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Tempeh - made in Sweden

Looks perfect to us

"John the Grandchild"

Learning the Trade; Jan.11, 09

"Sarah. also a Grandchild

round pattie

3/2/09 Hi Gunter, sending you some photos of my first attempt as agreed.

I used an identical set up to the dvd. Even used a red Rubbermaid cooler ;-)

I used only soy beans this time and no pearled barley as you guys. But the white

Tempeh looks and taste good. Had some for breakfast and dinner today.

The incubation time was exactly 22 hours as you promised. 500g of soy beans in a

1/2 stainless steal tray. 1 heaped tsp of tempeh starter.

Thanks for all your help and I will continue my tempeh making here in Sweden, and

follow the progress of Betsy's Tempeh Foundation on the net.

Have a great day! A.A.

John is cutting the cake with our pizza cutter. It can be cut into squares, good for burgers and triangles, or one can cut it into cubes, "ribs", "dogs", or with other cookie cutters into other shapes. For a bike race sponsored by the Heart Association we cut them into heart shapes and that was a big hit.

3/30/09

Sarah tried the cookie cutter for round patties which fit perfectly into our small

electric hamburger grill.

If the patties are 3.25" in diameter, the average weight is 2.67 oz. per pattie.

For a real quick meal, mix a small amount of Hot Pepper Sesame Oil and tamari

and brush it on the pattie before grilling.

For proper pre marinating however, leave the patties with your desired marinade

in a covered flat dish in the refrigerator overnight.

2008/9

......So many days have gone by and it seems that we have been on the web for about 6 months and people from 28 countries have looked at our information. We have received some exciting messages and even phone calls from people who have an interest in setting up businesses. That's very good since not everyone is willing or able to make their own.

This year we hope to find (for us here in the USA), a vegetarian angel who can help us get the resources to set up a Betsy's Tempeh "College". Do you know anyone like that ?

It would really be helpful to set up a prototype facility, perhaps connected with a local college, to do some research and tinkering to find the right machinery and train in tempeh makers and chefs, who could then take it to all the cities in this country.

We are still thinking of "small is beautiful" for designing a production unit - two to four people/owners/operators. It would probably best operate as a Coop or franchise operation to get the savings in the raw materials and packaging etc. It would also link everyone together to exchange ideas and recipes and thus help make Betsy's Tempeh a well known item everywhere.

How to find a vegetarian angel ?

Well - we are trying the lottery -- but......

We have tried very hard to get some messages to people who could make a difference, but.........

So we were thinking of "6 degrees of separation" --- if all the people who love tempeh and want to see it become a more widely available item would search their address book thoroughly, perhaps they can think of someone who knows someone who knows someone....etc. who could make a large enough contribution or knows someone who could --- and bingo: we are ready to launch

Jan 3, 2009