Tofu isn't that awful if you season it to death.
My sister was a vegetarian for about a year (she had to go back to her carnivorous ways because it was making her sick not having protien), and I was being ornery one day and stole a bite of what looked like chicken and salad but was really tofu and salad. It took me a minute to notice the difference and once I did I have to say it wasn't that awful.