Re: [CH] Beware !!!
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:49:27 -0500
Luke, Tom, et al-
(CHs----- BEWARE!!!! If menudo or intestine grosses you out, don't read this)
While on a job in west Texas several years ago, I was lucky enough to have a
Mexican hunting camp cook working as a green card hand on my crew. They
showed up one morning with a live goat in the back of the truck. He butchered
the goat and made a sort of goat meat loaf with kidney, back strap, heart,
liver, lungs, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeno, spices, salsa and a lot of
little green chiles (I couldn't ever get the name right) from Mexico. Wrapped
in the stomach lining, wrapped in aluminum foil, cooked in the coals for 3
hours. He called it Tripas. Believe it or not, I rank that meal in the top
ten I have ever eaten, and have never been able to repeat it. Maybe it was the
little chiles, the home-made salsa, the GREAT OUTDOORS, the hand made
tortillas, I don't know, but it was very, very good.
I have found that there are two characteristics about cafes that cater to old
fashioned Mexican preferences:
1. They don't mind having chile seeds in their salsa.
2. They know how to make good Menudo.
Calvin
Tom F. Bryant wrote:
> Re:
>
> Hey a tripe man!
>
> I just found a new Italian resturant that makes great tripe. And its only a
> 1/2 mile from my house. Usually I would have to drive a bit to go to the
> only resturant that I knew would have the guts ;-) to serve it.
>
> luke speer wrote:
>
> > I have also been known to use tripe when making Menudo..
>
> Tripe is wonderful in Menudo. Ain't run across any good menudo without
> tripe.
> Tom in Paris