let me tempt you with Toadfood…aka Tofu

Now before you all grab your hair and run off screaming no wayyyyyy!, let me explain myself, . Just over a week ago I put an order in for my usual weekly food shop…In amongst the frozen veggies, Chicken breast, Salmon steaks, bottle of milk,. I had asked for Cauldron pre Marinated tofu pieces(toad food as I fondly call it)…these though are surprisingly delicious, no honest, really savoury and better yet salty…(I confess i love salty food way way to much😁) … I was really looking forward to having this for my dinner with a huge plate of vegetables ….

An hour previous to its expected arrival time, I heard that dreaded of sounds,, an email ping on my somewhat ancient Samsung phone…I glare at the offending object sat upon the coffee table, give it “the look”, (ladies you all know the one😠 , . I’m daring it…just no! Don’t you even think it…..too late!…, I pick it up with a look of disdain…And as I already suspected, there in big bold letters….substitutions, …some things I don’t worry about most weeks…but why oh why is it always the one thing you want the most….in this case my weekly bar of dark chocolate and the much longed for Marinated tofu……😩,

If this wasn’t enough, adding insult to injury, they had replaced it with that slab of white gelatinous gloop floating in water ….it feels grosse to touch, I would say it tastes worse, but it is somehow totally devoid of all flavour…impossible right?, If you’ve not had the pleasure …. before tonight I would say keep it thus….you ask what changed?

Well I hate waste, especially food, ..so I decide to try making up my own Marinade…I’ve had some success with fish, Chicken ect…..yeah I know this isn’t either …even looking at this makes me gag…it reminds me of that most dreaded of white fats of yesteryear (lard)…uck…my stomach turns….but once the thought germinates in my grey cells, I’m forced to carry out my plan….so I start with the ok part( making the Marinade itself…

Grabbing a freshly washed out prepared salad pot(salad was delicious by the way…. I glug out(a cooking terminology😁) four large table spoons of dark Soy sauce,, then three tablespoons of honey, a teaspoon of pepper, a teaspoon of onion salt, two heaped tsps of crushed garlic, a tsp of turmeric, a tsp of paprika …have a wee work out…..by whisking the devil out of it…. Finally add a sliced red onion….

Back to the gelatinous gloop stuff(tofu) ……peel back the plastic film….another work out in itself this……all the time making sure the liquid it’s filled with doesn’t get you…(shudders. Take great care here, because this stuff will try to escape it’s confines once opened…. if it makes a break for freedom, hold it down securely with any convenient fork, while you cut it into inch sized cubes, this stuffs very slimey and tricksy…but it will be worth it honest…….

Drown…..I mean marinate the cubes for as long as possible, I left mine for three hours( three days may have been more appropriate though😁….making sure it’s all covered, put a cover over it so it can’t escape…. When content it’s drowned ermmmmm Marinated long enough, cook for 30 minutes in the oven on a shallow dish….I have to say….it tasted really good….I’m going to try the other half of the pack tomorrow or when I’m brave enough …… happy eating folks, 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃.