# What's up with ropa vieja?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986 "2009-06-25T21:00:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986/1 "2009-06-25T21:00:14Z")

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Why does anybody eat this stuff?! In terms of chewability, it’s just like its name!

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986/2 "2009-06-26T01:18:07Z")

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It’s my favorite Cuban dish. Maybe you just got a bad sample.

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986/3 "2009-06-26T01:32:58Z")

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Whoah. Ropa vieja should be melt-in-your-mouth tender. Something went very wrong. Try again elsewhere and prepare to be surprised.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ropa-vieja/500986/4 "2009-06-26T06:11:35Z")

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There’s money in it?