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17 Responses to “Delicious Tripe!!!”

1. Amy says:

   July 1, 2006 at 10:51 am

   I want to like tripe. Really I do. I’ve tried it numerous times. But I don’t like the texture or the flavor. In Tuscany I ate it drowning in tomato sauce and parmesan, all well and good, except for the tripe part…Any recipes you think could convert me?
2. JR Prospal says:

   July 13, 2006 at 9:49 pm

   Fantastic site!!! I just stumbled across you today (via a post on An Obsession With Food) and am just tickled. I am a big fan of tripe. Since childhood when my Mom made breaded pan-fryed honeycomb tripe it has been my favorite dish. In Italian Village in Cleveland there are a couple restaurants serving it in a light tomato sauce with penne and in a heavier sauce with just thin sliced tripe. And, of course, I actually like haggis.

   I’m excited to give your recipe a try…minus the taters (I’m allergic)…but perhaps parsnips would work as well.

   Thanks for your site, I’ll be back often.
3. donald says:

   July 20, 2006 at 12:54 pm

   Brilliant site! Spread the word about the better bits. Of course, tripe is more popular than one would think- it is a common favourite dish in many Asian countries. The Chinese have a cold garlic and chilli tripe salad tossed with rice vingear and spiring oinions and chives.
4. mike says:

   July 26, 2006 at 10:55 pm

   C’mon let’s keep it simple,cut tripe into bite sized bits add generous amounts of salt and vinegar,marinate overnight-kin fantastic.
5. Dave says:

   November 13, 2006 at 2:55 pm

   Okay, I’ll admit that I haven’t tried the above, but I have eaten some very lovely Vietnamese soups that contain tripe. But the tripe part of the soup is NOT lovely. It is very hard to chew and appears to have no real taste of its own. Is this really any better?
6. Charlie Sommers says:

   December 17, 2006 at 5:37 pm

   The tripe you were eating in Vietnamese soup was the third compartment of the cow’s stomach or the omasum. The omasum is also called the butcher’s bible, or just the book, and is generally discarded in America because it is so difficult to clean. I once had a Lao neighbor who was a wonderful cook and made a delicious soup from the omasum.
   The omasum is about the size of a basketball and is the most expensive part of the cow in most Southeast Asian countries. I worked in a slaughterhouse at the time and furnished the offal for many delicious Sunday meals. This particular type of tripe is very chewy but I thought it was delicious, of course we were drinking Lao or Chinese distilled spirits at the time and my judgement could have been impaired.
7. Cess says:

   December 28, 2006 at 8:25 pm

   I have been eating beef tripe since I was a little girl. And I must say I was determined to learn how to cook it on my own. Nothing like a bowl of trip over white rice with a dash or two of hot sauce. GOOOOOOD EATIN’
8. Darleen says:

   December 31, 2006 at 1:47 pm

   My father remembers eating tripe as a child. His mother served it with vinegar, salt and pepper. He does not remember her cooking it. Is this possible, only eating tripe – fresh from the store with those ingredients ? Or should it be boiled for 45 minutes ? I just bought some for him and the packaging says fresh tripe. Please help.
9. darleen says:

   December 31, 2006 at 7:08 pm

   Is the fresh tripe that is sold in the food market, cooked ? My father ( 89 Years young) remembers eating tripe prepared by his mother and she did not cook it. She bought it fresh, cut it up and put vinegar and salt and pepper on it. He says that this is how it is eaten.
10. Sona Simmons says:

    January 25, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    Back in the late 60s I found a little Italian restaurant in Chicago’s Loop called Gold Post. Had thick soup there with beans,tripe & possibly Italian sausage that I loved. Anyone know how to make it? Also just had cold tripe salad made by an Oriental friend, & it was wonderful. She used cilantro & some spicey red peppers, chopped, for seasonings. Sooo good! I just boiled fresh tripe today, & it sure does stink up the house but I’m determined to make something delicious out of it. Musn’t let the cooking odors discourage you! Thanks for all the great reading!
11. peter says:

    January 25, 2007 at 8:05 pm

    hello my grandmother used to mind me and my brother around 1947 to about 1954 she was an exellent cook ,tripe was served once per week just washed, dried then sprinkled whith malt vinegar, salt white pepper, rested for one hour, then served. there was honeycomb tripe, fatty tripe off seam, or ladies tripe all deliceous. hope this helps.
12. winston plowes says:

    February 23, 2007 at 6:14 am

    Hi There, Amazing site

    I am desperate to like tripe. I believe it is part of my heratage and therefore obtained a recipe for tripe and onions last week. Sadly it is best summed up as tasting like warm inner tubes. I deduce that something has gone wrong here. so today it’s straight from the shop and salt and vinegar. Fingers crossed!
13. michael sindoni says:

    April 13, 2007 at 11:34 am

    Have you ever eaten at Cibreo in Florence? I used to work there and we made a cold tripe salad every night.
14. vinny says:

    June 17, 2007 at 7:57 pm

    tripe has its own flavor texture and scent. you either love it or not. try it @ lilvinnys.com
15. frances brunton says:

    July 16, 2007 at 6:22 am

    I have enjoyed your site about tripe, and the comments from others. I like it very much, but understand that people who have had it cooking for hours in the house may have some problems…I live in Florence, and know Cibreo well (comment from m sindoni April 07): it is next to the S. Ambrogio food market – a better place for tripe you couldn’t imagine. I think your contributors have a misunderstanding – if you buy raw tripe, it has to be very well cleaned and cooked for about 3 hours and stinks the house out! Here, at least, we get it pre-cooked, which means about another 20-30 mins cooking time, according to recipe. No bad smells (not much, anyway). Sorry for those who don’t like it. All I can say is that possibly they haven’t had it right. It should be melt-in-the-mouth, with a very delicate meaty flavour.
    Lovely website will be back. Making the recipe for the salad this evening. Envy me! Frances
16. mao says:

    December 5, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    if you really need & want too eat some of the best tripe stew ,go tooa spanish resturant[ puerto rican ] is the only one i was eating since a kid my mom makes the best you clean the tripe boil it put some pig ears i like or pig feet salt seasoning called garlic ,cilantro freash, and [ long recaufrash ]adobo ] from goya cilantro & achote same com.when allmost tender you can put in cube poetatos & some root vegtables ,little tomatoe sauce don’t forget the peper. boil 1hour or so and bring me a bowl .
17. Paul G says:

    June 30, 2010 at 11:19 am

    I’m with Mao. My grandmother (Puerto Rican) would make the best tripe stew. I work in NYC and there is a resturant I go to for lunch that once in a while serves this delicous dish! I get it over rice (yellow rice of course). They call it Mondongo. I highly recommended it. I still cant get my vietnamese girl friend to try it though. Shame shame!

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