Tripe

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 tripe is also seen, but with much less frequency. Sheep and pork tripe are also produced.

Related Topics:
Offal - Stomach - Cattle - Rumen - Reticulum

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Fresh tripe, which includes bits of the stomach's last content, smells very unappetizing for humans. Nevertheless, is a favourite of many dogs and other carnivores. Tripe has to be watered and meticulously cleaned for human consumption.

Related Topics:
Dog - Carnivore

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Tripe is eaten in many parts of the world. Famous tripe recipes include:

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• Menudo -- a Mexican soup
• Patsás (Greek: ??????) -- 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
• 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

Tripe is also a slang term synonymous with rubbish, in the sense of something of little value, or nonsense.

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