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Shades Nov 2023 4:35pm, 22 Nov 2023 1,275 posts	0 Shades My Mum used to buy tripe now and then, I didn't eat it. I can remember that she'd buy a pigs head, not very often though. She was a brilliant cook but I declined to eat that too.
Shades Nov 2023 4:39pm, 22 Nov 2023 1,276 posts	0 Shades I just Googled pig's head recipes and there's loads of them 🐷
um Nov 2023 4:41pm, 22 Nov 2023 7,924 posts	0 um Once in Lyon, I opted to stop in a bouchon & try their andouillette. The owner may have spotted I was English and said (something like) "Etes-vous sûr? Savez vous ce que c'est?" To which I responded "Oui, je sais, je voudrais l'essayer" Armed with a pitcher of house red wine (which would have stripped paint, so a good pairing), and quite a bit of bread, I reckon I ate about half. Once was enough. I never felt the need to try it again. And my french colleagues at work thought it very funny - they assured me they never ate it and would never have taken me or suggested I try it. (it is the region speciality, or so the guide books say)
Velociraptor Nov 2023 4:50pm, 22 Nov 2023 66,420 posts	0 Velociraptor I MUST have told you about the one time I tried to cook tripe. I knew from the Chalet School books that it should be "stewed in milk", but not how long. I ended up with a pan of milky glue and a house that stank for ... "months" is probably a false memory, but definitely for the rest of the day.
Velociraptor Nov 2023 4:52pm, 22 Nov 2023 66,421 posts	0 Velociraptor I assume andouilllette is to the French what haggis is to the Scots. A trick they play on tourists. (Haggis is one of the few forms of offal that I don't mind eating.)
Flatlander Nov 2023 4:57pm, 22 Nov 2023 2,978 posts	0 Flatlander I have never had tripe but I have eaten cow's intestine when I was visiting Zimbabwe and was taken by my friend (doing voluntary nursing there) to stay with an indigenous family for a night.
riggys99 Nov 2023 4:59pm, 22 Nov 2023 2,722 posts	0 riggys99 I like haggis and I am not Scottish 😁 Never caught one in the wild though resource-bank.scholastic.co.uk
Velociraptor Nov 2023 5:00pm, 22 Nov 2023 66,423 posts	0 Velociraptor I've only seen farmed haggis live, in a field with sheep near Callander.
Hanneke Nov 2023 5:01pm, 22 Nov 2023 114,910 posts	0 Hanneke Tripe is horrid! Once, never again, in Italy... My friend feeds her dog raw tripe. After which he doesn't understand why we don't want him near us, poor thing! He once nudged my leg and I had to wash my jeans on arrival home 🤢
Cerrertonia Nov 2023 5:05pm, 22 Nov 2023 19,986 posts	0 Cerrertonia We used to sometimes get 'Elder' from a stall at the market, which I remember also being eaten with lots of vinegar - cooked cow's udder. I think it is/was a south Lancashire thing, as indeed is tripe, there were still a few UCP tripe shops left when I was a small child.