Before disclosing my opinion of these Tofu Edamame
Nuggets, I asked David for his opinion.
Here is what he said: “Nice. Umm, not terribly tasty, but pleasantly “substantial”. With a nice sauce they are quite, umm, delicious.”
Then I told him how I FELT about them: These are boring. They are stupid.
They are a vegetarian excuse for chicken nuggets. Why it
has to be a “nugget” is beyond me. Smooshed
up tofu squished into the shape of a “nugget”.
I guess when you think about it, why the hell are CHICKEN NUGGETS in that
shape they anyway? They are just mushed
up chicken.
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| Here is what the bag looks like. They are sold in the frozen food section. |
Anyway, these things need WAY MORE edamame. There is almost no edamame in them. It looks like there is some carrot it them
but it is tasteless. The only thing that
TASTES is the sauce that David made to dip these in. The sauce is definitely the best part of this
dish – it beats the nuggets hands down. Really
the only good things about the nuggets are that they are WARM and that they HOLD SAUCE. If they had about four times as much edamame
in them as they do, I think they would be better. All you have to do is heat them in the oven
so they are really easy to make. But they
are not worthy of being an appetizer at your dinner party, let alone your main
course.
I guess if you are a vegetarian (maybe these are vegan?) –
if they are, they are all YOURS, go for it!
They don’t taste BAD, they just barely TASTE. I do not think they
are worth the money or the wasted dinner.
(I do not count calories but I reckon if I did I would also say they are
not worth the calories.) If you are
going to eat dinner you might as well have something that TASTES (and tastes better
while you are at it).
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| Even this cheap I still say they are not worth the money. |
After hearing my rant David said, “Fair enough. More vegetables would be an improvement. And a little chicken or pork would make it
even better!”. Hahahaha! Ok, I think adding meat would sort of ruin
the whole “vegetarian thing” they have going for them. We like vegetarian food and eat quite a bit
of it, but these are a fail.
I mean, honestly, these things need to come with a
SAUCE. David made sauce for ours and without
that I would REALLLLLY have complained about these things!
I give them a 2.5 rating.
And after hearing my rant David was swayed and agreed that these are not
worthy of a better score. Skip these and
use your money for something else at Trader Joe’s.
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| See the SHAPE? Why must the world be nugget-ized??? This is actually a sad looking photo. It looks like all we had to eat were these lame, dry things... This was a late night snack and I think was accompanied by a salad. |
Price – $2.99
Rating – 2.5
