Tofu Blues

I'm the type of guy who doesn't mind sampling different foods from different cultures with perhaps the exception of roasted insects or Malaysian Rat on a Stick. Other than that I will be game to at least take a bite or two of almost anything, once. So last night I had my first taste of tofu as my daughter and son-in-law treated me to a nice stir fry they had concocted in a kitchen in the backwoods of Buffalo Gap. The pristine bed of rice held a Thai dish complete with a spot of tofu, which looked amazingly a lot like some sort of meat. I poked at the square pieces of unidentifiable "meat" and asked, "What kind of meat is this and when did you stop being a vegetarian?"

"Tofu"

"Gesundheit. So what type of meat is this?"

"Tofu."

"Hey, watch your language. Just asking a simple question. You still have all your dogs running around your place, right?" I had to ask because the little squares of meat weren't like anything I had ever seen.

"No dad, it's tofu. There is no meat in this dish."

"Tofu huh? Hmm, well I'll try anything once." I sampled the tofu and it wasn't bad at all. I do believe it does something to the system though because I was trounced by the two guests in Scrabble so it had to be the tofu.

Yup, I'll eat it again if it is served and have now broadened my horizons that one day I might actually sample a toasted insect if that is all there was to eat. Still think I will pass on the Rat on a Stick.