vegbunny83
November 30th, 2004, 07:02 PM
ah, thanksgiving, what a wonderful carnage-filled holiday... here is my personal story. :)
i got to my mom's house early to start cooking my tofurky... yes, i found a use for that free roaster-oven! so i put the frozen tofurky in there with the plastic on and about a cup of water, just like the directions said, and set it to steam. it said to steam for about 90 minutes, so i figured i didn't need to watch it that closely.
so, all my family gets there. i don't really talk to my family about my veganism at all, because i dont feel like drawing attention to myself. i have been veg for 7 years without anyone really knowing. my aunt and uncle proceed to tease and harass me all afternoon because of my veganism and my tofurky. but that's another story. ;)
TQ is there, as well as my boyfriend. it's been about 75 or 80 minutes. all of the sudden, i see the lid on the roaster oven start to rise. my mom notices at the same time as me, and we both let out a cry of "OH CRAP!" and lunge toward the roaster oven. too late- there is a loud POP and a CLANG as the tofurky EXPLODES all over the wall and the roaster oven lid falls loudly to the floor.
fortunately, we were able to save the tofurky, just not the stuffing. UNfortunately, this little incident drew more attention to me and my veganism, with comments such as "oh darn, i really wanted to try some of that :rolleyes:" and "looks like you'll have to eat real turkey now."
it was funny in the end, though, and we were able to laugh about it while enjoying our tofurky, which was much better than the real thing, despite exploding. it was tender and very flavorful, and since it exploded, we didn't even have to cut it! :) the gravy and dumplings were yummy too.
i got to my mom's house early to start cooking my tofurky... yes, i found a use for that free roaster-oven! so i put the frozen tofurky in there with the plastic on and about a cup of water, just like the directions said, and set it to steam. it said to steam for about 90 minutes, so i figured i didn't need to watch it that closely.
so, all my family gets there. i don't really talk to my family about my veganism at all, because i dont feel like drawing attention to myself. i have been veg for 7 years without anyone really knowing. my aunt and uncle proceed to tease and harass me all afternoon because of my veganism and my tofurky. but that's another story. ;)
TQ is there, as well as my boyfriend. it's been about 75 or 80 minutes. all of the sudden, i see the lid on the roaster oven start to rise. my mom notices at the same time as me, and we both let out a cry of "OH CRAP!" and lunge toward the roaster oven. too late- there is a loud POP and a CLANG as the tofurky EXPLODES all over the wall and the roaster oven lid falls loudly to the floor.
fortunately, we were able to save the tofurky, just not the stuffing. UNfortunately, this little incident drew more attention to me and my veganism, with comments such as "oh darn, i really wanted to try some of that :rolleyes:" and "looks like you'll have to eat real turkey now."
it was funny in the end, though, and we were able to laugh about it while enjoying our tofurky, which was much better than the real thing, despite exploding. it was tender and very flavorful, and since it exploded, we didn't even have to cut it! :) the gravy and dumplings were yummy too.