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5/18/2011 4:43:42 PM

more like Awful, amirite?

5/18/2011 4:47:24 PM

2 pages of this thread? how offal.

Quote :

"i don't understand why organs are inherently disgusting to most people but [skeletal] muscle tissue is ok...?"

well, skeletal muscle doesn't have poop pass through it, for a start...

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM. Reason : ^beat me]

5/18/2011 4:49:36 PM

neither does most types of offal that aren't digestive related

5/18/2011 4:53:44 PM

well, it could be a reason some organs are "inherently" disgusting. because some of them typically smell like fecal material even after washing billions of times.

5/18/2011 4:58:56 PM

Someone doing a recipe from The French Laundry cook book on tripe:

http://carolcookskeller.blogspot.com/2008/05/french-laundry-at-home-extra-how-to.html

Quote :

"You know when you walk into a nursing home for the first time, and there's a distinct, rather unpleasant smell? Or, when you drive past a sewage treatment plant or paper mill? Or the airplane bathroom on a Southwest Airlines flight? Or a hospital's burn unit? Those are all preferable smells compared to cooked tripe."

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 8:18 PM. Reason : a]

5/18/2011 8:15:29 PM

haha well hopefully you're buying tripe that has been thoroughly cleaned. I've never experienced an off smell when cooking tripe, but I also don't buy green tripe.

5/18/2011 8:19:39 PM

^ This. I've definitely had good, not smelly tripe before. One case where green =/= go

Only offal I've never messed with/tried is intestine, and mostly for the poop reasons stated above. Though I have friends and family that have had it with good results.

5/19/2011 8:02:50 AM

If you like tripe I think you would like intestines. Personally I can only do the upper intestines. I've had one or two times with lower intestines that were not good. One of my favorite dishes that uses cow intestines is this:

It's the intestines, flank steak, tendon, cabbage, bean sprouts, garlic, scallions, etc cooked in a Korean-style spicy garlic sauce.

5/19/2011 8:13:28 AM

I think you might be food-stalking me...and I like it!

That does look really good, and now I'll have to look into large intestine

5/19/2011 8:14:53 AM

It is awesome! I need to try and find a recipe since I doubt there's any restaurants in the area that serve it.

5/19/2011 8:39:16 AM

Tendon is difficult...I wonder if you need to slow cook that portion or if its just cut so fine that its more of a flash fry for texture...

5/19/2011 8:41:01 AM

My guess is they stewed the hell out of it first lol

5/19/2011 8:44:12 AM

I think I found the sauce for the above pic today at Grand Asia. So excited to try it tomorrow! They didn't have intestines tonight so I got tripe to go in it instead.

5/19/2011 9:52:29 PM

lol

5/25/2011 8:57:34 PM

K

5/25/2011 9:02:02 PM

Had some tripe in my Vietnamese food today. Yum yum yum.

7/16/2011 6:15:08 PM

i have seen tripe on every shopping trip since i can remember going to grocery stores decades ago.

have never bought or tasted it.

will buy it soon.

7/16/2011 6:18:38 PM