Menudo (soup)

:For the Puerto Rican boy band, see Menudo.

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The soup menudo is a traditional Mexican dish; a spicy soup made with hominy and tripe. In many parts of the world, menudo is traditionally thought of as a remedy for hangovers. Although it is often seen as a cure for a hangover in Mexico as in other parts of the world, it is traditionally seen as a food dish to be served on special occasions or with family.

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Mexican - Soup - Hominy - Tripe - Hangovers

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Menudo is an ethnic dish that has its roots firmly planted in peasant food heritage. Menudo is also a byproduct of conflict. Long ago in northern Mexico, the select cuts of a town's cattle would go to battle-weary and hungry Mexican soldiers while the leftovers went to the peasants. These leftovers consisted organ meats, tails, hooves, etc. Inventive and/or desperate peasant cooks created a soup that made good use of several of these ingredients -- the stomach (tripe) and calf's foot (hoof). Classic menudo is basically a slowly cooked stew of honeycomb tripe and calf's foot later infused with several varieties of chilli peppers, spices and balanced in flavor and texture with white hominy. It is presented as a soup and served with corn tortillas. Menudo is also made in the Philippines and probably more countries that were conquered by Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.http://deependdining.blogspot.com/2004/12/menudo-toms-1-santa-monica-ca.html

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Hoof - Chilli pepper - Tortillas - Philippines - Spain

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