Got conned into eating some in Romania, the liquid part was actually ok took a bite on the meaty looking stuff and nearly threw up. Beware of Ciorba de burta if you're ever in Romania.
There’s a trendy (expensive) restaurant in London that only sell offal as its “sustainable”, think it’s in Covent Garden area, tripe is one of their most popular dishes. it’s a no from me!!
When I was a mere young teenager, me, my Mum and brother were visiting our French pen-pal family in Rouen (My Mum and her pen-pal had been corresponding since the war), and one night they served up, as a special treat, "le tripe" for my Mum and brother. It had been cooking for 24 hours and as already said, smelt ****ing horrible. Mum and brother suffered politely for a couple of hours before giving up trying to eat more than one or two mouthfuls. No amount of red wine could truly wash it down. Me, due to being fussy with my food, was served up 'le boeuf steak' and mashed potatoes, also with a glass of red, lovely. I couldn't stop laughing all evening. Still one of our staple family stories.
I ate tripe last week, Mrs Two did it for her mother, cooked with milk and onions then thickened with cornflower. Not a great deal of taste to it really, but not at all unpalatable.
This all true. But watching Dad eat it made me leave the kitchen and go my room. The horror didn't end there. Oh no, there were pigs trotters and wait for it... SHEEPS BRAINS
Almost exactly the same for me, must have been hangover from the war years even though we generally ate well when I was a kid. Almost always had a Sunday roast but come Tues or Weds after roast remains done and before Thurs payday it was often bread and dripping for tea. I guess mother gave dad tripe at times to please him as nobody else could stand it. That said, other places seem to do wonders with it. A tasty, spicy dish often eaten for breakfast in Ethiopia is dullet, sheep's tripe well cleaned and finely chopped mixed with chopped liver or other offal is delicious, you'd never know it was tripe, though for me at breakfast is a bit of a stretch!
I have had pigs trotters. Sheeps brains would be another no no.Though chefs and others with more sophisticated taste buds than myself find them delicious. I have this type of problem with my wife. Love kidneys but the smell of them turns her right off her food. Remember when the best chops were with a kidney?
Had braun. Didn't mind it at all. All this talk of stuff from years ago will have me heading to my butcher tomorrow for some dripping to have bread tomorrow night.
Heading back to the thread topic do you think if all this offal was put into a pie it would make it more palatable?
When we were kids we'd go to our grandma's for dinner on a Saturday as mum was at work and dad was guvvying to keep us all clothed and fed. It was always "chicken" and we all accepted it until one Saturday we realized that all 4 of us always got a leg. Grandma finally cracked and revealed we'd been having rabbit for years. Bit weird because we had our own pet rabbit at home.
A couple of years ago in Lyon I had andouillette, a dish of tripe sausages. Glad I had them, glad I never have to have them again. Ever.
Was going to say it would have been odd having chicken every week. Beef or pork were a staple on a Sunday but chicken was more expensive and a treat reserved for occasions like Easter. A lot tastier too in those pre factory farming days, as we're the Christmas turkeys.
Brains - yuk. First time I had brains was in France when a teenager. Came as a cold meat sliced, rather like tongue (which I love). I seem to remember something similar here but not sure if it was brains. Came in a roll and sliced, a lo Isn't it 'brawn'? Is it brains? Tried it once and hated it. Had brain in France as a teenager and looked similar to brawn - disgusting but other offal I like - liver, kidneys, heart, tongue. Anyone ever had chicken's feet? An amazingly fun, though rather smelly activity in Hong Kong was going to local cinemas to watch Shaw Brothers kung fu films. Chickens feet sold by vendors outside, either straight boiled or in some orange coloured spice - it was the noise that made it fun - a combination of sucking on chicken's feet with all the excited reactions to the kung fu - only tolerable for a while though and no point trying to watch the film!
Brawn is made by boiling down a pigs head,or trotters,scraping off the meat and ending up with a jelly like residue. It is not bad at all.
I was just born this way. I didn't even like meat, any kind of meat. It has nothing to do with being vegan or even vegetarian. I do eat chicken and lamb now and again, but I'd be more than happy to live without either. It's just I live with five other people who love their meat. Fish is another thing though. I could live on fish, veg and peanut butter.
