What about TEMPEH ?

[Designbabe]

I have a whole pack in the fridge which expires March 12.
I'm still on induction.
Do I eat it or chuck it?

[Laurenfra]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

What is it? And more important is it on the induction list?

[MrsBrittney]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

I would say probably not. Tempeh is made of soybeans, which aren't allowed until one of the last rungs of the OWL phase. So I'd either chuck it or maybe make it for a family member?

[julirama723]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

I agree with Brittany. Because tempeh is made with the whole soybean, it would not be allowed until Rung 6 of OWL, Legumes.

Tofu, however *IS* legal on induction.

[Designbabe]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

Thanks, guys.
Out goes the tempeh.

[not2late]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

Why not toss it in the freezer?

[Hoping]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

But isn't Tofu made from soy as well?

[MrsBrittney]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

Yea so that confuses me lol

[julirama723]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

Yes it's made from soy but it's technically a "soy cheese". Check out the induction chapter in DANDR...

[not2late]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

Tofu is made from soymilk. The soy beans are crushed and mixed with water. The resulting milky fluid is the soy"milk". If you add a magnesium salt to the soymilk, it will coagulate the protein. So tofu is a type of soy protein, with few carbs, as compared to soymilk which is just strained crushed soybeans and water.

Tempeh is made by fermenting whole soybeans with a mold.

[not2late]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

I forgot to add. That coagulation is why tofu used to be called "soy cheese" in the 1960s through the early 1980s in many vegetarian cookbooks. Dairy cheese is made in a similar way: milk, plus a coagulate, plus heat, the milk proteins coagulate into "curds". The curds are removed from the liquid (the whey) and pressed and allowed to age.

Nowadays, soy cheese is an imitation cheese made from soy. But back in the days when I was a vegetarian (late 80s-early 90s) the vegetarian convenience/processed food industry was practically non-existent and that imitation cheese didn't exist.

[MrsBrittney]

Re: What about TEMPEH ?

*and you learn something new everyday* =)