aem > wrote:

> Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > [snip]
> > I'm a total tripe fiend, always ordering menudo (or flaki in polish
> > places) whenever I can find it. One of the italian deli counters near
> > me used to do a great tripe tomato soup they called "sofrito" as well,
> > but not since the 80 year old ladies sold it a while back.

> Do you eat Chinese dim sum? A good dim sum house will have braised
> tripe, predominantly flavored with soy sauce and star anise.

When I can get the good stuff, which is not too many places around here,
but I typically do dim sum at least once on any manhattan weekend trip.

I've tried a few different versions of tripe for dim sum, including both
of the sauces you mention.

Alas, once or twice, I've ordered tripe as dim sum that was not cooked
to my taste at all (perhaps it is normal in whatever area of china those
folks hailed from, or perhaps not and they didn't know how to make it),
and did indeed have the "spongy" texture the original poster described.
That was very disappointing because I always look forward to the tripe.

That reminds me that I need to try to make some myself.


Michael

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