#tofu lore

[tofupixel]

some old pixels of mine from 2017-2020 (i was just a baby)

[imahallucinationbabyyyyy]

//Cat's blob doodles!! Tofu is so cute <3

@unwrittencat

[tofusfortbhk]

I’m like Akane with an Aoi slant but for the worst 15 minutes of each day, I’m Teru. This is a byproduct of those 15 minutes.

And other TeruKane sillies:

[royalarchivist]

Lore shared a (very cute) video of Tofu! 🥺💕

[uselessalexis165]

Ancient Stock Tribe

[theperksofbeingstupid]

he is just sitting there

[poltergeist-punk]

Oooooo spooky >:3

( read their fics @hello-astronomybabe and @tanglelover )

[m1dori-eyes]

YUZU'S TOFU STREET TACOS

So I'm a Los Angeles native, and these are the tacos I had growing up, except now half of my friends are vegan, so I learned how to make them with tofu instead of meat. These tacos are so fucking good that a Latina friend of mine asked me for the recipe, which is the pride of my life. They're also dirt cheap, and I was able to serve 6 college students with $30 worth of ingredients and have leftovers. Normally this is where 8 more paragraphs of preamble would go, but you're probably hungry, so let's get to it.

Ingredients: For this recipe, you'll need tofu (firm works best), small tortillas or taco shells (preferably corn), beans (preferably black), shredded iceberg lettuce or cabbage, "Mexican spices" (follow your heart on this one, I used TJ's hot and smoky mix and also their taco spice, but literally do anything you want, although if you have low spice tolerance you can just use paprika), shredded cheese, cooking oil (I like avocado oil for tofu but that's pure preference), cilantro and lime (optional, but they add a lot), and love.

Prep: First you want to get a medium sized layer of oil (more oil than you think you need) in a big pan, get it nice and hot, while that's heating chop up a block of tofu, and get out your taco shells, shredded cheese, and lettuce or cabbage. For best results chop the tofu into small cubes, but if you're using a non-firm tofu (soft or sprouted), chop it larger so that it won't dissolve.

Cook: After you have everything ready, throw the tofu all into the oil, and immediately add spices to taste. One of the advantages to cooking with tofu is that it's never 'raw' like meat is, you can always taste it at any stage of the production to make sure you got the seasoning right. The spices are the most important step, make sure you taste everything before you add it. Move it around in the pan a lot, you can just shake the pan and toss it around like you're stir frying, or use a spoon to get it unstuck from the pan, but don't use a sharp implement like a fork or spatula, that will break the tofu. You can either cook it until it's lightly grilled (the tofu will be reddish brown from absorbing the spices) or get a heavier sear (the tofu will be darker and might become crispy depending on how much oil you use). When it's done, use tongs or your spoon to get it all into a bowl, DON'T POUR FROM THE PAN or else you'll get all of the oil too, and the tofu will be swimming in grease. Then, cook the beans in the same pan immediately after the tofu is out, to let them soak up the residual flavors. You can add the same seasonings to the beans that you did with the tofu, but some people like their beans mild to cut through the spice.

Finishing: After the beans are done, spoon a little of everything into a tortilla or taco shell (lettuce/cabbage, tofu, beans, cheese, in that order if you want to be a purist). Finish with cilantro and lime. If you opted for soft tacos, just put everything in a line in the center of the tortilla, and then grip it so that it folds parallel to that line. There's an entire school of debate on how to hold these things, but I just accept that I'm going to make a mess, and eat them outside. Enjoy! :3

[tofuless]

I'm tempted to revamp my Gore Group characters.

[tofupixel]

never posted about it but i got to make a sleeve design for the LP release of this chiptune miles davis cover album, 'kind of bloop' (kind of blue)

apparently there was some huge issue with the previous release's art where they just copied the cover 1:1 and ended up settling out of court. so i had to really not make it like the original at all

pretty cool anyway. you can buy a physical LP with my art on it here

[queer-reader-07]

nothing quite as epitomizing of my being both white & japanese as the fact that my dinner tonight is cold pizza and tofu

[maternal-extinct]

like i literally am sitting on a pdf pattern of a bycocket hat because of 2 reasons. im envious of rushad's hat. and i never got a robinhood hat on runescape

[intothegenshinworld]

Tofu Anon:

BBB Seelie is a knight of Kleevonius

...

I LOVE THAT!! T^T

[atthebell]

WE'RE SO BACK

[fakeosirian]

nick got me the astarion candle and ngl. it smells fucking amazing and is keeping me alive atm

[thestalkerbunny]

I'm not caught up on kitsune lore, actually.

You have come to the right place, my friend.

