Unturkey Lives!
Thanksgiving 1999
My friend Penney just pointed out to me that the recipe for Unturkey can be found online at unturkey.org!
I don't know about you, but Jill and I were literally depressed for a few days last year when we found out Now and Zen went out of business. In a panic we called family back in the midwest, friends in the bay, and traveled the Sacramento area scouring the shelves for Unchickens and Unturkeys. We wound up serving tofurkey which is fine for me, but it's kinda sad to see it's now sold in an extruded sausage style plastic sleeve.
We did manage to find an Unchicken somewhere, and it is still cooling in the freezer for that undefined special occasion.
p.s. At the time I found some articles about health and safety violations and stories of poor management surrounding the closing, but I can't find them again at the moment.
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It's nice to be thought of, but...
So I read about the unturkey this morning (while quite hungry), and it occurred to me that really, even if unturkey doesn't make the vegan mouth water quite as much as turkey causes salivation in lesser mammals, the preparation and presentation of such a holiday offering would at least show remembrance of my vegan friends during the holiday.
So I thought, ok, I have one vegan friend left who hasn't moved to California -- maybe I'll invite Brooke and Athena (her hot-dog-devouring daughter) over, and we can all celebrate an unturkey thanksgiving. We'll start our own new holiday tradition.
But then I thought about it and realized, Brooke's not just vegan -- she's picky. And I'm not just being an insensitive meat-eater, she's really picky, and she'd be picky no matter what. More importantly, the chance of Brooke actually *liking* the unturkey seems *extremely* small, and the chance of her being guilt'ed into eating it anyway seems pretty large.
So... does it taste good? Because otherwise, it seems like what I'd really be saying is, "I spent hours of my life and put a tremendous amount of effort into coming up with an unavoidable way to make you gag and spit." I'm just not sure that's a good basis for a new tradition.
The Unturkey came out great!
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LOL Well, I have no idea if
LOL Well, I have no idea if this home made model tastes good. I may not have a chance to find out since I can't find yuba anywhere. I asked at the local asian market tonight, and they didn't know what I was talking about. I asked at the vietnamese restaurant tonight and the nice lady offered to go get me some at the supermarket in Sacramento, but there was a bit of a communication "issue". She did tell me where a market was and I may run over to sac town tomorrow and try picking some up. We don't do thanksgiving until Sat, so there is still time.
I'll be sure to post the results if we make it. We have made seitan from scratch a few times, but it never seemed as dense as I remember unturkey being.
We have yuba!
Turns out it's easier to find than I thought. Guess I don't spend enough time in asian markets. We found it at Asian Food Center at 13th and Broadway in Sacramento. Turns out we found some large packets that aren't dried in the cooler case. I think they'll be easier than dried anyway.