Tripe

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Tripe in an Italian market

Tripe is a type of edible offal from the stomachs of various farm animals[1][2].

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Beef tripe is usually made from only the first three chambers of a cow's stomach: the rumen (blanket/flat/smooth tripe), the reticulum (honeycomb and pocket tripe), and the omasum (book/bible/leaf tripe). Abomasum (reed) tripe is seen much less frequently, owing to its glandular tissue content. Tripe is also produced from sheep, goats, pigs, and deer. Unwashed (or "green") tripe includes some of the stomach's last content, giving it an unpleasant odor and causing it to be considered unfit for human consumption. However, this content is desirable to dogs and many other carnivores and is often used in pet food[citation needed]. Though it is called "green," because it has a high chlorophyll content a green substrate, in reality it is often grayish brown as a result of other undigested compounds.

For human consumption, tripe must be washed and meticulously cleaned.

[edit] Dishes

Tripes à la mode de Caen
Trippa alla livornese
Boiled tripe
Trippa alla Romana

Tripe is eaten in many parts of the world. Tripe dishes include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Troppa Trippa". History of tripe, worldwide tripe recipes. Neri Editore, Firenze. 1998. http://www.epodismo.com/100pelli/100p025i.htm. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. 
  2. ^ Driscoll, Michael; Meredith Hamiltion, Marie Coons (May 2003). A Child's Introduction Poetry. 151 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. pp. 12. ISBN 1-57912-282-5. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Childs-Introduction-to-Poetry/Michael-Driscoll/e/9781579122829. 

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