Tripe

Tripe is a type of edible offal made from the stomach of various domestic animals. Beef tripe is typically made from the first three of a cattle's four stomachs, the rumen (blanket/flat/smooth tripe), the reticulum (honeycomb and pocket tripe), and the omasum (book/bible/leaf tripe). Abomasum tripe is also seen, but with much less frequency. Sheep and pork tripe are also produced.

Fresh tripe, which includes bits of the stomach's last content, smells very unappetizing for humans. Nevertheless, is a favourite of many dogs and other carnivores. Tripe has to be watered and meticulously cleaned for human consumption.

Tripe is eaten in many parts of the world. Famous tripe recipes include:

• Menudo -- a Mexican soup
• Cau Cau -- a Peruvian type stew using tripe, potatoes and spices.
• Tripe and onions -- (Britain)
• Tripe and Drisheen -- in Cork, Ireland
• Tripes à la mode de Caen -- tripe Caen style (France)
• Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup -- tripe soup with peppercorns (United States)
• Gras-double Lyonnais -- tripe Lyon style (France)
• Phở -- Vietnamese soup
• Trippa alla Genovese -- tripe Genoa style (Italy)
• andouille -- a sausage containing tripe (France)
• flaczki -- tripe Polish style
• Callos a la madrileña -- a thick tripe soup, Madrid style (Spain)
• Kare-kare -- a Filipino peanut soup.

Tripe is also a slang term synonymous with rubbish, in the sense of something of little value, or nonsense.