http://www.vegalicious.org/2008/06/04/mapo-tofu/ more than 500 delicious vegan and vegetarian recipes for compassionate people Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:36:07 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vegalicious.org/2008/06/04/mapo-tofu/comment-page-1/#comment-25601 Lars Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:15:53 +0000 http://www.vegalicious.org/2008/06/04/mapo-tofu/#comment-25601 Could you enlighten me as to what, exactly, "t.v.p" is? I assume you mean 'textured vegetable protein," but is there a specific brand or brands that this recipe is referring to? Because I went to a number of stores and no one had even heard of "t.v.p." At Whole Foods I did find "Seitan traditionally seasoned wheat glutten," which is advertised as a meat substitute. Is THAT what you're talking about? Or is it like PVC? Because two of the three letters are the same, in which case I could probably get it at Home Depot. And don't you have to soak it for a really, really, really long time before it's soft enough to cook? Could you enlighten me as to what, exactly, “t.v.p” is? I assume you mean ‘textured vegetable protein,” but is there a specific brand or brands that this recipe is referring to? Because I went to a number of stores and no one had even heard of “t.v.p.”
At Whole Foods I did find “Seitan traditionally seasoned wheat glutten,” which is advertised as a meat substitute. Is THAT what you’re talking about?
Or is it like PVC? Because two of the three letters are the same, in which case I could probably get it at Home Depot. And don’t you have to soak it for a really, really, really long time before it’s soft enough to cook?

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