All I think about is weird fox based lore.

We'll cover the 3 big ones of Japan, Korea and China.

THE FOX BREAK DOWN.

WHY THE FOX?

The fox in many cultures-in this case countries residing in the Eastern areas of the world-have been symbols of mystery, trickery, transformation and deception. This may account to the fact a fox is naturally a very fast and intelligent animal, that is rather nocturnal and has a way to always evade danger that it finds itself in. They're problem solvers. They also scream like women in distress. Or when they're happy-they scream like cars trying to rev up.

THE KITSUNE: Japanese messanger of the gods and local nuisence

The most popular of foxes in media, art and story, the Kitsune story comes from Japan. It has been the subject of movies, games, animes, mangas and even folk tales for generation. To put it simply, a Kitsune is a fox that possesses paranormal abilities. People already believed that foxes were supernatural in general-but with time and age, they'd grow smarter and wiser. A kitsune grows a new tail for every 100 years it lives-with those that have 9 tails being very powerful and with 10 tails earned, will ascend into GODHOOD.

-sound familiar to someone you might know?-

Kitsune and humans have always lived together and gotten along mostly. Fox Urine actually repels rats-so stones soaked in the urine of foxes would be placed near fields; which most likely led to people finding foxes sacred and becoming a symbol of the Japanese Deity, Inari Okami-the God of agriculture-and eventually being regarded as their messengers.

Kitsunes had the ability to shape shift-often doing so into beautiful women (and sometimes men depending on the story) and getting themselves married, but usually getting run off by their spouses' dogs (which they are afraid of) They also have a tendency to reveal themselves when they get drunk or are careless as the tails are the one part of themselves they can't hide properly (which is tricky if you got 9 of 'em.) Beautiful women with certain face structures and high cheek bones are often called 'fox faced'

Kitsune can be good or evil-some of the more wicked ones going out of their way to possesse humans and have to be exorcised to free them.

THE KUMHIO: Korea's nightmare manic pixie dream girl

The Kumhio is my personal favorite-hailing from Korean, the Kumhio (or Gumhio depending on spelling variation) is a fox similar to the Kitsune in many aspects. It's a very long lived 9 tail fox, it has supernatural powers of illusion, shapeshifting and magic. But the Kumhio is different in it's behavior. The Kumhio's favorite meal-unlike the tofu loving Kitsunes-is human livers. And they go about acquiring it in a very interesting way. They will become women (or men) and manage to get hitched up to whoever is most convenient and begin to systematically prey on everyone in the household. First the animals, then the servants, the family, and often times leaving the spouse for last. They are also known to dig up fresh graves to get the livers. They also sport something similar to the kitsune that was not mentioned-a Bead they keep inside their bodies that they can cough up. This is called a Fox Bead. Putting this bead in your mouth can give you IMMENSE knowledge of the sky land and seas. Often times this is only shared by the Kuhio via a sort of 'deep kiss' where it puts the ball in your mouth and then takes it back with it's long unnatural tongue. But most cases have been people trying to steal it/accidently swallowing it. Although humans are a Kumhio's prey-if a Kumhio abstains from killing and consuming a human for 1000 days, it too will become mortal and then can enjoy all mortal perks (getting married, sharing a life span with someone, not being a literal monster) They are sometimes in mythology (depending on who you ask and which variation of the story you read) regarded as a lesser creature, but still very very dangerous. I wouldn't wanna fuck around and find out with one of these puppies.

FAVORITE PIECE OF MEDIA INVOLVING A KUMHIO:

Laon, it's a great horror read, kinda short, but still great. I love it unironically.

THE HULI-JING: Your friendly neighborhood fox ghost

The Huli-Jing is another Fox Spirit, this time from China. Much like Japan, it has the same properties as the Kitsune; Supernaturally weird, crazy long lived, can become god, people tend to like them. Until they do fucked up stuff. One case had a huli-jing posesses an important woman in power and she and her husband while posessed basically started torturing and murdering people and starting a massive revolt against their dynasty. Unlike Kumhios who suck life essence from the mouth (and eat your liver) The Huli-Jing will go the Succubus route and.....steal semen. That's right, the foxes are turning into hot hot women and are stealing your life force via your jizz boys, keep it in your pants. But despite that, many villages in history love the Fox Spirit-a saying going as far as villages shouldn't be established without a fox spirit milling about. They're seemingly friendly provided you pay them the right respects. Many people would have in home shrined dedicated to them to make offerings right there.

TLDR: Foxes are fuckin' spooky, turnin into women, stealin' your semen, your liver and making your goddamn rice grow. fuckin' foxes doin' FOX SHIT.