Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high-protein food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans.
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- noun An
Indonesian food made from partially-cookedfermented soybeans , mixed with afungus (Rhizopus oligosporus)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A cousin oftofu, tempeh is a “cake” madeof whole soybeans that has been fermented.
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In an effort to make it healthier, the tempeh is baked in big chunks - making it not nearly as tasty as when you slice it thin and fry it.
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You’d have better luck buying tempeh from a butcher in Weiner’s Brooklyn district.
Ari Melber: Why Do Liberal Attacks on the Tea Party Echo Attacks on Liberals? Ari Melber 2010
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You’d have better luck buying tempeh from a butcher in Weiner’s Brooklyn district.
Ari Melber: Why Do Liberal Attacks on the Tea Party Echo Attacks on Liberals? Ari Melber 2010
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You’d have better luck buying tempeh from a butcher in Weiner’s Brooklyn district.
Ari Melber: Why Do Liberal Attacks on the Tea Party Echo Attacks on Liberals? Ari Melber 2010
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You’d have better luck buying tempeh from a butcher in Weiner’s Brooklyn district.
Ari Melber: Why Do Liberal Attacks on the Tea Party Echo Attacks on Liberals? Ari Melber 2010
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I ordered the spicy Reuben (made with tempeh, which is like tofu but a bit stronger) with a side salad, while my compatriots got a vegetarian burger with cheese and a bowl of potato-leek soup with a salad.
Stories from The Sun 2010
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I know that she later went on to do a lot of this micro-lending work, where women's groups get small loans in order to, for example, develop a business in sewing clothes or in making some kind of food, like there's a soybean product called tempeh, and very popular in Indonesia.
Democracy Now! 2009
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His wife and two children snacked on slabs of fried fermented soy, known as tempeh, and tossed the cake-like staple into bland bowls of noodles and soup.
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His wife and two children snacked on slabs of fried fermented soy, known as tempeh, and tossed the cake-like staple into bland bowls of noodles and soup.
Peak Oil News 2008
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