Vegan Food Review: Primal Vegan Jerky Seitan Flavor

[eredien]

So, I have a secret: I love jerky. It's no good though, full of disgusting meat ends and preservatives. I have been looking for primal vegan jerky in the Boston area since the vegan food fest last fall, and now I've found the seitan flavor--at the usually vegan-food-free wasteland of the Porter Square MBTA kiosk

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[q10]

last i checked, they had a couple of different flavors of seitan-based stuff (teriyaki and Thai peanut, i think). the soy ones have a different texture but are also pretty good. i haven't tried the mushroom-based variant.

i know the Harvest Coop in Central used to sell this stuff, and out in LA Whole Foods has a decent selection, so you might want to try a Boston-area Whole Foods.

η: also, you can order them from amazon, although only in large quantities (and without any really competitive bulk pricing, alas).

[fiddledragon]

Oh, I love those things! The Harvest Co-Op had the mushroom ones last time I was there, but I found them a bit unsatisfying compared to the seitan and soy ones.

[eredien]

I suspect I would love the mushroom ones...are they actually made from mushroom or do they taste like mushroom?

[fiddledragon]

They're actually made from mushroom, I suspect in a process similar to Quorn. They mostly taste vaguely savory.

[thomasyan]

I think I've had tofu jerky that was pretty dang delicious.

I wonder how hard it would be to make your own jerky with seitan and/or tofu. It seems like it shouldn't be difficult, unless you are particular about the texture. Just cook with seasonings and then stick into an oven at a low temperature for a while. I think inari tofu skins might be a good starting point. I'd personally also experiment with tofu-kan, especially with freezing it first, to give it holes from the ice crystals to increase surface area to hold onto seasoning and give it a fun texture.

[eredien]

Hm....good thought.

[silussa]

Try amazon.com. About the same pricing, free shipping over a relatively small amount, and they do have the occasional sale.

The one place locally that carries the stuff tends to be out of date. :(

[eredien]

Thanks!

[jadia]

I have a friend who's trying to go vegan and I just sent this link over to her. Thanks for posting! :-)

[eredien]

You're welcome.