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Sep 06, 2008 23:29

What is your favorite or couple of favorite 'fake meats' (include specific brand)? AND your favorite way to eat them!

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rebirthoxide September 7 2008, 03:35:40 UTC
I prefer to make my own seitan. I can make it taste however I want, and it's considerably cheaper than store bought stuff. Also, it's much more wholesome than the heavily processed chemically saturated stuff on store shelves. 5 Bucks worth nets me so so much that I have to freeze some for later use.

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buymysnakeoil September 8 2008, 21:22:00 UTC
my friend's stepdad did this and i agree, it was wayy better than the storebought stuff i've had
do you have a recipe on hand by any chance?

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rebirthoxide September 8 2008, 21:36:37 UTC
It all depends on how you like it. A good recipe for seitan newbies:

http://www.postpunkkitchen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15959&p=1

You can find TONS of seitan recipes through google.

This makes a kind of firm seitan "log" which is easily multiplied and frozen. the thing about seitan is that all that you really need is wheat gluten and water, then you can bake/steam/boil the resulting dough. All of the spices/flavorings can be subbed for completely different stuff, producing a totally different "style" of meat.

I also add 1/4 cup of chickpea flour to all my seitan recipes. It gives it a meatier, less rubbery texture. It also makes the seitan easy to slice paper thin.

I make my seitan in a crockpot, usually. In fact, I use my crockpot for everything. I'll probably make my crockpot seitan later this week and post it in my blog. Keep an eye out for it.http://veganbrewer.blogspot

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megamuphen September 7 2008, 03:37:45 UTC
I'm a big fan of tofurky (the actual fake turkey thing, not the other fake meats). My other favorite is gardenburger riblets. I wish gardenburger would just sell the bbq sauce that they use, I love it... I'd rather buy the bbq sauce and put it on my own seitan.

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aiko_saishoku September 7 2008, 03:47:33 UTC
Yeah, seriously.

That BBQ sauce is amazing.

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bodyrock September 7 2008, 04:06:00 UTC
I third this. It's all about the sauce!

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assilembob September 7 2008, 08:17:20 UTC
100% agree with this.
The Tofurky deli slices are pretty tasty too.

But man. Riblets. They were like, no where for months and I thought I was going to die, but then this week *boom* they're back and I got four boxes.

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oenone_borealis September 7 2008, 03:40:03 UTC
I'm fond of Tofurky Italian Sausage, but I think I'll try out Julie Hassan's Spicy Italian Sausage recipe pretty soon.

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nomindset_ September 7 2008, 14:42:51 UTC
Tofurky Italian Sausages are sooooooooooo delicious!!!! My Dad who isn't vegan at all, absolutely loves them as well!

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dearmysoul September 7 2008, 03:44:36 UTC
field roast brand smoked tomato slices! soo delicious. as a sandwich or wrap.
http://www.fieldroast.com/products.htm
twin oaks tofu and soysage is really tasty too, but i think it's just sold locally around virginia.
http://www.twinoakstofu.com/products.html

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writtenncursive September 9 2008, 04:48:54 UTC
chop em up and throw them in vegan mac n cheese. so yummy!

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