Tripe !!!

To be taken with a pinch of salt, I think

 

I could eat stewed trip and raw vinegared trip when I was a kid .......eww not now though.
Other no nos are Eisbein in Germany a pigs trotter................

 

Harry, no doubt you would love the recipe "Pesto alla Wiganese" - Look at the website - please don't wet you pants with laughter !!

Link: http://tripemarketingboard.co.uk/tripe-recipes.php

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mum cooked her tripe in milk and onions, i NEVER ate the tripe but loved the milk and onion it was cooked in with a crusty roll

 

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I like this bit.
"Give tripe a try! Many people tell us they are put off trying tripe, but there are plenty of new tripe recipes available which successfully mask either its taste, smell, appearance or texture."

Why would anybody want to eat something that they dont like the smell of, dont like the taste of and dont like the texture of?

Sounds like something really exotic like pasta, or tofu.

 

I'm obviously in a minority as I really like it. Cooked in milk with onions - slips down easily :-)
I've not had it for a year or two since our village butcher who sold it closed.

 

Quite often folk decide they don't like a particular food, not because of taste or texture but because of preconceived ideas or taught/caught phobias.
A couple of years ago Mrs W and I were eating a plate of mezes (mixed starters) in a Greek taverna. Mrs W pointed to something on the plate and asked "What's that?" I told her it was village sausage so she had a couple of bits and enjoyed them. However when I told her it was pickled octopus she decided she didn't like it anymore!
She's like that too with venison. It's the Bambi effect I reckon.