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 ....


dearest christina's relatives have a restaurant in firenze (florence) italy.
i could not eat in a place this nice (read expensive) but they would refuse
me paying for anything. the third or fourth course came out and we asked
what it was. manuella said 'i tell you, you won't eat'. tell us tell us, it
smells wonderful.....okay, it's treepay. ?? treepay. ?? (you gotta roll the
r's) OH!!!!! it's tripe. in tomatoe sauce. wonderful. not my first choice of
texture but if i knew i could get this again, i'd order it.