Tofurkey

AnnaMC1977

Has anyone tried it? Taste??

kaypat09

I'm a strict vegetarian and I made one for thanksgiving last year... NOT a fan. One of my friends loves it, but I thought it tasted like rubber.

laura_lynn66

yes... and yukk

BogQueen1

I've heard it's gruesome. A friend of mine, her boyfriend's sister was a vegetarian, and she sent me pics of the 'tofurkey' they had for Thanksgiving. I laughed so hard. It looks hilarious and terrible all at the same time.

MellyGibson

My husband and I are both vegetarians, and the one thing we really look forward to is our tofurky for the year! We both really enjoy the taste, and if you get the full dinner it comes with brown rice stuffing, gravy, etc. In my opinion NONE of the meat substitute products have the same "mouth feel" as real meat, but some of the tastes I actually prefer. Seitan...YUM!

drmerc

petstorekitty

It is a bit like rubber but, I had a veggie turkey day a few years back and was fine with it.
Just add taters and gravy! And Vegan pumpkin cheesecake... mmmmm!!

Ginnyesq

Tastes terrible and gave me the worst gas of my life.

fattypattybinger

My husband is a vegeterian. Our first year of being married I made him one. He took one bite and spit it out in a napkin. I wasn't for sure if he was going to like it so I made a pan of Spinach lasagna just in case he didn't like it. He was so suprised when I brought out the Lasagna you never so a man smile so big.

elishevafrankel

I've never tried the Tofurkey roast, but I really love the oven roasted deli slices on sandwiches. It's one of the only kind of fake meat substitute I really enjoy (that and the fake burger crumbles I use for chili). Somebody above mentioned seitan, and I think that's my ideal for a meat-like veggie protein.

For Thanksgiving I just skip the turkey. Lots of casseroles, usually a big stew with sweet potatoes and spinach and all sorts of delicious things that my mother makes...plenty of good food without the turkey

elizabethis

Nasty taste (and texture), IMO

jconnon

My oldest daughter is a vegetarian and we make this for her at Thanksgiving. She likes, I was not impressed.

Mochila09

I tried it once and thought it was pretty awful! I've since been using the Thanksgiving recipes from the Post Punk Kitchen: http://www.theppk.com/category/recipe/holiday-thanksgiving/. The chickpea cutlets and gravy are fantastic, and so easy to make. I know to make extras for my non-veg family members!!

AnnaMC1977

I've been wanting to try it, but since everyone around me is a meat eater, and scoffs at the idea of it...I haven't even tried to buy it as I would be the only one eating it. Am going to give up (as much as I can) meat over the next year. Between carbs and frozen veggies, I can have a good diet sans carne.

beautifulswan1

I like the deli slices and I had the roast last year for Thanksgiving and will have it again this year. Yep, I like it.

Bentley2718

One word: vile. I am not a fan of fake meat. There are so many truly delicious veg*n foods out there, why in the world would I eat a poor imitation of a food I find morally questionable? But that's just me, if you like them, well, more for you I guess...

alaliberte

I like it too! I think the problem most have is that they are expecting turkey. You can't expect turkey! It's not like turkey. But it's good!

Bentley2718

I tried it once and thought it was pretty awful! I've since been using the Thanksgiving recipes from the Post Punk Kitchen: http://www.theppk.com/category/recipe/holiday-thanksgiving/. The chickpea cutlets and gravy are fantastic, and so easy to make. I know to make extras for my non-veg family members!!

I was wondering how those would be, although almost everything on PPK is good. She's my hero.

gingerveg

Yup I make one every year for thanksgiving we love it! Have you never had tofurkey slices? Because that is how it tastes. So much better than munching on corpse

1sisrat

It doesn't taste like Turkey, But, I actually love it. I'm not a vegitarian. I go to a vegan thanksgiving on the sunday after thanksgiving every year and I help myself to it with not guilt.

Haikugurl

Thanks for the PPK post. Love her stuff. Gonna try some of those recipes.

BTW I make the tofurky roast every year & it's always a hit with my family.

MichelleRenee13

I LOVE tofurky!!! LOVE!!!! I am not a fan of the deli slices, but the roast is so YUMMY!!!!

WendyTerry420

Tofu is nasty, in my opinion. The real thing is SO healthy that I can't imagine trying to substitute it for any reason.

justal313

It's horribly gross. I used to eat strict vegetarian and I wanted to like it but.... GROSS

IT follows my rule. If vegetarian food is trying to taste like meat IT IS GOING TO SUCK

You can be shaped the same but don't try to taste like meat.

This is why blackbean veggie burgers are yummy and boca burgers that are hamburger flavored SUCK.

The only exception is the "Chick" pattys from Morningstar farms. They actually taste like chicken. What sort of wizardy is this?

hpsNcrvs

Lol...reminds me of an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond". Marie made it in an effort to eat healthier...and everybody HATED it. It was sooo funny. It looked weird as hell. Good luck with that!! :-)

Melo1966

We had a tofurkey pizza it was fine.

willtry08

If it's the stuffed roast that you're talking about then, yum, it's good. Evn the meat eaters at the table enjoyed it.

BJPCraig

My wife and I love it. I should point out, however, that my wife is an excellent cook and we don't just do it right out of the box. She adds and herb rub and then slow cooks it in some orange juice with mushrooms and veggies.

We also like enjoy their pizza, cold cuts, and sausages (although, to be honest, Lightline sausages are a little better).

Years ago their was another turkey substitute called "Now and Zen" which we actually preferred, but they went out of business. Tofurkey is a close second, though.

Bentley2718

Tofu is nasty, in my opinion. The real thing is SO healthy that I can't imagine trying to substitute it for any reason.

(1) Tofu is not nasty, perhaps you've never had well-prepared tofu and that is the issue.
(2) How can a food that grows up in disgustingly filthy conditions, being fed god-knows-what, be considered "SO healthy."
(3) Perhaps you should consider ethics as a reason--from the treatment of animals to the enviroment. If you don't get this, I'd suggest reading about large-scale industrial farming.

snarky

For me it was a good transition food. It was nice to have something "special" for the holiday after I had given up meat, but eventually I decided it wasn't a good fit. The taste was ok, the texture was highly processed. It reminds me of "cafeteria meat." The gravy that came with it was better, but I still prefer to make my own if I have the time. I ended up almost eliminating all the soy in my diet, but one year for a treat decided to have it... that was a mistake. I was constipated for almost 5 days. Never again.

sdumma

HAHAHAHAHA ew