Don’t tell Chinese people you like to eat tofu (here’s why)
<p><strong>If you break it down, that’s what the word “tofu” (豆腐 | dòufu) refers to — rotten beans.</strong></p>
<p>Well, okay, maybe not really.</p>
<p>豆 (dòu) means bean, and 腐 (fu) means rotten, decomposed, decaying, spoiled.</p>
<p><strong>But why do rotten beans make tofu in Chinese?</strong></p>
<p>Some say because spoiled soy milk has the appearance of tofu.</p>
<p>Some also say because certain kinds of tofu (like the famous Taiwanese “stinky tofu”) is made from the process of fermentation which is, a sort of controlled rotting…</p>
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