[shermantanktop]

I eat a fair bit of tofu, as a vegetarian for decades. It might be considered a meat substitute from a nutritional POV but it is not a good substitute from a culinary POV. You need to adjust how you plan your meals and how you build flavor, and many people just aren’t ready to do that.

[PaulHoule]

I had a vegan phase so I'm familiar with stuff like tofu, tempeh, boca burgers, etc. I don't understand the excitement around Impossible burgers. I eat meat now but I also eat a lot of things I learned to eat as a vegetarian. I wouldn't say tofu is better or worse than chicken.

[shermantanktop]

I rarely eat any of that fake meat stuff, and the stuff I like is not the hyper realistic stuff with weird fake blood.

Like chicken? Sure, to the extent that it is often bland and flavorless.

We freeze and thaw tofu a lot, which helps the texture.