[Sca-cooks] Tamales

[Kathleen A Roberts]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:27:12 -0500
  "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" 
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:

>>   Oh, and
>>Menudo, too... they always have Menudo on New Year's Eve.

ick!  tried it cuz it was tripe. i love tripe... as a kid 
in baltimore, my father used to flop it in egg and dredge 
it in cornmeal (s/p added), and fry it (in crisco).  then 
he would put vinegar in the pan and it would make the most 
wonderful sauce.  somewhat crunchy, but not.  ate it with 
catsup and horseradish.

he was the only person in the family i knew who did tripe. 
 mebbe from his WW2 unofficial cook days?

i suspect it is a texture thing, as the trip in menudo 
seems a bit woobly to me.

cailte
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