Tofu hot dogs

[KitchenWitch]

Discuss!

[Redstone]

1. I've had some that weren't horrible,

but I don't remember if they were the brand you put up the picture of.

Redstone

[WCGreen]

21. Now that's a ringing endorsement

[youthere]

2. Are they any good? n/t

[KitchenWitch]

4. dunno

A vegetarian friend of mine brought some to a backyard BBQ once...the skin cracked and they oozed. They sure did not LOOK very appetizing.

[jobycom]

7. The St. Ives are pretty good. The two best fake dogs, I think, are

Quorn and Morning Star. Quorn isn't a tofu dog, though.

[friesianrider]

20. Morningstar Farms is THE BEST.

I love all their products - as someone who ate meat my whole life until the last few years when I became veg, I find their stuff very appetizing and the texture is wonderful. I make veg tacos with their fake ground beef (my absolute favorite) and love their fake Parmesan Ranch fake chik'n patties.

Quorn's Naked Cutlets and fake Roast are awesome as well. The Roast is especially good when you season it up and slice it for sandwiches. Yummy!! :)

[jobycom]

28. Tofurkey makes a neat sausage and a bratwurst

Whatever happened to Morningstar's mini corndogs? I haven't been able to fing them in a while.

[friesianrider]

32. Oh I LOOOOVE them!

I had only seen the regular-sized corndogs, but just last week I saw the minis at my grocery store. I think maybe they weren't selling well, because a few years ago I remember seeing them a lot and not so much anymore. They were excellent.

I'll have to try the Tofurkey sausage...I've never actually tried the Morningstar sausage yet either - have you tried it? Any good?

[BeTheChange]

51. Morningstar farms breakfast sausage..

is sooo good. We make sausage biscuits or mcmuffins with them..

Another product that is so much better then meat made.

[jobycom]

3. Just had some

Chopped them, sauteed them, and put them on homemade pizzas that I saw on Rachel Ray.

[Jara sang]

5. Tofu Pups!

[u4ic]

6. I BBQ'ed them once

they tasted like cigarette ash. :puke:

[Warren Stupidity]

8. tough to grill

they burn rather easy

However a hot dog is an excuse for a bun and all the fixings, which are all veggie-safe and yummy.

[La Coliniere]

19. Put them over low coals, but

don't forget to baste them with olive oil first. Works every time!

[villager]

9. Smart Dogs in a microwave

work out pretty well. They definitely mix well with baked beans.

[eyepaddle]

10. HI GloriousWitch!

Not to hijack your thread--I just wanna state:

"King of the Wave!"

It's funny, here I am in my mid-thirties, and I'm becoming a water version of a skaterpunk. Better late than never! :P

And after we had our demolition derby on the Vermillion we hit Bierstube in Hastings for Bratwurst and Schell's (And Paulaner!)

To the best of my knowledge it was not tofu bratwurst. ;)

[KitchenWitch]

11. Gotta love the Bierstube

Decent food, good brews(both with and without EtOH), great prices

Sounds like you had a blast!

[eyepaddle]

14. Very good night, it was!

I love the Beer-Tube! :D

Now I gotta go shower :hi:

[MuseRider]

12. Don't know about

that brand but I have had some that I really liked. They cook funny though. Actually they came out best when I microwaved them. Never tried to grill them.

[brentspeak]

13. In college, a PETA activist got himself elected Student Food Coordinator

He ran unopposed. Nobody saw the danger.

He used his new position to unilaterally replace all our regular hamburgers and hotdogs with tofu hamburgers and hotdogs. While these tofu variations weren't all that bad, the whole thing smacked of quasi-facism to the entire student body. Eventually, the regular hamburgers and hotdogs got served alongside their tofu counterparts.

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. If it's made of tofu, it's not a hot dog.

And am I the only person who thinks there's something REALLY fucked-up about vegetarian foods mimicking meat? I mean, what's the point of becoming a vegetarian or vegan if you're going to eat something that's identical in form and as close as artificial flavouring can get it to the stuff you won't eat anymore?

[friesianrider]

23. Well, as a veg I can tell you...

That I ate meat for 18 years until I found myself a veg 4 years ago due to the moral and health issues that come along with eating meat. I won't lie - it is hard to switch when you've been brought up eating hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, chicken breasts, and turkey. I love the taste of most meat but won't eat it for moral reasons.

