Seitan

Serene said:

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:10:43 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]

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Have you settled on any particular brand of seitan that you
like? Or is it bulk seitan?

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I make it from scratch, from vital wheat gluten I get in the bulk bin.

Cool.

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My favorite commercial seitan, though, is White Wave, but it's
expensive, too expensive for us to buy on any kind of regular basis.
It's okay, though, because I *used* to make seitan from whole-wheat
flour when I lived on the commune, and *that* was a production. This
is easy.

White Wave includes some garbanzo flour in along with the wheat
gluten to balance out the protein sources. Gluten, it turns out,
is a particularly low quality protein, more deficient than whole
wheat itself, so I avoid having gluten all by itself as the sole protein
component of a meal. Although from our past discussions I agree with
you that given a varied diet it's unlikely to make much difference.

I have at times made a seitan / cashew curry, similar to a Fesseeyun
(sp?) with seitan substituted for the chicken. It works quite well.

Steve

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:55:44 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]
(Steve Pope) wrote:

[seitan]

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White Wave includes some garbanzo flour in along with the wheat
gluten to balance out the protein sources. Gluten, it turns out,
is a particularly low quality protein, more deficient than whole
wheat itself, so I avoid having gluten all by itself as the sole protein
component of a meal.

So long as there are 10-20 grams of protein in his meals, James is
happy and his blood sugar likes him. Personally, I've never worried
about getting enough protein. It's nearly impossible NOT to if you're
eating a varied diet with enough non-empty calories.

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Although from our past discussions I agree with
you that given a varied diet it's unlikely to make much difference.

Yeah.

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I have at times made a seitan / cashew curry, similar to a Fesseeyun
(sp?) with seitan substituted for the chicken. It works quite well.

Sounds yummy. I love cashews cooked in things. So does James. If
there's a recipe, I'd love to have it.

serene

Rusty said:

Serene said:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:59:36 -0700, sf <[email hidden]>

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Seitan? I have no idea what that is although I'm familiar with "firm"
soy.

It's wheat gluten. If you've had "mock pork" or "mock duck" in a
Chinese restaurant, it was probably seitan.

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In any case, I had the polar opposite of you for dinner..... RARE
rib-eye steak, baked potato (with real sour cream) and tender/crisp
steamed broccoli. YUM!

Sounds delicious!

serene

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

;-)

Hey Rusty... I like your clothing site. I might even order one or
two. I eat 'em and I wear them too.

LOL
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A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

sf said:

Rusty said:

Serene said:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:59:36 -0700, sf <[email hidden]>
wrote:

>Seitan? I have no idea what that is although I'm familiar with "firm"
>soy.

It's wheat gluten. If you've had "mock pork" or "mock duck" in a
Chinese restaurant, it was probably seitan.

>In any case, I had the polar opposite of you for dinner..... RARE
>rib-eye steak, baked potato (with real sour cream) and tender/crisp
>steamed broccoli. YUM!

Sounds delicious!

serene

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

;-)

Hey Rusty... I like your clothing site. I might even order one or
two. I eat 'em and I wear them too.

LOL
--

I found the site through a Google search. I like animals, but some of
them also taste good. ;-)

Rusty

Rusty said:

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/w.seitan.short.one.jpg
http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

Heh. Which leads me to my own stupid question -- how does one
pronounce "seitan" anyway? My intuition wants to go with "satan,"
especially after seeing this tee-shirt, but I've always been afraid to
say it out loud in some vegan restaurant and be mercilessly mocked.

If it really *is* pronounced that way, then color me surprised that
more restaurants don't offer "setian fra diavolo" on their menus --
although maybe that's just my own twisted sense of humor talking.

--RB

Rickie Beth said:

Rusty said:

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/w.seitan.short.one.jpg
http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

Heh. Which leads me to my own stupid question -- how does one
pronounce "seitan" anyway? My intuition wants to go with "satan,"
especially after seeing this tee-shirt, but I've always been afraid to
say it out loud in some vegan restaurant and be mercilessly mocked.

"Say-Tan" is how I pronounce it.

Quoted message said:

If it really *is* pronounced that way, then color me surprised that
more restaurants don't offer "setian fra diavolo" on their menus --
although maybe that's just my own twisted sense of humor talking.

Many people are afraid of tofu and it sounds nothing like Satan; so
your theory blows ;-)

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--RB

On 25 Apr 2006 09:01:47 -0700, "Rickie Beth" <[email hidden]>

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Rusty said:

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/w.seitan.short.one.jpg
http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

Heh. Which leads me to my own stupid question -- how does one
pronounce "seitan" anyway? My intuition wants to go with "satan,"

Nope. SAY-tahn.

Quoted message said:

If it really *is* pronounced that way, then color me surprised that
more restaurants don't offer "setian fra diavolo" on their menus --
although maybe that's just my own twisted sense of humor talking.

*snrch*

serene

tofuqueen said:

Rickie Beth wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Heh. Which leads me to my own stupid question -- how does one
pronounce "seitan" anyway? My intuition wants to go with "satan,"
especially after seeing this tee-shirt, but I've always been afraid to
say it out loud in some vegan restaurant and be mercilessly mocked.

Quoted message said:

"Say-Tan" is how I pronounce it.

With equal accents on both syllables, true?

S.

Rickie Beth said:

Rusty said:

Someone should send Dr. Chunk a "Praise Seitan" t-shirt.

http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/w.seitan.short.one.jpg
http://www.herbivoreclothing.com/hers.html

Heh. Which leads me to my own stupid question -- how does one
pronounce "seitan" anyway? My intuition wants to go with "satan,"
especially after seeing this tee-shirt, but I've always been afraid to
say it out loud in some vegan restaurant and be mercilessly mocked.

If it really *is* pronounced that way, then color me surprised that
more restaurants don't offer "setian fra diavolo" on their menus --
although maybe that's just my own twisted sense of humor talking.

--RB

I've always pronounced it Sigh-tan
but that's me and I could be wrong.

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