Tripe
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Tripe is a type of edible offal made from the stomach of various domestic animals. Beef tripe is typically made from the first three of a cattle's four stomachs, the rumen (blanket/flat/smooth tripe), the reticulum (honeycomb and pocket tripe), and the omasum (book/bible/leaf tripe). Abomasum (reed) tripe is also seen, but with much less frequency, owing to it containing glandular tissue. Sheep and pork tripe are also produced.
Fresh tripe, which includes bits of the stomach's last content, smells very unappetizing for humans but is a favourite of many dogs and other carnivores. Tripe has to be watered and meticulously cleaned for human consumption. "Green tripe" refers to unwashed tripe, not suitable for human consuption but often used in dog food. Green tripe is not actually green, but rather a shade of dark brown.
Tripe is also a slang term synonymous with rubbish, in the sense of something of little value, or nonsense. This is probably being confused with 'trite'.
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Recipes
Tripe is eaten in many parts of the world. Famous tripe recipes include:
- Mondongo A rich tasty soup with tripe, vegetables and herbs, typically from Venezuela.
- Menudo -- a Mexican soup
- Patsás (Greek: πατσάς) -- a Greek hangover fix, similar to the Mexican menudo
- Cau Cau -- a Peruvian type stew using tripe, potatoes and spices.
- Tripe and onions -- (Britain)
- Tripe and Drisheen -- in Cork, Ireland
- Shkembe Chorba -- Bulgarian tripe soup, used for hangover too
- Iskembe Corbasi --Turkish tripe soup, garlic, lemon, spices Turkey
- Tripes à la mode de Caen -- tripe Caen style (France)
- Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup -- tripe soup with peppercorns (United States)
- Gras-double Lyonnais -- tripe Lyon style (France)
- Phở -- Vietnamese soup
- Trippa alla Genovese -- tripe Genoa style (Italy)
- andouille -- a sausage containing tripe (France)
- Flaczki -- tripe Polish style
- Callos a la madrileña -- a thick tripe soup, Madrid style (Spain)
- Kare-kare -- a Filipino peanut soup
- Pacal or Pacalpörkölt -- a spicy Hungarian meal made of tripe, similar to pörkölt
- Trippa alla Fiorentina -- tripe in a tomato-based sauce, from Florence, Italy
- Afval -- tripe traditionally prepared by the Voortrekkers in a potjie (cast-iron black pot) South Africa
- 牛肚 / 金錢肚 (Mandarin: Niudu/Jinqiandu; Cantonese, Ngautou/Gumtsintou) -- Tripe with inner lining resembling ancient Chinese coin with square hole give its name: "coin stomach". The dish is usually served steamed with spring onion and garlic sauce, or just boiled in water served with sweet soya sauce with chilli and spring onions as a dipping sauce.
- Slátur -- Iceland cooked sheep's stomachs filled with blood, fat, and liver
- Nakami-jiru -- Okinawan pork tripe soup
- Andouillette -- French sausage made from pork or beef
- Butifarra -- Catalonian sausage
- Tripoux -- French sheep tripe dish
- Chakna -- a spicy stew of goat tripe and other animal parts from Hyderabad (India)