> My coworker told me that Chinese eat beans all of the time and offered
> the opinion that foreigners do not see their use in Chinese vegetarian
> cuisine because the Chinese consider beans ordinary every day food.

Frustrating isn't it - so many vegan traditions that are adulterated
and lost to the western all consuming diabetes promoting diet

In nutriition we are often having to encourage people to return to a
diet more like their grandmother's (or great-grandmother's)

Tony - http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk