Deep-fried tofu? They may have something there.
Posted on 08/02/2005 12:57:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58
The food police really have it in for the fast-food industry. If they had their way, they'd have it taxed, litigated, regulated or legislated out of existence. While they await the day when mainstream America adopts their loopy agenda, however, the food police will have to be content with being the shrill shills of the vegan and animal-rights movements.
But it's not like the food police haven't had an effect on the industry. In response to the incessant carping of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and others, most national fast-food chains introduced menus boasting "healthy" foods. Taco Bell offered Border Lights, Pizza Hut its Lite Bites and Burger King its Lighter Alternatives. McDonald's added breakfast foods lower in fat and calories, as well as a line of "health foods" and salads for lunch and dinner.
Not surprisingly, those menus absolutely bombed with consumers. The chief nutritional officer for Yum! Brands, parent of Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, said trying to meet the mercurial demands of the food police has been "a disaster." McDonald's stopped using the word "healthy" because it turned off customers, a spokeswoman said. "If Americans wanted tofu, McDonald's could provide the best-tasting, most convenient, most affordable, freshest tofu there is. The problem is, Americans don't want tofu." Meanwhile, Pizza Hut's double-stuffed-crust pizza has been a bigger hit than anyone predicted.
Based on their dining habits, consumers who eat at fast-food joints aren't interested in healthy foods and don't expect to find them there. They consume mass quantities of Quarter Pounders with Cheese, Whoppers and extra-large fries because they are served quickly, they're filling, and as perverse at it may seem to the nags at the CSPI, they make taste buds happy.
So the national referendum on healthy food at fast-food restaurants is over. Voting with their wallets, consumers have overwhelmingly endorsed burgers and fries, and all the salt, fat and calories that come with them. The food police and the trial lawyers should accept the results and move on.
Lard Deep Fried Tofu battered in egg and grated cheese and dipped in Hollandaise sauce! Healthy!..........
Good tofu things
Tofu corn dogs. You cannot tell the difference
Hot and Sour Soup or Szechuan Tofu
Any Indian dish that uses tofu.
Deep-fried tofu? They may have something there.
The "food police" should start a chain of vegan fast food restaraunts if they really believe that is what people want. The children can slide down healthy internal organs & vegan banana oatmeal cookies. I think people would flock to it in droves. ;-)
The dem/repub smoke nazis should leave smokers alone. The overweight are next in line for second-class citizenship.
Hippy.
Ever drive by Whole Foods and see those pasty white, sickly looking folk out front. Ewww! Pass the oreos, quick!
Military intelligence, jumbo shrimp, honest Democrat, etc...
I use tofu in lasagne. And like you, I LOVE it in hot and sour soup!
Does any else remember that Bloom County cartoon where C. Evrett Koop lectures Opus on how he shouldn't smoke, drink, eat fatty foods, snort dandelions, etc...only to get crushed by a giant wad of tofu?
And tofu fried up in cornstarch and a little dark olive oil is tasty, too.
PF Chang's tofu is fantastic. My husband hates tofu, but likes theirs. (Lettuce wraps)
I enjoy trying to scoop the little tofu bits out of miso soup. Some sushi rolls also add tofu.
www.westonaprice.org
For the so-called skinny/goodie go to the above. Ya might re-think that soybean thing. After you read up on soy products its no wonder the food/vegan/vegitarian nazis are so militant.
You should hear people chastise me for trying to sell raw unpasturized, ungraded goat milk! Geez!!
Tacos with a Twist Litelife Smart Ground Original (at Walmart of all places) is the BEST taco filling out there.
I don't know why, but that pic really makes me smile :)
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