I love tripe.

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Too bad that more diners now eat this lowly treasure, as its price will rise.

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Memorable tripe dishes:

  • Tripe a la Mode de Caen, Le Veau D’Or, Manhattan.
  • Trippa alla Fiorentina. a small place on the Arno in Florence.
  • Tripe soup at Polidor, Paris.
  • Trippa alla Parmigiana, Frank’s Steak House, Manhattan.
  • Husband & Wife (beef filet and tripe, Sichuan style), Gu’s Bistro, Doraville GA.
  • Menudo the morning after, many times, many places.
  • Tripe and rutabagas with my Granddaddy.
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Called Callos here, you can have my portion Victor.

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So, you would not be thankful for a big roast turkey, stuffed with tripe? [wink.gif]

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Love it as well. When I lived in Italy, it was the traditional dish at the local festa.

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I really strongly dislike the flavor.

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Love it in every ethnic rendition from Italian to Menudo to the spicy one we get in Bahia…

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After a bad experience in 1975, I cannot eat tripe anymore. I’ve tried a bunch of times since, but my reptillian taste/smell memory of becoming violently sick after that one bad dish precludes me from eating it again. Fortunately, I have lots of options in LA and environs for pozole and goat stew (particularly the pozole and barbacoa de chiva at Monte Alban) which are proximate to menudo, without the tripe.

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Similar experience here, Montreal in the early 1990’s. Poorly cleaned or prepared, unable to even try it now.

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Love love love tripe. Love intestines too.

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I’m making Trippa alla Romana (loosely based on a Mario Batali recipe) right now. I have about a half-hour left before I can dig in. [cheers.gif]

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I don’t, bleh. I should turn in my Asian card.

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Gu’s Husband and Wife is terrific.
I had a really good rendition of Trippa Fiorentina at B&B in Vegas too.

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For the record, it turned out really well. My 7-year-old daughter (who is my most important critic) said it was excellent.

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Exactly what happened to skirt steak upon the popularity of fajitas. I had prime skirt steak last night purchased at $19/lb. When I was young in Texas in the early 1960s, it could be purchased for around $0.4/lb. Interestingly, if I were to pay for it with silver quarters nowadays, it would cost $0.8/lb. So, in real terms, a doubling in price over 50 years due to its popularity.

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only tripe I have had was in crispy tripe tacos at a taco truck in LA. Yum.

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I love it too. I dont think Ive ever come across a tripe dish I didnt like. Victor, what are some of your favorites places to eat tripe here in Chicago?

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I have had tripe soft tacos at a couple of places near UIC. Forgot the names.

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The Swiss have a recipe called Kutteln. Tripe Soup. My great aunt used to flavor it with caroway seeds so I am not sure which I hated more [bleh.gif]