Dinner Time...
I'd planned to fix vegetarian chili this evening, but the universe decided otherwise. That, and the tofu was bad. Now, I know there are people out there who are uninitiated in eating tofu. You might even be one such person. That's fine; we all have our food preferences. But trust me when I tell you that tofu has a bland taste and smell, or lack thereof. It is a lot like white bread or vanilla pudding: not exactly exciting, but it does work well in many meals, taking in the flavors of whatever it is cooked in. So I pulled out everything needed to fix the meal...onions, peppers, a large can of crushed tomatoes, two cans of beans (one black, the other navy), carrots, garlic, and, of course, tofu. I usually drain the tofu in a colander while cutting up the veggies, so I pulled the top off the tofu tub and dumped it into the colander, then turned to get the cats' water bowl to refill it. By the time I got back to the sink, I was hit with a horrible stench that can only be...