Product Review- Tofurky Breakfast Links
I've never been a really huge fan of sausage, stemming from the fact that I once bit into a pig tooth in a breakfast sausage and never really did get over it. Sure, I know that the presence of a tooth in a soy product would be unlikely (but TEN TIMES creepier if it DID happen) but I just never got back in the habit.
Sorry for the shitty photograph, but these suckers were wrapped in some heavy-duty, super shiny space age shrink wrap that resisted my every effort to photograph it well, particularly at seven AM when it was still dark outside. Lord, I hate getting up in the dark....
The first thing I noticed about these sausages is that they are packed in oil. A LOT of oil. The grease practically oozed out of the package at me. It thoroughly grossed my daughter out, who promptly declared that she wasn't eating those greasy things.
They fried up very quickly in the pan, (with the added bonus of not needing any extra grease to cook 'em, haha.)They browned evenly and looked, I must say, most delectable when they were done. Now, in this picture I have poured molasses over the sausage, something we did in my house as a kid. Yes, it is weird...I've never met anyone else who ate molasses on their sausage. It kinda looks like a puddle of vampire blood or something...
The Verdict: On the plus side, the sausages are all vegan, fast and easy to cook, and pretty yummy. On the down side, they are so big and high in calories (130 per link) that one link is all I can really get away with in one meal. It feels funny to eat just one sausage for breakfast, and I can't really explain why. All in all, I will buy these again. Sometimes you just need a little somethin' somethin' with your fried potatoes in the morning.
Oh, and my daughter did end up eating two of them, so I guess that tells ya something, eh?
TGIF!!!
5 comments:
WOW! They look yummy.
I don't think 130 calories is bad for one sausage at all. I mean look at the size of that thing - it's HUGE!
And Molasses on sausages is the weirdest thing I ever heard!
OMG--I cannot believe you found a TOOTH in your sausage! That is freaky and gross and nasty...uggg. I swear I shuddered when I read that!
Courtney
the tooth story is SO FREAKING NASTY!
ugh. Don't you all have gimme lean up there in Canada? It's great breakfast sausage. There are also some recipes going around for making your own. If you've got a taste for spices, it probably wouldn't be too hard...
I saw these at my grocery store a couple of weeks ago and bought a package too. I haven't tried them yet. Molasses on sausages isn't weird. I used to eat them that way all the time. Then I tried them with maple syrup and liked that better. Maybe it's an east coast thing. My husband (Toronto born) thinks that bread and molasses for a sweet snack is weird. My mother-in-law (Glace Bay born) thinks it's as tasty as I do.
i have been thoroughly enjoying reading your blog and find your open-minded and hillarious posts a welcome relief to what i personally think of sometimes as the vegan fascist doctrine... where if you've consumed a single drop of honey or accidental smidge of egg tainted oil since you started experimenting with a different diet you dont deserve to live haha i jest but really, im sure you know the type. i can sympathise very much with the tooth-in-sausage fiasco; i have a vivid memory of discovering an enormous lump of bone and gristle in my dinner when i was very young, dont recall much but the horror of this disgusting thing lurking in something that i'd only innocently known before as my tea still makes me feel a bit ill. according to my mother i refused to touch pork after that! ah weird disturbing memories =p
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