Dressed up as a chicken, but it's not

I'm so behind on posting! There's still two pot lucks to share, plus a whole heap of baking. But first this is dinner from Halloween Night. Before heading out to a house show, I made mock chicken and a big veggie stir fry for Tim, myself and our friend Matt. The mock chicken was from a recipe I've been itching to try from the beautiful blog Chow Vegan. It involves the technique of layering thin sheets of bean curd, or yuba, that have been soaked in sauce and rolling them into a log that is then steamed and sliced. Usually this dish is served cold. I often see it as mock duck on the menu of dumpling houses I go to. The end result is very chewy, toothsome and satisfying. Not much like chicken at all, it's one of my favourite forms of mock meat. Chow Vegan's recipe featured a filling of fried shitake mushrooms for even more texture and juiciness.

I had a minor drama in that all my sheets, which are extremely delicate when dry, had crumbled. I ended up just dumping them all into a tray with the marinade and squashing them flat as best I could. Then I topped it with the mushrooms and just sort of folded and squished it all together, squeezing out as much marinade as I could. I cut the long roll in half to fit in my bamboo steamer, and was really delighted with how it firmed up and held together. I could even slice it!

I went to the party dresses as Margaret Lanterman, the log lady from Twin Peaks. What did you do?