Tripe is extremely common to eat lol.
It’s one of my favorites on tacos. Chewy but not hard like cartilage.
Sometimes crispy if the taqueria fries it, which is how I like it.
Cartilagenous I’d say. But the Mexicans swear on it as a hangover cure and salty chewey spicy soup is better than you think. Edit: the soup is called menudo if you’re interested
Assuming I’m not mistaken about how cartilage feels to eat, I’d say neither but closer to cartilage. It’s really chewy and hard to sink your teeth into to. Honestly it’s kinda like eating gum but with a meat taste. The smell is not great though and often overpowers a lot of food without lots of preparation. Honestly kinda hate tripe overall.
It makes a great broth but the actual meat itself is terrible. Use it like a bay leaf then give it to the dog
Neither. Its rather chewy, but soft unlike cartilage. Unlike meat, it also doesn’t break apart as easily. Why do you ask?
The one time I had it it was more cartilagey for sure
Neither. It’s very chewy, like fat.
Tendony
Tendons are made of cartilage.
I’m pretty sure they aren’t, though
Pardon got my terms mixed up, cartilage and tendons are both made of collagen.
Neither, but if I must choose it’s probably slightly more like muscle than like cartilage. If prepared properly it’s really soft and a bit chewy, distantly reminding me meat from stews.
(That reminds me a local pub that prepares some fucking amazing breaded and deep-fried tripe. Definitively not doing it at home - it spills and bubbles the oil like crazy.)
I have eaten it multiple times in my youth. It should be cooked until (nearly) soft. Not at all like cartilage.
there are a few different types of tripe (5?). I’d say Bible tripe being the most common. Go get some pho.
It was chewy like undercooked bacon rind.
I feel like it depends on how it’s cooked as I have tried tripe and it’s felt sometimes cartilage (which I hate), and on a fuew cases musclely which is what I would expect a well made tripe to feel in the mouth
