Tofu Indigo : SOY MASTERCLASS #1
-> The Gestalt of the Bean : understanding the subtleties and nuances of edible versus non-edible soy milk and why it makes a pivotal difference.. Plot twist: hello Phytic acid !
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Learning to make Tofu from scratch will bring us to speed to a greater understanding of the Gestalt of the Bean 🫘 ⚙️
This course will explore :
the difference between raw versus cooked soy milk
a plot twist with the new cast of character : Phytic acid
Kitchen safe creation of a delicious home made block of Tofu with natural plant based indigo pigment
RAW versus COOKED soymilk
This Indigo Tofu recipe will let you explore the magnitude of the amount of proteins contained in the soybean. Slightly alkali the proteins and the turbulence introduced in the making of the tofu are allowing your indoxyl rich extraction to pair and oxidise into indigotin as the tofu gets made!
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💙In “A year in Natural Dyes” from Liz Spencer / The Dogwood Dyer, I was incredibly honoured to be a guest and present a series of culinary recipes revolving around natural dye. The Indigo Tofu recipe was made available in the edition of August 2024, the lesson is called :
Anthocyanin + Other Edible Dye Molecules - Edible Natural Dye Recipes - A 100% Food & Kitchen Safe Tutorial
SPILL THE BEAN:
SOY MASTERCLASS
a 180° around the mighty bean
→ EAT - DYE - GROW
🔘 EAT: Tofu Indigo recipe, the Gestalt of the Bean, the science behind
🔘 DYE : Hacks to make it work every-single-time, the Phytic acid plot-twist, reactivate old soy milk treated fabric to work again
🔘 GROW : Sowing, harvesting, best gardener practice
a 180° around the bean:
This is a complementary course to my book INSIDE INDIGO. The whole chapter : SOY, An ADHESIVE (p.32) will be referenced throughout this course.
📋You are reading Indigo Crash Course, complementary lessons of 📘INSIDE INDIGO 💙, if you don’t have it yet, get the full experience by finding it :
Where to purchase INSIDE INDIGO:
🔘 EAT
INDIGO TOFU
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