# I'm Home Alone. I Cooked Tripe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983 "2010-06-21T14:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/1 "2010-06-21T14:38:39Z")
My partner is away for a few days. She loathes all sorts of offal. So I took the opportunity to cook some tripe and some ox tail stew. Party anyone? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/2 "2010-06-21T14:41:51Z")
I don’t know if I could stomach that. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/3 "2010-06-21T15:43:51Z")
Not too many babes are running my way. Even the cats ate the dried food just in case I was going to feed them tripe. Philistines. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/4 "2010-06-21T16:36:35Z")
Oxtail is some tasty stuff. I’ve done a couple of SE Asian braises. Prince Charming was in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/5 "2010-06-21T17:52:36Z")
I once saw a cheap paperback cookbook in a Pakistani/Indian store called _Cooking With Waste Products_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/6 "2010-06-21T18:04:29Z")
Now I’m afraid to look up what tripe is. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/7 "2010-06-21T18:05:27Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I don’t know if I could stomach that. > [@Sunspace](#): > > Now I’m afraid to look up what tripe is. Hint, hint. ---
**Author:** ![Beerman1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Beerman1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beerman1963)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/8 "2010-06-21T18:09:47Z")
Only if you make Menudo out of the tripe(soup not boy band) ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/9 "2010-06-21T18:12:20Z")
Never had tripe, but ox tail is wonderful and I’d hardly classify it as offal. And I keep forgetting to try and make steak and kidney pie. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/10 "2010-06-21T18:20:35Z")
Aw, you poor thing. Bless your heart. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/11 "2010-06-21T18:32:14Z")
Sounds somewhere between bewitching and onomatopoeiaic. ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/12 "2010-06-21T18:40:04Z")
Actually, I loves me some oxtail stew. Jamaican style, or Asian? I believe I have some beef liver kicking around my freezer. Can I bring it to the party, in lieu of wine? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/13 "2010-06-21T18:47:02Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Never had tripe, but ox tail is wonderful and I’d hardly classify it as offal. Surprisingly, [offal is classified as offal](http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-oxtail.htm). I would never have guessed. I would have put it in the same category as short ribs or even chuck: beefy, tough sections of beef that benefit from a long, slow braise. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/14 "2010-06-21T22:31:35Z")
So, did you survive your gastronomic dare-devilry? Mah mother used to boil up tripe with an oniony white-sauce…thankfully she never forced her children to actually _eat_ any. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/15 "2010-06-21T22:36:59Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > So, did you survive your gastronomic dare-devilry? > > Mah mother used to boil up tripe with an oniony white-sauce…thankfully she never forced her children to actually _eat_ any. 😉 Yeah, my Dad’s a real fan. And despite having shacked up with an Italian, I appear to have found my Dad in short latin form - they bond over a shared liking of US football and tripe. Although he tends to go for the tripe at Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons at Crown more than cooking it at home (thank goodness!) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-home-alone-i-cooked-tripe/543983/16 "2010-06-21T23:05:43Z")
I love tripe! I’ll be over tonight with a big plate of pig’s blood! 😃