Tofu

Well, I think, um, there's a lot of emphasis on ultra processed foods, but those would be the foods that are, you know, very rich in fat, um, sugar, sodium that, you know, if you're in a bad mood, you're having a bad day, you know, you're very stressed.

Um, you might gravitate towards and there is some you know concern that they might be particularly um you know so luscious so good good tasting to you and so good to your brain on a short-term basis like you feel good that those foods could be you know an issue however there are many ultra processed foods that are really good for you like Tofu processed with calcium sulfate is supposed to be considered ultra processed.

Packaged whole wheat bread.

Nobody's getting addicted to these foods.

Suitcases are one of the few things where you pay more to get less.

When you marinate tofu in soy sauce you just put soybeans into more soybeans.

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Today we're going to talk about something fun because I think there's a lot of confusion around this food.

Let's talk tofu.

Tofu, yes.

It seems to be in some circles demonized.

Hey, man, you might have some problems here consuming that.

Certain leafy greens have calcium, and that would be great for you.

Tofu, that's made with calcium sulfate.

You could throw that in your regimen if you want.

Just recently, I found out that my chickens really are fond of tofu.

Is that how I'm meant to say it?

Oh, well, in Chinese, it's tofu.

But in English, we use the Japanese transliteration, T-O-F-U.

And I don't actually, maybe the Japanese say tofu.

So I'm not sure there is a right or wrong.

And they're like, no, that's not possible.

I've eaten tofu.

Tofu doesn't taste like this.

And so from these reactions, I was able to engage the consumers and they started following the farmer's market on a weekly basis.

So I had a bunch of loyal customers and as the farmer's markets grew, to become a farm-to-table location for chefs to come out to buy ingredients.

So could you explain to our listeners exactly what tofu is and how it's created?

Sure.

Tofu is very similar to cheeses.