Fake Food

The personal worldviews of other people never cease to amaze and surprise me.  We were recently chatting with another mother whose baby is a few months younger than Delphinium.  The subject of food came up, and she asked if we knew anything about that "protein stuff".  We cocked our heads to one side, and tried to think what she must be on about.  Then she said "oh you know that fake food stuff that vegetarians eat?" I was still a little too taken aback to answer, but M didn't miss a beat.  "Do you mean tofu?" he asked without so much as a chuckle.  "Yes!  That's it!"  Oy vey!  I can perhaps understand calling it fake meat, but fake food?!  Here we are, living in one of the richest areas for Asian cuisine in the United States, and she is calling tofu fake food.  Yikes.