On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:59:20 -0400, songbird >
wrote:

>Druce wrote:
>...
>> But, other than that, it was very nice in a savoury, meaty kind of
>> way. And meat eaters who are prepared to try something new, could
>> always use 2 olives to pretend it has eyes.
>
> for red coloring i used to use some tomato paste.
>
> when i made fake meatloaf i'd use about an equal
> mix of couscous, oatmeal, tvp and whatever spices
>and fats to give it some flavor. was ok, but i also
>like regular meat loafs.
>
> i've found out the past dozen years i'd rather eat
>cooked beans than tvp and haven't had any tvp in a
>long time.

I always used to think beans were heavy and stodgy. And they can be.
But all the beany variations on hummus we've been making lately are
great and not heavy. They don't even need much added to them in terms
of tahini, lemon, garlic etc. A great flavour base. I'll have beans
over tvp any time.