Tofurky - weirdest vegan version of turkey

Dav bought this box of Tofurky when I was in Japan thinking it'd be a quick yummy meal. It takes 1.5 hours to bake, you need to add veges, make the basting sauce, and gravy. Not super quick.

It's been in our fridge for quite some time. If I'm going to spend 1.5 hours baking, I'd rather do something else than deal with this round lump of tofu. But finally...on a rainy Sunday evening, I gave it a go.

Well...it tastes as weird as it looks. Frankly, a NO-GO for me, although I could understand for a vegan, if they wanted a warm, rather heavy rump of something, this might fit the deal. I never cook meat at home so the fact that it wasn't turkey per se didn't bother me. I liked the basting sauce, the veges that baked with the thing, and the vegan gravy...but I made all that. The lump of stuff...remained a lump too much for me. I had to cover the final dish with tons of gravy because it was needed, but then it looked like a heap of unappetizing gravy. Dav was rather OK with the dish though.

It was such an unlike-me-thing to cook that I was fascinated, and thus took pictures. I'm glad we're not vegan : )

Comments

[E Jetmar]

Wow, that's weird. But I guess people spend hours roasting meat in the oven, so why not Tofu.

[Ele]

This post made me laugh throughout! Esp this line: "if they wanted a warm, rather heavy rump of something.." Ha ha ha - it looks terrible! Especially the last photo...what happened to it??

[Mie]

Looks terrible, and rather was terrible. Last pic was all the gravy I used to cover up the drab taste of the lump. So glad I didn't try this with any guests!

[T]

I never understand fake meat for vegetarians. I thought if you didn't like meat (for whatever reason) you wouldn't want a fake version. Especially when there are such wonderful vegetarian dishes that play on the strengths of the ingredients without trying to pretend to be something that they are not.

I am not vegetarian but I see vegan/vegetarian food as a type of cuisine that I enjoy the same way that I enjoy ethnic food or french or asian or italian. I couldn't eat any one type of cuisine every day but it is great to have options and vegan cuisine is up there as a fave.