JPS6049469B2 - Process for making modified tofu - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for producing deformed tofu having a non-rectangular parallelepiped shape.

Conventional tofu has a rectangular box shape, so
The shredded shape was also a rectangular parallelepiped.

However, if tofu is made into a regular rectangular parallelepiped like this, it is uninteresting and cannot meet the demands of young people who like change. Therefore, if tofu can be mass-produced in modified shapes such as a hard playing card symbol, a spade, a club, a diamond, or a fish, the above expectations can be met.

As a simple idea to achieve the above, it is easy to think of placing a conventionally known rectangular tofu on the surface and punching it out using a modified mold.

Although he was a sumo wrestler, his manufacturing method had the problem of high costs as the outer strips cut out by the formwork were left behind and wasted.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages and to create and provide a method for manufacturing modified tofu in large quantities and at low cost without any waste.

The structure of this invention is to put soymilk and a coagulant into a double inner and outer cylinder that stands upright on a bottom plate, solidify the soymilk into a gel-like state, and then remove only the inner cylinder from the outer cylinder, and submerge the outer cylinder in water. The tofu inside is made to protrude from an opening at one end, and the protruding part is cut into pieces of a certain width. The structure of this invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings according to one specific embodiment thereof. First, double inner and outer cylinders 6 and 7 having a cross-sectional shape that matches a desired shape, such as the shape of a fish or the hard shape of a playing card (illustrated embodiment), are created, and as shown in FIG. When the tofu is placed upright on the bottom plate 8 and soy milk and a coagulant are poured into the space formed by the bottom plate 8 and the inner cylinder 6, the soy milk solidifies into a gel-like state and becomes tofu 9 after a while.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, when the inner tube 6 is removed from the outer tube 7, the circumferential surface of the tofu 9 peels off from the inner circumferential surface of the inner tube 6.
Tofu 9 remains in the outer cylinder 7.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer cylinder 7 containing the tofu 9 inside is placed on its side and immersed in a bucket 10 filled with water, and the weight of the tofu is measured by the amount of water. When the end of the tofu 9 is made to protrude from the opening 7a at one end of the outer cylinder 7 in a floating state and the protruding part is cut to a certain width using the knife 11, one piece of hard-shaped tofu 9a is submerged in the water. Float. In this way, the tofu 9 in the outer cylinder 7 is repeatedly cut at regular intervals. The cut hard-shaped tofu 9a is stored in a hard-shaped resin container 12, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
When the hard lid 13 is sealed, it does not collapse easily, can maintain its shape, and can be transported to the dining table. The cross-sectional shapes of the inner and outer double cylinders 6 and 7 are various, such as hard, spade, clover, diamond, fish, car, flower, star, face, circle, and polygon. I can think of.

As detailed above, this invention enables the production of deformed tofu quickly, easily, in large quantities, and at low cost in a manner that does not result in any waste. It has become possible to provide protein.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing illustrates a specific embodiment of the manufacturing method according to the invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the process of coagulating soymilk, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the inner cylinder removal process, Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the cutting process, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the packaging process. Figure 5 is the 4th
FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 5-5. 6 and 7...Double inner and outer cylinder, 8...Bottom plate, 9...Tofu, 9a...
1 block of tofu divided, 10...Pail of water, 1
1... Knife, 12... Container, -13... Lid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A process of stacking the inner and outer double cylinders and standing upright on the bottom plate, putting soy milk and a coagulant into the inner cylinder to solidify the soy milk into a gel-like state, and after the coagulation of the soy milk is completed, A process of removing the inner tube from the outer tube while leaving the tofu inside the outer tube, and protruding the inner tofu from an opening at one end of the outer tube under water, and cutting the protruding portion into pieces of a certain width. A method for producing deformed tofu consisting of the following steps: 2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is heart-shaped. 3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is spade-shaped. 4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is clover-shaped. 5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is rhombic. 6. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is fish-shaped. 7. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is in the shape of an automobile. 8. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinder is flower-shaped. 9. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is star-shaped. 10. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders has a face shape. 11. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is circular. 12. The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein each cross-sectional shape of the inner and outer double cylinders is polygonal.