Lure Of Soy

The Department of Food Science and Technology here frequently sets up five-minute taste studies outside of the Coffeehouse, the main eatery in the student union. I lingered a little bit too long looking at their sign advertising soy product tasting and got roped in by one of their enthusiastic student workers.

First, the form — age, sex, status and department on campus. How often do I eat soy products? Every day or nearly so. What sort? I check three things: tofu, soy milk (right now I am addicted to unsweetened chocolate soy milk on my breakfast porridge), and soy-based veggie burgers (which was dinner last night).

Then the taste test. Three soy bars, apple, mango, and berry: rate them 1 to 10. I am partial to such bars, but these were dry, so overall I gave them a 6 (“like slightly”). I think the food technologists need to go back to work on those bars.

Tomorrow’s dinner is tofu-cilantro with rice. And we have lots of chili and green peppers from the garden. Yum.