Complete and utter tripe.

[Hazell B]

No, not Christmas TV :mark:

Tripe, that lovely lining to cattle stomach, liberated from the gut wall by huge muscular men who don't mind the smell, then cleaned to brilliant white and cut up for your dining pleasure. Ummm, can't you just taste it's delicate flavour? Feel the vitamins? Savour the experience?

No. It's bloody horrible!

With it being the time of giving presents, I decided to let my dogs choose their own edible gifts from our pet food stock. The sniff test came up with both wanting a packet of air dried tripe (a big seller from the luxury pet treat range) so that's what they got. I knew it was a mistake ......

..... my entire house still stinks of the wretched stuff two days later :mark:

Nobody told me that once opened the tripe sticks would smell so bad. Nobody told me the smell would linger longer than a free lock in at the local. Nobody told me that once tasted it's adictive and the dogs would spend every minute hanging about my stockroom looking like they've been starved.

Does any human being eat tripe?
You must be very, very brave :s

[RyanBriscoe#6]

No, not Christmas TV :mark:

Tripe, that lovely lining to cattle stomach, liberated from the gut wall by huge muscular men who don't mind the smell, then cleaned to brilliant white and cut up for your dining pleasure. Ummm, can't you just taste it's delicate flavour? Feel the vitamins? Savour the experience?

No. It's bloody horrible!

With it being the time of giving presents, I decided to let my dogs choose their own edible gifts from our pet food stock. The sniff test came up with both wanting a packet of air dried tripe (a big seller from the luxury pet treat range) so that's what they got. I knew it was a mistake ......

..... my entire house still stinks of the wretched stuff two days later :mark:

Nobody told me that once opened the tripe sticks would smell so bad. Nobody told me the smell would linger longer than a free lock in at the local. Nobody told me that once tasted it's adictive and the dogs would spend every minute hanging about my stockroom looking like they've been starved.

Does any human being eat tripe?
You must be very, very brave :s


It is used in some African American and Carribean cooking. Didn't know at first, but had some in soup while in Brazil a few years ago. Chewy, is all I could say about it. I thought the bits where pieces of marrow or some kind of soft bone, but no, they were the lining of a cows stomach.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

We sell tripe. Thankfully I've never smelt it because it is delivered pre-packed.

[J4MIE]

I think Pino tried to feed me some once, I had to give up eventually :\

[Malbec]

tripe isn't that bad, you just need something really spicy or strong to mask the smell/flavour.

[airshifter]

tripe isn't that bad, you just need something really spicy or strong to mask the smell/flavour.

But then again, you could take any bad tasting food and cover it up with another flavor. Or for that matter leather. :laugh:

[Malbec]

But then again, you could take any bad tasting food and cover it up with another flavor. Or for that matter leather. :laugh:

Yeah, I realised that a millisecond after posting....

[veeten]

Yow! :eek: Did someone say Chit'lins?! :D

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/ChitlinsHistory.htm

[CCFanatic]

Yow! :eek: Did someone say Chit'lins?! :D

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/ChitlinsHistory.htm

Your from the south, aren't you? Only place on earth that they call them that.

[leopard]

why not, it's delicious but the danger of its hight fat makes it unlikeable.

[LeonBrooke]

My grandmother used to feed it to my mother, supposedly with onions...

[leopard]

My grandmother used to feed it to my mother, supposedly with onions...

It's almost certain that your mother would do the same thing to you, why should be ashamed to admit it? :)

[tmx]

i eat it with asian white noodle soup, no smell, but it needs to be cut up in thin slices. also for dipping with spicy ginger fish sauce (another no no for most other people).

[Storm]

Pretty sure 'tripas' is a tripe soup they eat in central Spain....and also in Greece

[LeonBrooke]

It's almost certain that your mother would do the same thing to you, why should be ashamed to admit it? :)

She didn't, I was lucky ;)

[leopard]

She didn't, I was lucky ;)

Did you ever observe that they have high calorie which is good for the growth of kids?

btw congratulation again for being lucky :)

[LeonBrooke]

Did you ever observe that they have high calorie which is good for the growth of kids?

btw congratulation again for being lucky :)

Yeah, my mum never made me eat tripe, liver, silverbeet, or smoked fish, so I am lucky.

My diet has been quite unhealthy - during my study period at uni this year my lunch would be a can of Red Bull and a packet of lollies, so it was just sugar and caffeine :s

[leopard]

Yeah, my mum never made me eat tripe, liver, silverbeet, or smoked fish, so I am lucky.


smoked fish, smoked meat ... hmm If I have more money free, I would spend more for them.

[Naburn]

I'm sorry Mummy. If Kipper and I had known you would feel this way..........its just sooooooo good! YUM!!

[Breeze]

We have a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the area that serve Pho Soup with tripe as one of the meat options. The broth is very fragrant and delicious and the tripe actually works well with it. Fortunately they also offer other meat options to go along with the tripe so you're not overwhelmed by it. My favorite is beef tendon, sliced thin and cooked so long its very soft but still slightly chewy.

[Roamy]

Hazel
After you complete your dinner of Tripe head on up to Sweden and try a nice plate of lutefisk and a nice little desert up there would be pig's blood with raisins - Oh now nice!! I think the Koreans also ring in with a wonderful dish called Kimshi. That is so bad they eat garlic cloves to freshen their breath!!

[Donney]

Pretty sure 'tripas' is a tripe soup they eat in central Spain....and also in Greece


Most commonly known as "callos", you can eat them with rice or chickpeas, they are very good although I have to admit the texture is somewhat odd.

http://recetas.mundorecetas.com/modules/Recipes/photos/G45cc854104f74.jpg

[Roamy]

I thought Callos was scallops

[Donney]

Scallops are "Vieras" the typical symbol of pilgrims.

http://www.babylon.com/definition/scallop/Spanish

[Roamy]

oh **** now the translator says callos is tripe - christ I hope I didn't eat gut tacos!!

[schmenke]

Tripe... blech! :s

Kimchi is o.k. in small doses :p :

[Hazell B]

fousto, the pig blood isn't a problem, but I hate, hate, hate raisins :s so shall pass on the dessert trolly thanks!

Breeze mentioned beef tendons. I know a jockey who fell fowl of the UK press so went to Hong Kong to race and it was his absolute favourite meal there. Must be low calorie, or he wouldn't have touched it very often. Sounds yukky to me.

Naburn has officially beaten his tripe habbit. I've got him back on salmon burgers (they're biscuits that look like salmon in a burger bun) and squeaky toys, thank goodness.

[LeonBrooke]

It seems to me that no one's mentioned brain. My mum has told me of the time someone fed me brain for lunch - apparently I didn't like it much - I was a baby.

[Alexamateo]

In Mexico, after you've gone out for tripitas and a night of drinking, the menuderias open up after midnight selling that surefire hangover cure, menudo(tripe soup:eek :) . (Not to be confused with Ricky Martin's former band :D )