Getting vegetarian food that mimics food we've eaten all our life allows us to not only make the switch easier, but for me personally, it helps at family and social events. I can eat a "hot dog" or "hamburger" like everyone else.

I think very few vegs were brought up as vegs, so naturally we have a craving for food that we had growing up. Fake hamburgers, hot dogs, et cetera helps ease the switch is all. I suppose if you never tasted a real hamburger or hot dog your entire life you probably wouldn't crave a "fake" alternative like I do.

[jobycom]

29. You are correct, and thank goodness it's not a hot dog

As for the fake meat thing, vegetarians argue over that, too. Personally, when I'm eating a fake hot dog or burger, I'm not trying to make it taste or feel like a hot dog, I'm just eating it for itself, exploring taste options.

But most vegetarians don't become so because they don't want to taste meat, it's because they have a moral issue, or because they have a health issue, or, most often, both. A tofu dog isn't meat, so you get the improved memory, the improved sexual and physical stamina, and the lower cholesterol, and you still get something that you can load up with mustard and ketchup and veggie chili and soy cheese on sprouted grain bread, and have a good old feast. Face it, when you eat a hotdog, the hotdog is secondary to all the cool stuff you pile on it, anyway.

[friesianrider]

34. That's very true...

I basically enjoy eating all the "other" stuff that goes on a fake hot dog or hamburger...or with fake ground beef (tacos, sloppy joes, chili, etc). I feel fortunate to live in a day and age where so many veggie foods are available to me. I know even just a few years ago when I became veg, the veggie foods were very - um - unremarkable. In just a few years so many have become veg for the health benefits that an amazing market has cropped up with very appealing veggie burgers, hot dogs, ground "beef", chicken cutlets, breaded chicken, corn dogs, turkey, roasts, etc. I really enjoy all my veggie foods as do many of my non-veggie friends. I know personally, I like the taste of many kinds of meat, but refuse to eat real meat for moral and health reasons. That's where the imitation tastes and textures are very appealing and quite enjoyable - minus the torture and artery clogging fat ;)

I made vegan tacos the other night and no one knew they were fake. I even made vegan brownies, and everyone thought they were not only real, but from an expensive bakery!

Being a vegetarian is not ANYTHING like the boring eat-food-that-tastes-like-cardboard lifestyle so many think it is!

[jobycom]

37. Cracks me up. Friends will say "I'd miss the variety if I became a

vegetarian. Then they go to Wendy's for the fourth time in a week.

[friesianrider]

42. LOL, exactly!

There's really no excuse anymore - there aren't too many real meat foods you CAN'T get in veggie form. Most are quite good too, IMHO, and obviously WAY healthier for your body.

I think it's just an excuse personally. If people want to die from obesity and/or heart disease and/or heart attacks for a Big Mac, who am I to stop them? Just don't expect me to believe the BS arguments "for" meat! :)

[BlueJazz]

16. I had a Friend that talked me into trying one...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[friesianrider]

25. When was this?

I HATED the first veg products I tried - only a few years ago. You should give some of the new veg stuff a try - many of the new stuff is actually really good, coming from a vegetarian who loves the taste of a lot of meat. Many people in my family are raging carnivores and actually like a lot of the fake meat I get (and they buy it themselves because its healthier for you).

[giant_robot]

17. No thanks.

I'll take good old-fashioned hot dogs made out of snouts and assholes, please.

[friesianrider]

18. DELISH!

I love them with a nice slice of vegan cheese...YUMMY!! :)

[Southsideirish]

26. Agreed - I love them.

[evlbstrd]

22. Do they have tofu lips in them?

[jobycom]

31. ,,,

:rofl: !

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. They do nothing to keep my cholesterol levels up...

meh.

[Tom Kitten]

27. I didn't like them

I bought a pack based on some free samples I got at Trader Joes the day before the Super Bowl a few years back...

Whoever cooked those free samples was a good salesperson as well because I bought a pack of tofu dogs even though I don't like hot dogs made the usually way! I'll eat a hot dog maybe twice a year, usually if I attend some sort of circus or carnival...

Anyways I tried grilling one, took a bite or two and through the rest of the package into the garbage. Frankly it was awful! It just didn't cut the mustard. An experience I did not relish.

