Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of tofu.
Our words together piled deeper than the snow—we sat side by side at the hearth, eating tōfu with miso and taking cup after cup of sake.
2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 1302 more examples
The letter expatiates on the primitive conditions under which he is living—he has to walk all the way down to Seta just to get a piece of tōfu.
a. 2005, William E. Naff, edited by J. Thomas Rimer, The Kiso Road: The Life and Times of Shimazaki Tōson, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 118Soft or silken tōfu is also used in making sauces. Fried tōfu. Abura agé (fried tōfu sheets) are made from loaves of momen-dōfu that are drained, weighted to press out excess liquid, and then cut into thin slices that are deep-fried.
2012, Elizabeth Andoh, Kibō (“Brimming with Hope”): Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Tohoku, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN
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