jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 14/02/2012 6:32 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:18:43 -0800 (PST), >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 14, 10:15 am, > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would Pozole still be Pozole if I left out the hominy? Would Menudo
>>>>>> still be Menudo if I left out the tripe?
>>>>>>
>>>>> No, and No. -aem
>>>>
>>>> Darn. I like those two soups in general, but hate those ingredients
>>>> in particular, so I eat around them when I order it... but would want
>>>> to leave them out if I made them.
>>>>
>>> I only had menudo once, at a Mexican breakfast buffet near Denver.
>>> For some reason, we were talking about tripe and I was saying how my
>>> friend's mother used to cook it every Tuesday and it took until
>>> Friday to get rid of the smell. Her husband pointed out that I was
>>> eating it in the Menudo, and I pointed out that I had been spitting
>>> out all the unchewable bits in it.I have to say that the Menudo was
>>> delicious.
>>
>> Tripe isn't chewable? I don't think I've ever experienced that with
>> tripe.
>>
>> Hmmm. I need to make tripe soon.
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
>
> I find [honeycomb] tripe has about the same consistency as calamari
> (squid). It's definitely chewable, unless you don't have teeth. LOL
> I'll have to check the meat market to see if they have any. I love
> menudo, which contains both tripe and white hominy in a wonderful spicy
> broth.
>
> Jill

Mmmm. Well, squid can have different textures, so I am not quite
sure about that. It can be a rubber band, or it can be tender. I
am not even going to address raw squid, which I detest.

--
Jean B.