James,

The first time I had tripe was when I was living in
France. I hated it. It was the only French dish that I
disliked in 3.5 years.

HOWEVER ....

The next time you go to a good Mexican restaurant try some
Menudo.it probably contains some tripe which is tasty in
that dish. Or, you can get it in cans at the supermarket or
Latin market. I have seen it at Safeway and Shoppers Food
Warehouse. I treat myself to a can about once a month. I
first sampled it in California -- and liked it.

Nice info he http://tinyurl.com/y8crcs
Nice photo he http://tinyurl.com/453ydm

Also, try some tripe in a Pho (soup) as a Pho restaurant
(Vietnamese)

Nice article he http://tinyurl.com/74h82
Nice photo he http://tinyurl.com/44bdwg

There are plenty of Pho restaurants around you in
Rockville and Silver Spring.

Here's a trick (for all)
Go to http://maps.google.com
Select 'Find Businesses'
Enter 'Pho' in the What --- Enter 'Potomac, MD' (or any
city) in the Where and select 'Search Businesses'. A nice
map with the Pho restaurants will pop up.

I'm not sure about Montana or Wyoming. ;-)

Gary Hayman, Greenbelt, MD
Gary's WEB pages
http://snipurl.com/garyswebpages

On Apr 29, 10:20*am, "James Silverton"
wrote:
*blake *wrote *on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:05 GMT:

*?? blake *wrote *on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:58:48 GMT:
*??
*?? Another thing I have wondered about that he mentions is
*?? the "Chinese Menu" that is sometimes recommended. What
*?? exactly are those? I don't suppose most of us can really
*?? read Chinese characters.
*??
*bm just a guess, but i think he's talking about the list of
*bm specials in chinese that is sometimes appended to the
*bm menu (or displayed on the wall) in places with a heavily
*bm chinese clientele.
*??
*?? I wonder what a person who knows no Chinese is supposed to
*?? do? Asking a waiter for a translation or any complex
*?? question often does not work in Chinese restaurants.
*??
*bm take a chance and point?

There is a limit! I have usually had good luck trying anything
that seems popular but I do need to know what it is. There are a
few things that many people like and I don't. Some Chinese
restaurants attract people because of their unusual specialties
like Sea Cucumber but I've only tried that once! Another thing
I've tried, in Chinese, French and British cooking is tripe and
you can keep it! I suppose that last is to be expected, I don't
chew gum either.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not