Yes, But Would You Eat It? "T" is for Tripe

Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! Each day in April (except Sundays) I'll be posting about unusual and exotic foods.

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Mark your calendars - World Tripe Day is celebrated on October 24.Tripe, if you didn't know, is the edible lining of the stomach of a farm animal, usually a cow or a sheep.Tripe is eaten all over the world. Some of the more popular tripe dishes include Andouille from France (poached, boiled, and smoked cold tripe sausage; Callos from Spain, a tripe dish cooked with chickpeas, chorizo, and paprika; Dobrada from Portugal, made with butterbeans, carrots, and chourico; Gopchang jeongol from Korea, a spicy tripe stew; and Kirxa from Malta, a dish made from tripe stewed in curry.If you're interested, here's a recipe for tripe with potatoes.So, how about it? Would you eat tripe?img_0452

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