To think that tofu is the food of the devil

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I am trying to eat less meat - today I tried tofu. Why would anyone eat this?

I love it.

Prefer the firmer texture one but will eat any version. The plain ones though, not the smoked or flavoured stuff.

How did you cook it?

Someone recommended the smoked one. I am not a fussy eater at all but the texture made me gag. Vile

I feel the same way about meat.
Tofu absorbs flavours well, try it in a stirfry.

I hate tofu in this country, it's disgusting. For some reason it was really nice every time I ate it in Thailand

After pressing it for 30 mins under a weight (kitchen roll to absorb liquid), you should toss tofu in corn flour and pre fry it till golden. THEN use it in a stir fry, crunchy outside and soft inside and lush. Black pepper tofu recipe is amazing.

It's how you cook and what spices and sauces you put with it. Bland tofu without any flavouring would be unpalatable

Lovely in Vietnamese pho ( soup)

I love it but only if it's cooked properly. If you go to a decent Chinese restaurant they do amazing things with tofu!

Tofu cooked properly is deeelish.

Tofu cooked badly is bleurgh.

Smoked tofu is mmmmm.

Yabu.

bigmouth that actually sounds quite nice - I can imagine the texture would be less gungie - what I had today had a texture similar to play dough.

Yabu, tofu is lovely. Quinoa however is disgusting.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/25/vegetarian-recipes-black-pepper-tofu try this recipe

Tofu is great, but not that silken stuff it's a bit rubbish. Find tofu puffs, brilliant and anything by taifun.

I've been veggie for over 25 years and I frigging hate tofu (and any other meat type substitute) the only time I was ever able to eat was freshly out deep fryer at yo sushi but as it cooled it got (much) worse!

Badly cooked tofu is horrible. Deep-fried and then braised in Chinese chilli bean paste, though.... drools quietly over keyboard

YADNBU It makes me horribly ill, though I'm fine with anything soya - work of the devil!

YABU

sprouts are the devil's bullets fired straight from hell

Haggis I love vegetarian food but I think it might be the texture of meat substitutes generally - I also hate quorn. I'm not sure why when I do still eat meat.

I will reserve judgement and accept that I might not have cooked it properly Bigmouth the recipe in your link sounds lovely.

Also I had no idea that tofu came in different textures - I just got what was available in my local Sainsburys.

DH just made a delicious meal of roast veggies and tofu with rosemary. I mean it was delicious once I'd picked all the tofu out.

It makes lovely thick fruit milkshakes. YABU.

It is all about the way you cook it, and how you season it. Keep trying!

There are lots of different ways to prepare tofu - YABU to dismiss it out of hand after trying one!

I love it fried with chilli, salt and pepper.

I love it!

Would also like to recommend the Yotam Ottolenghi recipe posted by bigmouth - tofu convert here.