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Who are your heroes in real life?
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I love homemade seitan. How was it and the cheesecake slice?
And yeah if you do want to homecook seitan it will definitely be cheaper. If you make it from scratch you wash starch out of flour to get the vital wheat gluten. That process is a bit of a mess but that’s the cheapest way to do it. Otherwise they do sell vital wheat gluten but that’s more expensive for the convenience.
The seitan was probably more meatloaf than turkey but it was alright, not great if I’m honest. The cheesecake was pretty legit though. I wanna ask the owner what the recipe is lol.
Someone on the Vegan Home Cooks discord server sent me a video or recipe for the wash method for seitan but it def seems like a lot of work. I haven’t done the math but if vital wheat gluten is still cheaper than then like hamburger, I might go that route. I’m kind of weird about it but I price check my vegan protein sources against the omni counterparts and if it’s cheaper, it’s justifiable.