, and useful in just about any dish.