[friesianrider]

36. You should really give them a try again...

I went veg about 4 years ago and HATED 99% of fake meat on the market then. In just 4 years, I absolutely LOVE 99% of what is out there today! It's amazing how much tastier veggie foods have gotten in such a short time - I'd imagine because so many people are switching for the health benefits of a vegetarian diet.

Like I said, I like the taste of most meats, so I'm pretty hard to please. The stuff they have out today though is really very, very good and MUCH healthier for you.

[BikeWriter]

30. ACK!

:puke:

[Blue-Jay]

33. shit incarnate.

I have nothing against vegetables. I love veggies. However, for the life of me, I've never tasted a meat-substitute that tasted anything like the real thing. Tofurky sucks. Tosausage links taste like lawn shavings. Boca burgers taste boca poop.

[jobycom]

35. Interesting and ironic description

Since of course "incarnate" means made flesh, and since generally animals used in the production of hot dogs eat their own feces...

Tofu dogs and Boca burgers aren't supposed to taste like meat. They are just supposed to be a food. If I wanted something to taste like rotting offal, I'd go grab a 'dillo off the road and chow down.

[friesianrider]

39. joby...

:rofl: :spray:

[Blue-Jay]

43. I beg to differ.

If they weren't supposed to -sort of- taste like meat, they wouldn't be called "dogs" or "burgers".

(For what it's worth, I make an awesome veggie chili. Proles tasted it and said "Holy crap that's good! Are you SURE you didn't use meat?") ;)

[jobycom]

44. So you're sayin'

hot dogs taste like dogs?

[friesianrider]

45. Oh snizzap!

Snap in Z formation!

[Blue-Jay]

47. Only if they're prepared correctly.

[jobycom]

48. So I have to follow up with

How do you know what dogs taste like?

[friesianrider]

46. What kind of fake ground beef did you use?

I think Morningstars the best. Or did you not use any fake meat?

[Blue-Jay]

49. You guessed it.

Morningstar veggie crumbles. Prepared correctly, they're quite palatable.

[friesianrider]

52. I agree there...

I'm obsessed with making tacos with the veggie crumbles (and using them for chili is awesome as well). Tacos are probably the "meat food" I miss the most.

[friesianrider]

40. As a veg, I personally hate Boca too.

You might try Morningstar Farms. I too like the taste of most meats and find all their stuff quite good, especially their breaded Chik'n.

[DemGa]

38. They're a little less than terrible

A lot of that stuff that mimics meat has hidden forms of msg in it.

[Jamison]

41. ehhhhhh

I think I'd rather have a low-fat kosher all-beef hot dog instead.

[BeTheChange]

50. The Quorn Dogs are hands down th best fake hotdog..

Hubby is a veggie and I occassionally eat meat.. (Ive been known to eat a Hebrew National)...

I dont even like any of the others smothered in homeade vegetarian chili.

[friesianrider]

53. Never seen those!

I'll definitely look for them. Our store only has Quorn naked and breaded cutlets and the roast. I absolutely love that roast. I throw on all kinds of seasonings and some extra virgin olive oil...it's amazingly good, even cold for sandwiches.

[BeTheChange]

55. I found them at whole foods..

We are also a fan of the other products and I swear, the roast tastes alot like chicken. Specially if you put it in a roasting bag or baste it with mock chicken stock.

[friesianrider]

57. I'll try there tomorrow after work!

I agree about the roast. Chicken was the hardest for me to give up when I went veg, but the Morningstar breaded patties and the Quorn naked cutlets keeps me VERY happy. I too use a roasting bag and the vegetarian chicken stock. Combined with their suggested seasonings on the back of the box, it is quite good!

[Lorien]

58. Quorn nuggets and grounds

Yummy!

[auntAgonist]

54. I like Ballpark Turkey Hotdogs.

tried them for the first time just the other day. VERY GOOD.

[yewberry]

56. Of the tofu dogs

Yves is okay. Tofu Pups suck. I like the Lightlife brand--but I've been veg for 19 years, so my take on them isn't likely to be the same as a meat-eater's.

[NMMNG]

59. They're pretty good

I like them on a bun with a little ketchup and relish, or cut up with just ketchup.