Tripe

[Z-Cook]

I suppose there can often be a difference between what people eat at home and what is found on restaurant menus.

I think that's very true. It's really only in recent times that all kinds of local and regional dishes have found their way onto restaurant menus, and then only in certain places too. Offally restaurants like St John's and Silk Road in London are good examples, tho Menudo is a huge favourite in local Mex/NewMex restaurants in the US Southwest and is almost a weekend institution.

 

[Barriehie]

I think that's very true. It's really only in recent times that all kinds of local and regional dishes have found their way onto restaurant menus, and then only in certain places too. Offally restaurants like St John's and Silk Road in London are good examples, tho Menudo is a huge favourite in local Mex/NewMex restaurants in the US Southwest and is almost a weekend institution.

True that weekend institution. Cardenas, they had a cocina, would only serve menudo on Saturday and Sunday.

 

[Gone Hiking]

My grandparents used to eat that. It looked disgusting and I've never wanted to try it.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

An old article (10 years old) but the Tripe shops still there.
So what sort of bleach do they bleach tripe with?
Even This Tripe Shop Owner Hates The Taste of Tripe

Edit - apparently Hydrogen peroxide or chlorine. Thats enough for it to go on my no thanks list

 

[SoCalZone10]

Is he still in business?

 

[Barriehie]

An old article (10 years old) but the Tripe shops still there.
So what sort of bleach do they bleach tripe with?
Even This Tripe Shop Owner Hates The Taste of Tripe

Edit - apparently Hydrogen peroxide or chlorine. Thats enough for it to go on my no thanks list

The article says citric solution...

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

The article says citric solution...

I googled what do supermarkets bleach tripe with separately from the article and it said Hydrogen Peroxide and Chlorine
I can’t see a citric solution turning something thats stained with bile and chlorophyll white

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Is he still in business?

She is

 

[Barriehie]

I googled what do supermarkets bleach tripe with separately from the article and it said Hydrogen Peroxide and Chlorine
I can’t see a citric solution turning something thats stained with bile and chlorophyll white

I use citric on my coffee pot and it works fine...[/soapbox]

 

[Z-Cook]

I like tripe. A lot. But (obviously) a lot of people detest it. It's probably right in there with pigs feet pigs ears n tails and that sort of thing. As the tripe shop manager says, each to their own. I don't think that simply boiled with no seasonings and eaten with nothing other a splash of vinegar is very appetising tho.

lt does have to be cooked a loooong time.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I use citric on my coffee pot and it works fine...[/soapbox]

What is the citric you’re referring to?
Citric acid powder?

 

[Barriehie]

I love tripe, but (obviously) a lot of people detest it. It's probably right in there with pigs feet pigs ears n tails and that sort of thing. As the tripe shop manager says, each to their own. I don't think that simply boiled with no seasonings and eaten with nothing other a splash of vinegar is very appetising tho.

lt does have to be cooked a loooong time.

I pressure cook in an IP for 40 min. from thawed and that times well with any other ingredients to make whatever. Of course time total is indicated from whether thawed or frozen and how big the pieces are. Pressure cooking is, roughly, a times 3 on the time for not pressure cooking.

 

[Barriehie]

What is the citric you’re referring to?
Citric acid powder?

Correct. A normal fill of water, distilled, to the "stain line" and 1/4 tsp of powder. This obviously while still in use...

 

[Barriehie]

Otherwise known as sour salt.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I like tripe. A lot. But (obviously) a lot of people detest it. It's probably right in there with pigs feet pigs ears n tails and that sort of thing. As the tripe shop manager says, each to their own. I don't think that simply boiled with no seasonings and eaten with nothing other a splash of vinegar is very appetising tho.

lt does have to be cooked a loooong time.

Pigs feet are wonderful, my daughter’s hair now is almost back to before. Shiny, not lack luster, no shampoo can do that.