Grilled Stone-Screen Tofu

Grilled Stone-Screen Tofu

　　Grilled Stone-Screen Tofu is a local delicacy from Stone-Screen, with each piece weighing about twenty grams. It is made from high-quality soybeans through more than ten processes including grinding the beans, removing the hulls, soaking, milling into slurry, boiling the slurry, filtering the milk, shaping, draining water, and fermenting. Among these, fermentation is the most crucial step — if fermented too briefly, the tofu becomes tough and takes on a sour, bitter taste; if left too long, it will spoil. The so-called grilled tofu is actually a type of small stinky tofu — “smells foul but tastes delicious.” After fermentation, many nutrients in the tofu that are normally hard for the body to digest and absorb are broken down by yeast or fungi, making them easier for the body to take in. (Honghe)