Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Five non-culinary uses for tofu

1. Printing. You've tried lino, you've tried wood — hey, when you were younger you even tried potatoes. Now try carving your design into a big chunk of 'fu. Dip it in the paint and get to work on that butcher paper (oh the artistic justice!)

2. Wall insulation. You need to drain it well first, otherwise once you put it in there, you'll have problems with rising damp... rising, smelly damp.

3. A couple of the big blocks, still in their wrappers, will do very nicely as a pillow or neck support when camping.

4. A useful means of escape from those annoying situations in which, for no apparent reason, you're expected to defend your diet and worldview. Hell, even we vegans don't like this stuff when it's raw and completely untreated. Can you imagine the effect on someone who's asking you What about plants' feelings? or describing in great detail how rare and bloody they like their steak? Simply unwrap and throw — then run!

5. Strap on some tofu knee-pads, for when you are skateboarding or inline-skating your way to the shop for some more tofu.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Simply unwrap and throw — then run!"

gold

Mel said...

if you're really stuck, call mel to come over and fry it up with pepper

M.L. said...

<3
Yes, you could do that too!