Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thick white jelly resembling blanc-mange, made of beans, much eaten by the natives of northern China, Corea, and Japan.

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Examples

  • Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The appetizer sampler for two includes crispy bean-curd autumn rolls filled with mushroom, tri-color zenmaki, moo shu rolls and more.

    Many Shades of Vegan 2011

  • The dish can convert even the most die-hard bean-curd sceptics, says Ms. Dunlop, speaking from experience.

    Chengdu's Bold and Tingling Tofu Robyn Eckhardt 2010

  • The dish can convert even the most die-hard bean-curd sceptics, says Ms. Dunlop, speaking from experience.

    Chengdu's Bold and Tingling Tofu Robyn Eckhardt 2010

  • Her late father had helped build the school in 1995 – 96 and she recalls him comparing it to "bean-curd dregs," or doufuzha — a metaphor for flimsy construction.

    All Shook Up 2008

  • However the cuisine was wonderful: krispy pork, bbq pork, bean-curd, scallops...

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • However the cuisine was wonderful: krispy pork, bbq pork, bean-curd, scallops...

    so slowly, indeed... 2005

  • I pointed to man spitting a long stream of bean-curd paste into pot of boiling water.

    The Kitchen God's wife Tan, Amy 1991

  • So this was what the mesh cage beneath the water had contained, freshwater shrimp, which my father was now dipping into a spicy bean-curd sauce and popping into his mouth with two bites and a swallow.

    The Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy 1989

  • Did you not see that her face was as a bean-curd in its whiteness?

    The Dragon Painter Mary McNeil Fenollosa

  • Now, from along the streets rise the calls of flower peddlers, of venders of fish, bean-curd, vegetables, and milk.

    The Dragon Painter Mary McNeil Fenollosa

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