Michael Sullivan wrote:

> 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
>
Aha! I found some interesting tripe recipes, which I will try
to remember to post for you.

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Jean B.