I cooked these up in a skillet with a little oil to crisp them up on the outside, like a proper breakfast sausage, and served them up with some leftover strawberry pancakes. Exciting, yes? Well, not exactly.
The sausages had an okay texture. Not mushy or overly chewy - just the right amount of chew. But the flavor was a big disappointment for me. I'm used to a little spiciness, maybe, and some nice herby flavors, like sage. This tasted, to me, like someone dumped a large amount of black pepper into the mix and called it a day. The ingredients include things other than pepper, but I couldn't taste anything else. I tried a bite of sausage with a bite of pancake, but the peppery sausage flavor drowned out the delicious strawberry slices in the pancakes! This simply wouldn't do, so I ditched the sausage.
Sorry, Tofurky, this one is just not a winner. In fact, every Tofurky sausage variety I have tried has come out simply mediocre. Maybe this just isn't your thing?
The experience:
Texture - nicely chewy
Flavor - nothing but peppery flavor - where are my other spices?
Final grade for this attempt: C
Funny, i think all tofurky sausages all taste the same; with that kind of gluteny bland flavor.
ReplyDeletehmm these look scary! i've seen them a few times at the store and always wondered :) thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteI actually prefer Field Roast for anything resembling sausage, though their hotdogs have that same bland consistency you get with all fake meat.
ReplyDeleteI liked them but why on earth would you want to eat them with strawberry - weird! I had home made jalapeno relish on mine, they have great texture and would work well in recipes.
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