tripe

[johnny.5]

do any of you ever eat this stuff
when i was young we were very poor and one of our weekly meals was tripe and onions or (leeks if they were cheap enough) i hated the stuff did any of you have to eat it as a youngster ?
or was there a more vile dish served in your house ?

[logic]

Appologies, it is cone of the cows stomachs, just googled that.

[johnny.5]

Tripe and Onions
600ml (1 pint) Milk
450g (1lb) Dressed Tripe, washed
25g (1oz) Butter
3 Medium Onions, sliced
3 tbsp Plain Flour
1 Bay Leaf
Pinch Grated Nutmeg
Fresh Parsley

Place the tripe in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
Bring to the boil.
Remove from the heat, drain.
Rinse under cold running water.
Cut into 2.5cm (1 inch) pieces.
Place the tripe, milk, onions, bay leaf and nutmeg into a saucepan.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 2 hours or until tender.
Remove from the heat, strain and reserve the liquid.
Keep the tripe and onions warm.
Melt the butter in the saucepan, stir in the flour and cook gently for 2 minute, stirring constantly.
Make the liquid up to 600ml (1 pint) with milk or cream, gradually add to the saucepan, stirring constantly.
Bring to the boil and simmer until the sauce thickens.
Garnish with parsley.
Serve with potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

[joggerjayne]

Logic ... for that, you have to do a forfeit ...

... which involves eating some tripe !!! LOL

[scotgal]

No Sara that is a sheep's stomach which is washed and used to contain the ingredients of haggis which is healthy things like lungs heart liver etc. Put you off your tea yet?

[sara3]

I've already eaten, Scotgal. I had salmon.

suddenly I feel very healthy!

[scotgal]

I'm glad to hear it Sara and salmon is very good for you. Because of my upbringing we ate alot of salmon in my youth, freshly caught that is but you can hardly get it now as so much of it is farmed now and it's not the same.

[boogieboogie]

Yes I think it may be green in it's organic form. I remember now that's it's bleached before it reaches the plate..

[Ethel]

I love tripe, and chitterlings.

But not together.

[sara3]

chitterlings?

(is it just me?!!)

[funnygirl]

My mum used to eat it when they were little.

Apparently it was cheap!!!

[funnygirl]

We used to eat stuffed hearts!!!

[sara3]

so did we, funnygirl.. actually, I loved them!

[johnny.5]

i quite enjoyed stuffed heart
faggots , liver and onions , comfrey fritters, nettle soup sweet breads , pigs trotters and even kidneys but never did like tripe nor avacado yeuch

[lankeela]

Although from Yorkshire my mam had never had tripe, and when she married my dad and moved to London his dad wanted tripe for his tea, so she bought some and served it up, not realising you had to cook it!

My dogs absolutely love it, and they eat it raw. If you cook it you can't get rid of the smell for days.