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rinemb - Posted - 01/19/2011: 04:58:14
After a Haggis discussion, I figure we might as well talk about this Mexican dellight. A food I like to eat, but will likely never make is "menudo". A real treat for me in the cold winter is to go to local "mom and pop" mexican diners and have a big bowl of menudo, along with a couple of bottles of Bohemia or Negra, and some fresh buttered tortillas. This will keep you warm all night.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo_ soup
Brad
Mopick - Posted - 01/19/2011: 05:07:38
My friend's wife is Puerto Rican. She makes this but I think they call it mondongo. It's good and I really like it.
Ingredients:
2 pounds honeycomb tripe,cut in small pieces
4 cups lemon juice combined
8 cups cold water
3 quarts cold water add 1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon annatto oil
1 tablespoon corn oil
1/4 pound smoked ham, diced
1/2 cup basic Recaito
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup alcaparrado
1/2 pound yautia (taro root)
1/2 pound yuca (cassava)
1/2 pound calabaza(West Indian pumpkin)
all peeled and diced
1 green plantain, peeled and sliced
4 bay leaves
1/2 tablespoon black pepper salt to taste
1 cup drained canned garbanzos(chick-peas)
Soak the tripe in the lemon water for 30
minutes.Rinse and put in a large soup pot
with the 3 quarts of cold salted water.
Bring to a boil.
Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for
about 2-1/2 hours,until the tripe is tender
Drain and rinse.
In a clean pot, heat the oils.
Add ham,recaito,tomato sauce,and alcaparrado
Saute over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add the tripe, root vegetables, plantain,
bay leaves, and enough cold water to cover.
Add pepper and salt.Bring to a boil,
reduce the heat,and simmer for 40 minutes,
or until the root vegetables are cooked.
add drained canned garbanzos (chick-peas)Add
them 5 minutes before serving.
Randy
KE - Posted - 01/19/2011: 05:29:03
We had a great little mom and pop taqueria that made menudo on Fridays. People would bring containers from home and load up for the weekend. They made huge kettles of the stuff.
Unfortunately, they didn't make it. They tried to expand, couldn't handle the new lease, and folded. Alas, as you indicated, it's something I'm not likely to make at home. The preparation of some food, like menudo, should not be seen.
Texasbanjo - Posted - 01/19/2011: 05:31:45
My husband likes it, but I just can't see me eating cow stomach - yuck!
Texasbanjo - Posted - 01/19/2011: 05:32:15
My husband likes it, but I just can't see me eating cow stomach - yuck!
rinemb - Posted - 01/19/2011: 06:11:12
Yep, it seems in these parts it is always a weekend special. I would not mind making it, if I could start out with cleaned prepared tripe, and this from a guy who like's liver sausage and livermush.
Brad
stevel - Posted - 01/19/2011: 06:33:56
i thought you meant the band......
rinemb - Posted - 01/19/2011: 06:53:48
Randy, that version looks a lot like what Daisy would cook up. I wish I had the time to learn more about PR and Cuban cooking.
Thanks, for the recipe.
Brad
agent369 - Posted - 01/19/2011: 08:15:39
A couple years back, I had this in a place in Wichita...out of curiosity. I don't think I'll be trying it again 
I could barely get the spoon up to my mouth, it smell so bad (to me).
pandjlocke - Posted - 01/19/2011: 08:29:42
quote:
Originally posted by rinemb
Yep, it seems in these parts it is always a weekend special. I would not mind making it, if I could start out with cleaned prepared tripe, and this from a guy who like's liver sausage and livermush.
Brad
It's a weekend special because it's a well known hangover cure. Get up after a wild Friday or Saturday night fling and have tortillas and menudo for breakfast. There are 2 Mexican joints in town here that have menudo on the weekends. One has hominy in it and the other doesn't. I prefer the hominy, but will certainly take the other, too. I love it.
dat - Posted - 01/19/2011: 08:54:32
I like the flavor, and can eat everything but the tripe, the texture is hard to chew
rinemb - Posted - 01/19/2011: 09:03:25
Lance, that is what the beer is for-to get over that initial foul smell, then when everyone at the table quits griping about the odor and it has cooled just a bit you are ready to spoon er' down. Brad
GarlicBreath - Posted - 01/19/2011: 14:19:21
quote:
Originally posted by stevel
They look so happy'n'gay.....
I can't get around the tripe thing, but menudo is supposed to be a great cure for a hangover.
bikebum - Posted - 01/19/2011: 16:14:11
If menudo is prepared / cooked correctly it won't be greasy or tough. It is very difficult to find any place that does it right. I'm not fond of it but I will eat it. Used to eat beef tongue. It was good but I won't eat it anymore. I figure I have enough taste buds in my mouth as it is.
